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Simon,
I'm not sure if you actually read the Google guidelines you linked to. I think you should.
"Duplicate content on a site is not grounds for action on that site unless it appears that the intent of the duplicate content is to be deceptive and manipulate search engine results. If your site suffers from duplicate content issues, and you don't follow the advice listed above, we do a good job of choosing a version of the content to show in our search results."
Nothing I have done on my testing site is either deceptive or manipulative, and in fact content is never as much as 85% similar, the generally accepted cutoff point.
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"A good rule of thumb is whether you'd feel comfortable explaining what you've done to a website that competes with you. Another useful test is to ask, "Does this help my users? Would I do this if search engines didn't exist?"
Well yes. It helps my users as they can find me in another way, If the search engines didn't exist there would be no conversation, so that's a strange little thing they've said.
BTW, is "Doug" the same as Dawg? Confusing..
"He is blacklisted on Google for doing exactly what Doug is doing. He has spent the last two years trying to sort out the mess. Doug carry on at your peril. Perhaps Ray knows more than me, take your pick."
Fortunately I don't have to make a pick. There are several very knowledgeable people on this forum who proffer first rate advice without bluster, and here, and off forum the consensus of advice is that I am doing nothing that Google will penalize.
I hope that I'm wrong, but I do feel that because I had a go at your, ahem, interesting claims of national superiority,("No other solution on offer in the UK comes close to what we provide...it is most definitely the best" ), you are doing a wounded walrus impression, lashing out at me without thought.
It would be great to have someone of your experience and obvious dedication contributing here, and I suggest we all leave this now; start again another day.
I'm not sure if you actually read the Google guidelines you linked to. I think you should.
"Duplicate content on a site is not grounds for action on that site unless it appears that the intent of the duplicate content is to be deceptive and manipulate search engine results. If your site suffers from duplicate content issues, and you don't follow the advice listed above, we do a good job of choosing a version of the content to show in our search results."
Nothing I have done on my testing site is either deceptive or manipulative, and in fact content is never as much as 85% similar, the generally accepted cutoff point.
"
"A good rule of thumb is whether you'd feel comfortable explaining what you've done to a website that competes with you. Another useful test is to ask, "Does this help my users? Would I do this if search engines didn't exist?"
Well yes. It helps my users as they can find me in another way, If the search engines didn't exist there would be no conversation, so that's a strange little thing they've said.
BTW, is "Doug" the same as Dawg? Confusing..
"He is blacklisted on Google for doing exactly what Doug is doing. He has spent the last two years trying to sort out the mess. Doug carry on at your peril. Perhaps Ray knows more than me, take your pick."
Fortunately I don't have to make a pick. There are several very knowledgeable people on this forum who proffer first rate advice without bluster, and here, and off forum the consensus of advice is that I am doing nothing that Google will penalize.
I hope that I'm wrong, but I do feel that because I had a go at your, ahem, interesting claims of national superiority,("No other solution on offer in the UK comes close to what we provide...it is most definitely the best" ), you are doing a wounded walrus impression, lashing out at me without thought.
It would be great to have someone of your experience and obvious dedication contributing here, and I suggest we all leave this now; start again another day.
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