All about this RSS bullshit!!!
 

When do the webmasters will understand ?
RSS syndication is going to ruin your business.
You're all grabbing the same RSS feeds again and again and posting it without any mofication. You're thinking you'll put the sign-ups to autopilot but all you'll get is a HUGE BAN FROM GOOGLE.

doesn't anyone hear about content duplication???

everyday at least 4-5 threads are asking for RSS feeds. you'll just ruin your business. it's redicilous...

LOL...ever think that people use rss as a base content and re-write it before posting?

and let me just say one thing in regards to the duplicate content myth.....associated press....have any idea what they are and what they do? and the millions of sites that use them?

hrrmm... so there's one opinion.

and there's the one I was waiting on...

good timing...

:thumbsup

btw, sorry you can't think out of the box enough to know how rss can be, and is being, used properly and not be penalized

yep. :Oh crap

I had someone taking a feed from one of my blogs and running it on his blog. I just left a comment explaining how that was a bad idea and he quietly removed it.

that's myth you believe. do you know anything about authority sites???
AP site will always get higher PR from any site that is publishing it.

most webmasters don't even care about rewriting it. just post on auto pilot.

I've always had this question myself. If you use an RSS feed as is but also add your own original blog posts you won't run into that problem, right?

now that I don't think is fair use....rss feeds from sponsors is one thing, but grabbing another blogs rss feeds and using them is shady

why are you so worried about what every one else is doing?

well I know what to do. but check some threads for the webmasters who's asking for RSS. their sites are just on auto pilot.

I am no expert by any means, but I have never had any issues using ALL rss feeds, so I would imagine a original blog with rss posts scattered in there will be just fine

WHO CARES?

let them do that, or are they hurting you in some way?

I'm not worried. I'm just sad that ppl are so ignorant. that's why I felt like I have to tell it. :(

thanx for sharing

maybe I'm abit pissed off too.
because the same lame asses think they are the king of web and give you bullshit on whatever thread they can.
they have no clue about what they are doing. just bullllllllll :mad:

Ok cool, I had always heard the same thing as far as the duplicate content issue and assumed it as fact. The blog I'm working on is going to be using feeds mixed with my own original content.

that's whay I'm talking about. you must have your original content!!!
RSS is good for syndicating other's content like a blogroll etc. :thumbsup

that is what autp blogger pro is for!

yeah it's a myth and a guy from google was there to talk about "how do you search porn on google?"

and their patent filing on content duplication is just another trick so they can get some tax credit.

also global warming doesn't exist too... :1orglaugh

You beat me to it...

um...did you even read the article?

uhmm ok.. :) im testing a blog network using feeds from sponsor let see how it works but so far its ok. after that i'll ad a custom gallery feeds on each sites i think that would be fine.

Yup, that's an effective way, write yourself and fill it with posts from feeds here and there.

Duplicate content doesn't mean you get banned, that's bullshit, it just means the page with duplicate content may rank worse. It only becomes a problem if all or most of the posts are from one single sponsor feed, and even then it rarely leads to a ban...it just ranks shitty.

Duplicate content on the same domain is by far more dangerous and since many people don't know how to get their templates and link structure setup correctly, 100% self written blogs are in danger as well. Why ? Because every post is indexed via 3 or 4 different URLs...and that's what hurts.

Many webmasters even let google grab www.domain.com and domain.com because they don't use 2 simple lines of code in the .htaccess, so they will get like 8 different URLs for every single post (worst case). No surprise if they get banned.

EXCELLENT post

It´s a good idea to rewrite your content as well as mix it with original content.
Duplicate content filters are not a myth.It sucks to have your whole site thrown in to supplemental hell.
If anyone is looking for a feed rewriter click here. I´ve been using it on a couple of sites now and so far it´s working great.
Sometimes the Markov outputs some hard to understand shit but in the end all you want is the surfer to click through.

I mostly agree...

how do you re-write feeds before it is posted in your blogs?

I've just finished.

If you have the same content that 50 other sites have google will try to take a guess, using domain authority, as to what the original site might be.The rest just get thrown in to supplemental or they rank horribly.
Duplicate content filter is that: a filter.Your site wont get banned or penalized, it just wont rank.


Wordpress sucks at this.You have duplicate posts everywhere: on the archives, the category pages,tag pages,etc.
Again what happens here is that google just picks the version of the content that it thinks might be the original one on your site.
That happened to me on my first blog: all my domain.com/post/feed pages where getting indexed and the actual posts where nowhere to be found.
Learn to use robots.txt and NOINDEX

The software does it using a Markov rewriter. It replaces some words with synonims and moves sentences,etc.
Sometimes it outputs some gibberish but its an automated process and if you are running 10 blogs its a real time saver.

here you are, how to do it.
http://www.filination.com/tech/2007/...t-duplication/

Heh, I dont understand that Kobe pic...

More reading:
WordPress And Google: Avoiding Duplicate Content Issues

The Illustrated Guide to Duplicate Content in the Search Engines

I've had like 20 SEO sites' feeds on my feed reader hehe...it takes like 1 hour every morning to go through them but it's totally worth it.

Yeah I sorted it out like 3 months ago and the difference it makes is huge...anyone using wordpress read that site and the WMW thread I posted above.

A first step, but there will still be alot of DC, a really easy and effective pulgin is Search Engine Management


Upload 1 file, activate, configure via checkboxes, done :winkwink:

this thread is turning into a good thread keep on posting WP/blog/SE gurus and give the noobs some advice/tips etc! :)

Another important thing I forgot about WP that sucks SEO wise is that you have to check if your theme has the same meta description tag on all pages.
Either write unique ones (which is the best solution) or dont use the description meta tag and let the bots decide the snippet of content they are going to use.
The last solution is not good because (as I learnt the hard way) sometimes the designs might have, for example, your side menu text first.Then all your descriptions in your google serps will have the menu text in them.And a good description on the serps might be what gets the surfer clicking to your blog.

I use this plugin that lets me write the meta description tag, or if I´m lazy it just takes the first sentences of the post for the description:
http://guff.szub.net/2005/09/01/head-meta-description/