Article Re-posting / Duplication

[Webrevolve]

Hi Mozzers!

Quick question for you all. This is something I've been unsure of for a while. But when a guest post you've written goes live on someone's blog. Is it then okay it post the same article to your own blog as well as Squidoo for example?

Would the search engines still see it as duplication if I have a link back to the original?

[DHS_SH]

This would definitely be duplicate content.

Most blogs or websites that welcome guest blog posts stipulate that the content is unique for this very reason.

It has no unique value if it is across numerous websites, it is essentially the same as posting your article on an article distribution website (albeit to a lesser degree).

My tip is to have the article on 1 site only.

[brightonseorob]

Yes, this is duplicate content. Duplicate content covers the whole web - not just your site. Squidoo for example will not post your article as they will see that it is somewhere else on the web.

[Webrevolve]

So it wouldn't make a difference if I included a link back to the original piece?

Thanks for the help anyway

[DHS_SH]

No the search engines are unable to distinguish that the pages are a guest post, for them it is just duplicate content.

You could of course try and rewrite your article, but search engines such as Google are getting better and better all the time so are increasingly able to see if you are just re-hashing an article.It's scary!

I guess the take home is to only produce unique content that offers real value to the web user.

[Webrevolve]

I see, that's certainly cleared that up!

Thanks again