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Setting The Record Straight About Duplicate Content
It seems like every day you read a different opinion on Duplicate Content. "Don't do it! Your site will get banned!" some people say. I would always get hammered with criticism when I would chime in and tell them that it's simply not true and that most people don't need to worry about duplicate content penalties. After all, if this was Google's policy, then I could just make a copy of my competitor's site and watch them get kicked out of Google.
Syndicating Content Last week the Real Estate Institute of Queensland Australia contacted me asking permission to reprint one of my articles in their print and online magazine. Should I have said no fearing Google may send me in Search Engine "time out" (located on search results page 173)? No way! After all, not even Google could stop me from adding "Internationally Syndicated Columnist" to my resume! Yet I hear people all the time talking about how bad Article Syndication is. I've never understood why people would think Google looks down on articles that are good enough to be syndicated.
Straight From the Horse's Mouth I take a very boring approach to SEO topics like this. I only recommend information ... more

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