SEO advice needed regarding Bookmark Sites

[Palmbourne]

Hi all

We have recently employed a SEO company. They have written some blogs and promoted the blogs on up to 20 bookmark sites. On each bookmark site the text is the same. Will Google class this as duplicate content? Is this a good idea?

Any advise would be appreciated, thanks.

[Chris.Menke]

John,

Promoting a single blog post via 20 bookmark sites with or without duplicate descriptions isn't going to do anything for the post or your site's authority site, one way or the other.  At scale however, if this is the only method being used, it's going to hurt you.  I would recommend taking a closer look at the other ways your vendor is promoting your site and I'd start first with examining the quality of the content.  If it's not of the quality you would be proud to show your college English teacher, put before a peer review, or frame on the wall of your store, I'd be thinking of looking for another vendor.