I have a news website. I heard Google doesn't like duplicate content, but I can't make up news! What can I do to stay in Google's favor? John Mueller, Zurich, Switzerland Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: productforums.google.com … [Read more...]
Does translated content cause a duplicate content issue?
Will multilingual translations of one content across different websites attract duplicate content penalty? Yo, New Delhi, India Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like … [Read more...]
Will showing recent posts on my homepage cause a duplicate content issue?
Hi, I'm noticing more people are using the API for their blog to pull the latest X posts up to the front page of their website. This gives a refreshing feel to the home page, but is this considered duplicate? David, Stone, UK Russian subtitles … [Read more...]
Is the same content posted under different TLDs a problem?
Is the same content posted under different TLDs considered content duplication? We are an international company with a similar website in several countries, all in English. Atreyu, Spain Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: … [Read more...]
Is a sale page duplicate content?
Linda in Lakewood, NJ asks: "Should a 'Sale Page' be in a robots.txt file, to avoid duplicate content? (these products are also on the site separately)" … [Read more...]
Can product descriptions be considered duplicate content?
Mani from Delhi asks: "Are product description pages on an e-commerce site termed as duplicate content if the same product description appears on other sites? It does happen for many branded products." Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Will DiggBar create duplicate content issues?
Remiz Rahnas from Kerala, India asks: "Will DiggBar create duplicate content issues? For example: my site is www.example.com and now when you add digg.com before my site's address (digg.com/example.com), it is showing a page from Digg.com with my … [Read more...]
Canonical Link Element
Matt Cutts of Google introduces the canonical link element. Resources: Blog post on Google webmaster blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Yahoo blog post: ysearchblog.com Microsoft: blogs.msdn.com Ask: blog.ask.com Google Help Center … [Read more...]