goodroi
msg:4237816 | 12:26 pm on Dec 2, 2010 (gmt 0) |
It appears you are basically asking if it is a good idea to republish a large amount of duplicate content. This is generally a bad idea.
I don't mean to be harsh but I see many flaws in this idea.
a) 200 words is not significant content (especially when its duplicate content)
b) computational linguistics tools often arent good enough
c) google has been dealing with this trick for over 5 years
d) managing 200k pages is very different from managing 1k pages
If you think this is a good idea then do a test run of 500 articles. This will help you identify how much unique content per page that google likes. How the internal navigation should be setup. Plus it will help you determine just how good your computational linguist program is (quality can vary widely).
I played around with this several years ago. I don't do it anymore because imho its more profitable to hire writers or develop UGC (user generated content).
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seoholic
msg:4237838 | 2:07 pm on Dec 2, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Thanks for your advise.
a)Pages with more than 200 words are rare on my site, but it works. I provide unique content without using large amounts of handwritten text. On most page I use a sentence like "this are the results for (keyword):" and show the data in a list. The unique value is in the presentation and the logical interconnetion of my data.
b)Maybe they are not good enough to make Google believe, that I manually wrote the content. My intention is to improve the quality and the SEO metrics/semantics of the text.
c)Why must it be some kind of trick to post a large amount of duplicate content? My biggest competitor is doing this for years and is ranking better than the source. It is an old and slow site with a huge error rate because they are not able to handle their success. It would be a better user experience to read the same news on my site because it doesn't crash all the time.
d)My plan is to get to 600k-800k pages in the next 2 years with round about 250k-300k pages generated with this duplicate content in different ways. This is the size I need to get equal with my competitors. Actually I manage more than 120k pages, more than 50k indexed.
Why shouldn't I release duplicate content if I can offer a significant amount of additional value by offering links to related articles and related content and maybe rewrite the content?
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goodroi
msg:4237893 | 3:52 pm on Dec 2, 2010 (gmt 0) |
seoholic,
If you honestly feel that you can add enough value to the 200k pages of duplicate content that you will then pass google's current and future algorithm, then go for it.
Please reread my comments. I did not say you should not do it. I simply suggested running a small test version to prove your concept. If you are confident in your idea and ability then go forth and good luck.
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tedster
msg:4238019 | 8:11 pm on Dec 2, 2010 (gmt 0) |
What this sounds like is commonly called "article spinning". I appreciate that you want to do this manually rather than using software, but it's still not really a value add.
I also think that the Google spotlight is on this practice, as it is on all approaches for inflating content only to rank better. That said, it is a technical trick that works for some people, for the moment. I personally stay away from it.
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seoholic
msg:4238087 | 11:01 pm on Dec 2, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Thanks for your replies, goodroi and tedster.
"In the rare cases in which we perceive that duplicate content may be shown with intent to manipulate our rankings and deceive our users, we'll also make appropriate adjustments in the indexing and ranking of the sites involved."
"When in doubt, I'd do what makes most sense from a user perspective (what is most helpful to human visitors). You could also block those pages using robots.txt if you're worried about how search engines will view them."
[googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com...]
I can't see a negative effect for the searchers, no one is "deceived". It should be easy for google to filter my articles if they don't want to show the articles on my site and prefer to show them on a site which can not ensure you to get the requested content because of an insane amount of server errors.
"with intent to manipulate our rankings" Google
"inflating content only to rank better" tedster
Although I know that there is no definite answer: Google doesn't know my intention. Is a well rewritten article with relevant links to my unique content more dangerous for my site than an unedited version is? On one hand I may seem to have some sort of manipulative intention, on the other hand I signalise that I care about my content...
My current opinion: the most important factor is the amount of added value and the quality of the rewriting. Stupid keywordstuffing is not the solution. I will start with a test sample and gradually increase the amount of content. I suppose me and goodroi don't think that releasing 200k at once is a good idea.
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tedster
msg:4238123 | 1:19 am on Dec 3, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| I suppose me and goodroi don't think that releasing 200k at once is a good idea. |
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LOL - make that three of us.
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