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Originally Posted by Martinscholes
The problem that was pointed out to me was that if a press release distribution company puts a press release on their website, then if Google sees the press release -or even recognises a quote from it- on any other website, Google would penalise the website for having duplicate content.
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I'd find a better place to get my information from.
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Originally Posted by Martinscholes
Some people say that Google is not penalising websites, but if the action by Google causes a website to slip in rankings, then it is, in effect, a penalty, even if Google argues that it is not.
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No it's not.
If Google decides to change their algo (which they have every right to do) and it affects my site and I drop a couple places in the ranking it does not mean my site got a penalty. It just means they are counting something more or less than they were before.
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Originally Posted by Martinscholes
Should the press release distibution firms block their press release holding sections from Google bots?
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You are getting a benefit from the link pointing to your site, you remove the link and you’ll most likely do more damage to the site than what’s already been done.