No, the other site has not lost any position. This is what I did so far. I removed all the articles from the other site. So the contents will only show up in melanomapictures.org. I hope google's robot will search both sites soon.
--- On Thu, 8/20/09, Barrie North <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Barrie North <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [joomla] google listing question > To: "NYPHP SIG: Joomla" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 10:18 AM > *allegedly* Google have told us there is no > longer a "duplicate content penalty" > > But, Google might consider your other site with the same > content the "real" one. Has that lost any > position? > > > Barrie North > www.joomlashack.com > www.simplweb.com/joomla > www.compassdesigns.net > > > ~Please note, unless we agree otherwise, the contents of > this email are confidential~ > > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:03 AM, > Mitch Pirtle <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > > > I'm not an SEO expert but have learned over the years > that content > > that is presented in identical fashion on two sites is a > bad thing, > > and that the second website indexed will be punished for > it. > > > > The thinking is that some folks tried to game the system by > making > > thousands of identical websites with identical content, in > order to > > overload the top of the list for their chosen keywords. > Their plan was > > to make sure ALL links on the first page went to one of > their > > websites, even if all of them were the same. > > > > I'd reconsider republishing content from one site to > another - or move > > the content from one to the other before the next index > from > > googlebot. > > > > Maybe another Steve from Atlanta would like to weigh in? > > > > -- Mitch > > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Steven Wang<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi > > > I have a site melanomapictures.org > that was listed as #8 on google search. On monday, I added > 30 articles to the melanomapictures.org > from my other site. Now, I discover google droped my listing > to #300 in just 2 days. > > > > > > > How did this happen? Does google think I > "stole" the contents from someone else? If so, how > can I fix this? > > > > > > many thanks > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
