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Originally Posted by danlefree
Did you miss the statement from Google: There's no such thing as a "duplicate content penalty." - or do you simply disbelieve that it is true?
In either case, if Google does not acknowledge the existence of a penalty, you cannot expect to accomplish much by petitioning them to take action to correct it. |
I just read the google blog post you referred to, and it states that duplicate content penalties do exist in some instances. An ex-client of mine is still suffering from a dup. content penalty that has existed for over 4 months, which makes me lol. I could clear this issue up easily.
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Google penalises publishers who use press releases. What happens is that Google spots the press release on your website. When it identifies the press release used as a story on a website it penalises the website by claiming it is duplicate content. Should any other website use the same content, then both could be further penalised. The rankings of the websites could, effectively, be destroyed by Google.
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I don't believe a penalty exists like this.