duplicate content slide deck from ses san francisco august 15, 2012
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An overview of duplicate content that outlines how it is defined and potential solutions to fix it.TRANSCRIPT
San Francisco| August 13–17
Duplicate ContentDefinition & Solutions
Eric EngeStone Temple ConsultingCEO
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Who Am I?
Co-author: The Art of SEO President: Stone Temple Consulting
25+ person SEO and PPC firm Trainer: Instant E-Training
Twitter: @stonetemple Google Plus: +Eric Enge
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Geek Out Alert!
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The Google Patents
Go to: http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm
Then search on these numbers:– 6,615,209
– 6,658,423
Many other patents, but there are two of the key ones. Bring your headache meds
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I mean, serious meds
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Typical Web Page
LeftSidebar
Navigation
Top Navigation
Sidebar Navigation
RightSidebar
Navigation
Content Specific to This page
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Input to Dupe Content Algo
Content Specific to This page
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Example Site
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Manufacturer Supplied Text
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Shingles
The quick brown fox …
The obtuse orangutan…
The eager electric eel …
The altruistic alligator …
The quick brown fox …
The obtuse orangutan…
The eager electric eel …
The altruistic alligator …=
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One Sort Order
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Versus Another
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Faceted Navigation
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Faceted Navigation Solutions
Preferred = canonical tag– <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com/product.php?
item=swedish-fish" />
– Source: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html
Backup is to No Index alternate sort orders.
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Simple Database Substitution
Boston is a great place to live. Boston is the largest city in Massachusetts. I like Boston because the people are so friendly.
New York is a great place to live. New York is the largest city in New York state. I like New York because the people are so friendly.
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Simple Synonym Substitution
Boston is a great place to live. Boston is the largest city in Massachusetts. I like Boston because the people are so friendly.
Boston is a wonderful place to live. Boston is the biggest city in Massachusetts. I like Boston because the people are so nice.
=
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Shingles + Synonyms
The quick brown fox …
The obtuse orangutan…
The eager electric eel …
The altruistic alligator …
The fast brown fox …
The hard to understand orangutan…
The earnest electric eel …
The well meaning alligator …=
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Winter is part of nature’s way of …
Storing fruit in Tupperware with proper air ventilation …
Kardassian filters are often used for …
Frodo Baggins is such a loveable …
In the Taming of the Shrew, the …
Storing fruit in Tupperware with proper air ventilation …
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Fruit Storage
Query Specific!
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Picking the Winner
PageRank Trust / Authority
Recency Original Author
Original Author Link Equity Score
Recency
2006- 2011 2011 (coming soon?)
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Solutionsny.com/ ny.com/?id=1234
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301 Redirectny.com/ ny.com/?id=1234
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<link rel="canonical" href="http://ny.com"/>ny.com/ ny.com/?id=1234
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Tell the Search Engine to Ignore the Parameter
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Two Lesser Solutions No index the duplicate page
– Keeps it out of the index
– Still consumes crawl budget
– Can pass link juice back to other pages
Block crawling of dupes in robots.txt– May still be in the index
– Saves crawl budget
– Does NOT pass link juice back to other pages
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Thank You!
Eric Enge
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