I am Posting an article on my site and another site has asked to use the same article - Is this a duplicate content issue with google if i am the creator of the content and will it penalize our sites - or one more than the other??

[isle_surf]

I operate an ecommerce site for outdoor gear and was invited to guest post on a popular blog (not my site) for a trip i had been on. I wrote the aritcle for them and i also will post this same article on my website. Is this a dup content problem with google? and or the other site? Any Help. Also if i wanted to post this same article to 1 or 2 other blogs as long as they link back to me as the author of the article

[CaseyKluver]

Hi Marc,

This is not a good idea, and is absolutely duplicate content. Nothing good will come of it for any of those sites even if you link back to you as the author.

Just concentrate on your guest posting opportunity, really take your time and create an awesome post that provides value to the community. Be sure to include your link back to your site.

Posting the same blog to 4 different sites wont do you any good.

[RobMay]

Yep, I agree with Casey.. don't go this route at all. Feature the article on 1 site only and use this to promote your 'awesome' piece of content to the world Cheers!

[Alex-Harford]

I agree with Casey and Rob, apart from the "do or die" stance. If the other blog links back to the original article, and the original article is on your site, I don't see it as a big problem - as long as it's not something you do often - and as long as most of the content on your site is unique. Google will usually be able to figure out what the source is, if there's a link back to it. I'd still only have the article on the one site, most of the time.

Make sure the blog you're posting on is worth giving your great content to as well - guest blogging can be an excellent way of increasing your own readership if you choose relevant, popular in your niche blogs. Also get some relevant anchor text if you can e.g. "Marc Miller regularly updates his Outdoor Gear Blog" (you can come up with something better than that!).

If you haven't seen it, this is a great post about increasing blog traffic: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/21-tactics-to-increase-blog-traffic-2012