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Hi
A rather basic question which I’m sure that some of the more experienced SEO experts out there could answer for me?
The scenario: My new site is to have ‘News’ page where articles are posted daily. This exact content is also available to other sites via a RSS feed.
What are the duplicate content issues from an SEO perspective?
Thanks
nowt to worry about as long as the syndicated content contains a link to the original article or is just an excerpt of the original article… Google is well aware that people syndicate content.
Google will only punish someone for duplicate content if it is the only content on a page and doesn’t’ exist just to complement the existing content on a page.
when you syndicate you should consider only allowing people to syndicate the headline and perhaps the first paragraph or 2, with a link to your original article at the bottom for the rest imo
RSS contents post no duplicate content problem as they constantly change. Besides Search Engines know what RSS is and don’t penalize your site for having one.
I’d agree with the concensus, although it’s always good to mix some of your own unique content on pages where RSS feeds are bought in.
Regarding syndicating your stuff out, while I can see Alex’s point, I’d say that if you just syndicate out headlines and a bit of content, you are less likely to get people taking it up in the gambling sector. People tend to be looking for meaty content. I personally think it’s better to syndicate full articles but make sure you include a link to your site in the feed, and make it a condition for using the feed that he link remains intact.
@Simmo! 188702 wrote:
Although it’s always good to mix some of your own unique content on pages where RSS feeds are bought in.
Yes thats good to mix the contents with feed.
I will also add that you can use more than one RSS provider feeds and customize them, they allow many options in which you can define keywords, specific feed results etc
