Comments for Duplicate Content and the Canonical URL Tag at http://lyrishq.lyris.com , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://lyrishq.lyris.com Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:59:36 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lyrishq.lyris.com/index.php/Blog/Duplicate-Content-and-the-Canonical-URL-Tag.html#pc_294 As I mentioned in the article, there really is no penalty from the search engines for duplicate content. The problem for publishers happens when you have multiple sites publishing your article (via syndication or otherwise) that all end up competing against each other in the SERP's. You won't get penalized but you'll certainly dilute the ability of that article to rank for a single source. Ultimately, if the goal is to get the article out there and have people read it then don't worry about duplication - you'll probably gain more links back to your site and ranking for a single source won't matter. If you only publish it in one spot (say your blog) then it's much less likely to get read and linked to and probably won't help you in the long run anyway. - Jeff Jones Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:31:56 +0100 http://lyrishq.lyris.com/index.php/Blog/Duplicate-Content-and-the-Canonical-URL-Tag.html#pc_293 I used to publish my articles, but now I wander should I stop doing this, because the risk of duplicate content penalty. Should I stop publish my articles on article directories? - introspective Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:59:48 +0100