Comments on: Using Article Marketing Effectively For Backlink Building http://www.onlinemarketingtoday.com/article-marketing/article-marketing-backlink-building/ Website & Internet Marketing Advice by Duncan Carver Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: FireBoss http://www.onlinemarketingtoday.com/article-marketing/article-marketing-backlink-building/comment-page-1/#comment-57 FireBoss Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:15:46 +0000 http://www.onlinemarketingtoday.com/?p=123#comment-57 I've seen firsthand that there isn't a duplicate content penalty, although submitting unique articles can definitely have it's benefits. I’ve seen firsthand that there isn’t a duplicate content penalty, although submitting unique articles can definitely have it’s benefits.

]]> By: Internet Marketing http://www.onlinemarketingtoday.com/article-marketing/article-marketing-backlink-building/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Internet Marketing Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:34:07 +0000 http://www.onlinemarketingtoday.com/?p=123#comment-16 Whilst there may be no "technical penalty" for using duplicate content (if we want to get pedantic about things), unless you have a very specific reason for doing so (or can manipulate the content to make it appear unique), it's not going to generate any real traffic from organic search engine rankings. It will however "water down your page rank" if that matters to you, and it might. There are reasons why you might want to include it however, primarily if it adds value to your website visitors, but the whole duplicate content issue is something I'll have to discuss in a future post - it's much too large for a comment ;-0 BTW - The trouble with the video above is that it focuses on duplicate content on the same website (and the information it provides in that respect is pretty valid) - where as most people refer to duplicate content (and have for years) as having the same content on multiple websites i.e. the same article published on several hundred different websites. The video linked above is simply adding to the confusion around the term "duplicate content" in respect to how the SEO community applies it - something which Google is pretty good at doing ;-0 Whilst there may be no “technical penalty” for using duplicate content (if we want to get pedantic about things), unless you have a very specific reason for doing so (or can manipulate the content to make it appear unique), it’s not going to generate any real traffic from organic search engine rankings. It will however “water down your page rank” if that matters to you, and it might.

There are reasons why you might want to include it however, primarily if it adds value to your website visitors, but the whole duplicate content issue is something I’ll have to discuss in a future post – it’s much too large for a comment ;-0

BTW – The trouble with the video above is that it focuses on duplicate content on the same website (and the information it provides in that respect is pretty valid) – where as most people refer to duplicate content (and have for years) as having the same content on multiple websites i.e. the same article published on several hundred different websites. The video linked above is simply adding to the confusion around the term “duplicate content” in respect to how the SEO community applies it – something which Google is pretty good at doing ;-0

]]> By: taxtorpedo http://www.onlinemarketingtoday.com/article-marketing/article-marketing-backlink-building/comment-page-1/#comment-11 taxtorpedo Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:06:32 +0000 http://www.onlinemarketingtoday.com/?p=123#comment-11 RE:Unique Article Wizard The only reason to use this resource would be to avoid a duplicate content penalty. The basic fact is, however, THERE IS NO DUPLICATE CONTENT PENALTY. This is one of those marketing myths that has taken on a life of its own. Consult this recent video blog post: <a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/09/duplicate-content-and-multiple-site.html" rel="nofollow">Duplicate Content Penalty</a> Hope this clears this issue up. Robert A Kearse RE:Unique Article Wizard

The only reason to use this resource would be to avoid a duplicate content penalty. The basic fact is, however, THERE IS NO DUPLICATE CONTENT PENALTY. This is one of those marketing myths that has taken on a life of its own.

Consult this recent video blog post:

Duplicate Content Penalty

Hope this clears this issue up.

Robert A Kearse

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