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Originally Posted by Splum
Back to the topic, from the demo sites I was shown awhile ago the package did what was advertised(very functional). As far as SEO well basically it just takes someone elses work and reposts it on your blog. I would dare say there is going to be repercussions for this reposting rss method on google SERPs. Thats just from doing my own research about SEO on webmasterworld and other boards. I made my decision not to buy the software on the premise that 1) It might be illegal to copy others RSS in a commercial manner and 2) Google may penalize for duplicate or copied content. Other than that Chio seems like a kick ass dude.
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Some of what you say is correct. Syndication, to put a blanket term over the practice of reproducing somebody else's content on your own pages and sites is NOT going away. Like all things, there will be those who abuse who automate TOO MUCH, who are basically just trying to get over -- our industry is filled with them. Google is behind the syndication model 100% -- and I will tell you why.
The rate of content generation on the Web is skyrocketing, yet we know that the rate of generation for WHOLLY ORIGINAL content is nowhere near that rate. What that basically means is that the vast majority of content being created is content about content, or meta-content, if you will. The creation of meta-content helps Google because the more things are "described" the better Google knows what they are. The RSS syndication model also has the benefit of providing Google with an uninterrrupted "source verification pathway" all the way back to the original author. If every person "adds" something by way of description, Google is happy. The value of your contribution, and thus your Google treatment will be a function of how well you have addded descriptive value, even upon someone else's work. Obviously, a "copy and paste" approach won't get you very far -- but then, who but a spammer would do that --
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