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Old 01-09-2009, 09:00 AM
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Default Re: Google is destroying website rankings

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Originally Posted by Martinscholes View Post
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.
Google will penalize the site by only showing one copy of the press release. They don’t penalize the whole site.

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I feel that it would be worthwhile public relations portal websites and public relations agencies contacting Google as a matter of urgency to enable Google to fix the problem that Google have caused. As it is damaging the interests of not only publishers but also the public relations industry and clients. It is possible that Google's action might be against EU legislation regarding competition and the fair operation of businesses.
Ask them to rank all my sites #1 for my keywords while you’re at it. As not ranking for all my keywords is damaging my ability to spend money at will.
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