Duplicate Content penalty is one of the most misunderstood and at same time one of the most abused topics in Internet marketing and blogging. It is being “sold” as a proven fact by many looking to sell some form of a “solution” to others, not willing to take time to check the claims…

But I KNOW You Are Smarter Than That!

Last Google algorithm update only added to this controversy and created a new frenzy around the topic. And while I’m not going to argue that UNIQUE content will outperform Private Label Rights articles I would like to invite you into a quick facts checking process.

Shall we see what is truth and what is fairy tales?

Duplicate content penalties by Google is one of the most argued subjects in online world and also perhaps one of the most misunderstood.

I want to share today and article I just read and I think you can benefit from greatly as it dissects information coming directly from Google Search Quality team on duplicate content, penalties, etc:

Google Busts the Duplicate Content Myth

Greg begins by clearing up a popular myth about duplicate content, and that is that Google penalizes sites for having duplicate content. This is not the case. That’s not to say that duplicate content can’t have a negative impact on your rankings, but Google itself is not penalizing you for it. Read More Here

Also pay attention to the comments for some superb info, some of it might explain why I always take legal action against those who steal my content.

An inspiration for this post was recent conversation with one of my friends, who is brilliant internet marketer but blogging, using WordPress as platform of choice, is rather recent for him. It made me realize that what many of us bloggers accept as common knowledge might have the learning curve for him and many others.

In this post I want to describe – Why “MORE” tag is a must have on blog and how to implement it. And as always – this post is based on my personal opinion and something that I use and has proven beneficial to me.