Internet Marketing Today

Duplicate content seems to be a big issue on the web. it depends on who you talk to if its real or not. I guess the biggest thing with it is that people do not know if it is ok to use duplicate content.

Why would you want someone elses content on your site anyway? if you are so lazy you cannot write it yourself, then spend some money and get someone to write an article for you. Now I admit I hate writing, and I outsource what I can for my websites, but most of my articles, and all of my blogs, I write myself. Now I will sometimes use an article from a directory, if I find a good one. However I always do a summary of my opinion of it first. Then make sure to leave the resource box in place for the person who wrote it.

The truth is, nobody knows Googles algorithm except a few people. And they are not talking about it to anyone. The way big companies like Google operate, they probably have a very tight non-disclosure agreement covering that information.

The proof is in the results for most of us. The people I see who believe in it have been slapped because of it. The people who I have seen that did not believe, either blamed the slap on something else, or have not been slapped by it yet. Again I say YET.

In my not so humble opinion, I think its best not to take the chance. If you think there might be a duplicate content penalty, take the time to get fresh content for your site. Whether it exists or not, it is better for you anyway. After all how would you like to be looking for information, and all you found was the same article repeated, time and again?

Provide something valuable for people to read. of course, this can be hard since most people will disagree on what is valuable content and what isn’t