Google crackdown on black hat

[rak]

Actually content farms are being penalized in the latest Google Algorithm change. eg article directories.

But funnily sites which have duplicate content continue to rise.

There are sites out there which have nothing but duplicate content, and link off to the original content, and rose during the last algo change.

[HBKKH]

long overdue

[warrichpk]

i guess micro niche sites are coming up and article directories are going down according to the recent google update.

[Adrian-LiveCasinoPartners]

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But funnily sites which have duplicate content continue to rise.

There are sites out there which have nothing but duplicate content, and link off to the original content, and rose during the last algo change.

I've seen the same. It must be frustrating for affiliates who produce their own content. Lately, our program has been sending affiliates our press releases at the same time (or slightly before) they are submitted to PR.com.

[Vladi]

I think you guys misunderstand what google means by duplicate content. It is an on-site penalty for sites that put up thousands of pages with the same stuff on all the pages.

It is not a penalty for "copying" another site. That is why sites can be bumped in the serps by black hatters who clone entire sites onto a better domain for example. And also why every major newspaper in the world that reprints AP and Reuters articles do not see their rankings drop.

Sites that reprint an article and link to the original article should have no problems with duplicate content penalties. The link is a signpost telling google where the original is and to give it credit.

[pocketnut]

A lot of google bull shit is what it is.

I see more crap sites climbing in the SERP than before.
More duplicate listings (same site more than one listing on page one) more thin content sites climbing in rankings.

All in all I see is google's results degraded.

This update was about making google more money...
And stomping competitors out...

I saw the update go online the 21st... I couldn't believe my eyes or the numbers.

I lost a little bit of traffic on one site that uses RSS feeds, google maps and video hosted by google... The rest of my sites (that don't use google content) climbed in the SERP and more importantly traffic increased, even for those sites that didn't see a change in rankings.

The lesson I learned is if you uses a lot of google's free content... Your going to lose ranking... No matter how much 'original' content you my have.

yea I agree ive seen them too...one page sites with little content at the top of the first page in google..

[sampeter012]

In the recent days, Google has indeed concentrated to a large extent in the improvement of the duplicate content from the websites. This has made the web owners conscious, as well.