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[Ray Whittaker Contribution Level: 1]

I read in an article recently that Google is advising the use of the meta 'noindex' following the latest Panda updates. But the article didn't explain why Google would be advocating that now more than previously.

The noindex meta has always been useful to advise search engines not to index pages with duplicate content such as tag pages in Wordpress for instance, but is there something about Panda that makes it even more essential?

Anyone got any thoughts?

[Contempo Marketing Contribution Level: 4]

Cytheria

That is very dangerous advice you just gave... Duplicate CONTENT is very real ... VERY REAL... As real as a headache behind your eyes after a Metallica concert.

Noindex ? well Google is not necessarily advocating it, this has been more of a webmaster movement, but this isn't duplicate content infact the tags allow for a much stronger internal linking structure...

[Edwin Andres Arenas Taborda Company: Magnetic Sponsoring Contribution Level: 2]

I wouldn't see any need to do that as duplicate content does not cause penalties. Most things you hear about duplicate content are myths.
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Hi there Cytheria,

The problem with duplicate content is very real. In fact, try to find in google a replicated website (like the ones that mlm companies love to give to its members). You don't find the websites,

You make a domain search and there they are. But then you can search by the exact text in the site and any site that is not replicated appears first.

Google just doesn't like replicated content.

[eimroda oiracam Contribution Level: 1]

I agree that duplicate content is real and this should be treated well by every internet marketer out there. Regarding the noindex, I haven't read the latest issue by Google about this but in my experience, I don't give any importance for this since the canonical tag is already defined by G so for me, there is no need to use noindex anymore.

[eimroda oiracam Contribution Level: 1]

I agree that duplicate content is real and this should be treated well by every internet marketer out there. Regarding the noindex, I haven't read the latest issue by Google about this but in my experience, I don't give any importance for this since the canonical tag is already defined by G so for me, there is no need to use noindex anymore.

[Ben Sanderson Contribution Level: 1]

In ecommerce, it doesn't appear to be problem for product descriptions that are duplicate. I can't speak for other forms of web content. I will say, back when I was article marketing, it appeared that google picked the version on the most authoritative site and left everything else out of the index.

[Nathan Isaac Company: SendOutCards Contribution Level: 3]

Only as long as the duplicate content is not under the same domain name.

But duplicate content is all over the internet and allowed. Articles, press releases, Social bookmarking, RSS feeds and so many more.


Just make sure it's not on your website.