Duplicate Content and Google Blocking

Duplicate Content Dilemma

As a newbie blogger, I’m still learning about the massive bloggersphere (my word, meaning the whole blog community concept) available to everyone on the net, and I learned a valuable lesson today about duplicate content.

Three weeks ago, I published a couple of posts prior to getting all of my search engine optimization in order, Today, I decided to re-post one of my previous posts, and added a tag line stating it was a repost.

Thanks to my recent research and interaction with blog networks like mybloglog, I received a warning message (thanks Rc ) telling me that reposting was a big no-no from a search engine’s point of view, and my blog could be blocked due to violating the Google webmaster agreement.

I panicked and deleted both posts about solving writer’s block (the cure is to leave the keyboard behind and go experience life, nature and family for as long as it takes for the muse to return), but then I went and did some more Google research…this is what I found:

Duplicate Content Penalty:

Website and video regarding reconsideration of your site.

blog carefully…

Write on!

Check Out Quantum SEO Solutions Internet Marketing

• Product Review – Blog Mastermind – How a $497 Course Changed My Life Forever! Can a $497 Course Change Your Life?  It Did Mine! Almost exactly 18 months ago, I started looking around for free ways to promote my latest book. Everywhere I checked, the advice was to “go start a blog”...”UHG” I groaned.....I don’t want to have to produce content daily, weekly or......
• Newbie Blogger Tips and Tricks - Must Do's and Things to Avoid Are You a Newbie Blogger? Here are Some Great Tips... Although this blog started out as a marketing tool for my upcoming book, it’s become a part of my life.  Learning about this crazy blogosphere has been a passion of mine over the past few months, and I like......

• What is the Difference Between Blogging and Content Writing? Sometimes it seems like articles and blogs are so similar to one another in content that it can be difficult to tell what the difference is between these two types of written media. Blogs tend to have more leeway, and follow a completely different structure because they can be short......
• Search Engine Optimization Secrets Revealed! Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process by which webmasters or online business owners utilize strategic copy on their websites, together with offsite linking strategies to increase their website’s status in the eyes of the search engines. (You can find out more about this at http://www.001sitepromotion.com) As the internet has......