Comments on: WordPress, duplicate content and the power of Google http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/ Jason Stone blogs about Web Design, Trends and Weekly Findings Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:31:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-20833 Mike Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:57:20 +0000 http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/#comment-20833 Hi Aaron, Good Post. You make 2 good points: On Search Engines in general and on Wordpress. You nicely underscore the problems with Optimizing for just a single source... What if that source 'changes its mind'? And regarding Wordpress kicking out a lot of duplicate content by default... they've managed to give you a nice update regarding that in the latest versions. When you're typing your post in Wordpress, be sure to scan the Editing Icons for a Button labeled "Insert More Tag". This will allow you to select the first X words/sentences where you want to break the text. This leaves a nice "Read the rest of this entry" Link on ALL pages (home page, posts page, tags/categories/archives/etc.) except for your Actual Post Page. This REMOVES a LOT of duplicate content from your site to keep Google happier. And for Feeds, Recent Wordpress versions also allow you to select between Full and Partial content in your feeds. Again, keep coming with your excellent work, Mike Hi Aaron,

Good Post. You make 2 good points: On Search Engines in general and on Wordpress.

You nicely underscore the problems with Optimizing for just a single source… What if that source ‘changes its mind’?

And regarding Wordpress kicking out a lot of duplicate content by default… they’ve managed to give you a nice update regarding that in the latest versions. When you’re typing your post in Wordpress, be sure to scan the Editing Icons for a Button labeled “Insert More Tag”. This will allow you to select the first X words/sentences where you want to break the text. This leaves a nice “Read the rest of this entry” Link on ALL pages (home page, posts page, tags/categories/archives/etc.) except for your Actual Post Page. This REMOVES a LOT of duplicate content from your site to keep Google happier.

And for Feeds, Recent Wordpress versions also allow you to select between Full and Partial content in your feeds.

Again, keep coming with your excellent work,
Mike

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]]> By: Joseph http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 Joseph Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:16:30 +0000 http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/#comment-1558 <p>Incredible, I didn't realize that this was the case.</p> Incredible, I didn’t realize that this was the case.

]]> By: uberdose http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-73 uberdose Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:13:21 +0000 http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/#comment-73 I still don't quite buy this, it could have been other factors. I'm still ranking with pages with duplicate pages side by side in the SERPs. But I have included a noindex in the All in One SEO Plugin , just to make sure. I still don’t quite buy this, it could have been other factors. I’m still ranking with pages with duplicate pages side by side in the SERPs.

But I have included a noindex in the All in One SEO Plugin , just to make sure.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Aaron Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:42:38 +0000 http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/#comment-71 <strong>neil</strong> - I'm as sure as I can be without Google explicitly telling me what I was being punished for. I did quite a lot of research into it and the issue is quite well documented elsewhere - I'm not the only person thats been stung like this. And I dont think it's a coincidence that I'm back in Google's SERPs after implementing the duplicate content precautions. However, what is unclear is the fact that many WordPress installations manage to go unpunished by Google without taking any of the precautions. It seems a bit hit and miss. neil – I’m as sure as I can be without Google explicitly telling me what I was being punished for. I did quite a lot of research into it and the issue is quite well documented elsewhere – I’m not the only person thats been stung like this.

And I dont think it’s a coincidence that I’m back in Google’s SERPs after implementing the duplicate content precautions.

However, what is unclear is the fact that many WordPress installations manage to go unpunished by Google without taking any of the precautions. It seems a bit hit and miss.

]]> By: neil... http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-69 neil... Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:51:19 +0000 http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/#comment-69 This is odd, I was under the imporession that Google punished duplicate content across different IPs or domains and that it was intelligent enough to work out the blog issue as you describe - otherwise all blogs would be hit by this problem. Are you absolutely sure it's just a duplicate content issue? This is odd, I was under the imporession that Google punished duplicate content across different IPs or domains and that it was intelligent enough to work out the blog issue as you describe – otherwise all blogs would be hit by this problem. Are you absolutely sure it’s just a duplicate content issue?

]]> By: Aaron http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Aaron Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:55:12 +0000 http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/#comment-52 I wasn't blacklisted, but the duplicate pages were being filtered out of search results. I know this happened because my <a href="http://www.milienzo.com/2007/02/10/top-10-plugins-for-a-wordpress-newbie/" rel="nofollow">Top 10 plugins</a> post made it into the first page of search results and was giving me quite a bit of traffic. Then one day it was gone. Even if I searched for unique strings of text from the post, it wouldn't show in Google's search results. Since implementing the changes in the <a href="http://www.seoresearcher.com/how-to-make-your-wordpress-blog-duplicate-content-safe.htm" rel="nofollow">SEO Marketing Research</a> article, I contacted Google to let them know I felt I was being unfairly filtered and yesterday I started seeing Google traffic again. Sure enough, the Top 10 plugins post is back in the SERPS, but has slipped to page 2 now. Nevermind, I'm just relieved to be back in Google. I wasn’t blacklisted, but the duplicate pages were being filtered out of search results. I know this happened because my Top 10 plugins post made it into the first page of search results and was giving me quite a bit of traffic. Then one day it was gone.

Even if I searched for unique strings of text from the post, it wouldn’t show in Google’s search results.

Since implementing the changes in the SEO Marketing Research article, I contacted Google to let them know I felt I was being unfairly filtered and yesterday I started seeing Google traffic again.

Sure enough, the Top 10 plugins post is back in the SERPS, but has slipped to page 2 now. Nevermind, I’m just relieved to be back in Google.

]]> By: uberdose http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-51 uberdose Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:44:01 +0000 http://www.milienzo.com/2007/03/14/wordpress-duplicate-content-and-the-power-of-google/#comment-51 How do you know it was duplicate content? Are you really blacklisted or just lost some positions (like from #5 to #140)? How do you know it was duplicate content? Are you really blacklisted or just lost some positions (like from #5 to #140)?

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