Recently, I was asked to help someone clean up their database after they had double loaded an import file.
Dealing With Duplicate Data From Form Submissions
We’ve received several requests for a method of verifying data submitted with a web page form is unique. So I made a kit that can be used to implement such a method, and give it to you in this article.
Duplicate content in the search engines
Reader question: If I have my web site www.depression-therapist.co.uk and then got another, such as www.depression-therapist.com or www.depression-anxiety.com would I be in effect causing search engines to think I am spamming, if both sites have the identical written content? Will they take one or both of my sites off their search engines? Or will I have to make BOTH sites different? I would be grateful for any thoughts on this.
Don’t Duplicate… Differentiate!
In the competitive marketplace of the new millennium, the demand for specialized products or services will increase. If your site sells everything or to everyone, chances are that your audience will not perceive any greater value in shopping from you than anyone else. Keep in mind that price is *never* an issue — what’s important is the value behind the price.
Google And Duplicate Content
I’ve been following the discussion about Google and mirrored information for some time. It is “common knowledge” that Google penalizes page rank when it determines that content is duplicated somewhere else. In fact, I’ve read many experts stating that there should be no duplicate domain names and no duplicate content anywhere.
On the face of it the arguments appear to be sound. Google obviously has several billion pages in it’s database and could, it appears, easily determine if content is duplicated. It also seems, again on the face of it, that it’s reasonable to check for duplicate content, as this is the “mark of a spammer” and not necessary on the web with hyperlinking available. At least, this is the common wisdom.