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"Some" of the content will be very similar to what's on the first site (I want to provide some of the same information to users of the second site but I don't want to interlink the sites). However, everything on the second site will be freshly and independently written...to avoid plaigarizing myself, I suppose.
I don't suppose google or adsense would have a problem with this, but since the two sites will have a certain amount of similar content I thought I would throw the question out just to be on the safe side.
A good analogy would be that you have a site about good jet ski locations and the site includes boating safety tips. You develop a second site about wake boarding but also want to include a detailed section on boating safety tips. You write the tips for the second site from scratch, but because the info is essentially the same, pages from both sites are bound to end up next to each other in the serps, all carrying adsense.
Anyone know if adsense has a problem with this.
but because the info is essentially the same, pages from both sites are bound to end up next to each other in the serps, all carrying adsense.
Unless you are using two separate adsense accounts, Google will already know that you are affiliated with both sites (because of the adsense code), and if the content is very similar, then from my experience it will probably only show the page from one of the sites...
This is why I am hesitant to do it. At the same time, I want to provide certain info to users of both sites BUT I don't want to interlink the sites.
Perhaps the question is: what is duplicate content? Like I said, I am not thinking of duplicating content from site 1 to use on site 2. Instead, I am thinking of writing it from scratch completely for site 2. This would mean that site 1 and site 2 would both have a section dealing with one kind of information, but the content would not be duplicated.
However, since these pages could conceivably appear together in the serps, perhaps this could appear to be an attempt to manipulate the serps. If that's the case, I'd rather not even bother.
And AdSense doesn't share information about accounts with the search team anyway.
That's interesting. I thought they might share that specific information as it is a way to determine relationships between sites, which seems that it could be useful to google in determining serps. I realize that anyone could simply add anyone else's adsense code to their site, but I thought they might use it as one potential indicator of relationships between sites. Apparently not. Thanks, that's good to know.
