| The majority of online marketers don't even know | | | | and is presented below. |
| they have duplicate content on their websites. | | | | Affiliate websites. |
| And the most exposed types of websites are thin | | | | Even though affiliate businesses might be really |
| affiliate sites, ecommerce sites, submission sites with | | | | profitable, search engines systematically discourages |
| few submissions and blogs. | | | | the use of thin affiliate websites to compete in the |
| How do you know if your site has dupe content? | | | | organic listings. And the method of choice is to not |
| First of, evaluate your webpage layout: probably has | | | | include here-today-gone-tomorrow affiliate sites like |
| a header, footer, navigation bar and/or sidebars, | | | | these in the search results or (for really crowded |
| right? | | | | markets) even in their index. |
| These components generally remain the same and | | | | Google and other search engines keep only the most |
| are best known as site's overall template. | | | | relevant, well established websites in competition. And |
| Here is a tricky part. Even though we generally | | | | in general the sites that rank are the mother |
| overlook this immutable site parts, Google's spiders | | | | company website and one or two affiliate |
| record everything they encounter. This is true | | | | protégée. |
| regardless whether of not they are all content, | | | | The truth is that affiliate sites, as they are delivered |
| pictures or mixes between the two. | | | | first hand, are useless when it comes to ranking in |
| Ecommerce websites. | | | | the search engines. The big problem is that they are |
| Duplicate content appears on ecommerce sites | | | | all the same - and this is called offsite duplicate |
| because of their "sketchy" nature; these sites are | | | | content. |
| designed to contain short descriptive tags and a | | | | With this receipt your affiliate site WILL rank in the |
| descriptive picture for each product featured. | | | | search engines: |
| Duplicate content issue makes its entry when the | | | | 1. Create a new offer for your product or service |
| content container is outweighed by template's total | | | | and write unique pieces of content. This way you |
| number of words. | | | | stand a good chance of being noticed by the search |
| Note: Google isn't able to read images at all, no | | | | engines; |
| matter if they depict a written sentence or a cute | | | | 2. Bring new concepts to your offer. Not only use |
| puppy. | | | | synonyms to rewrite your site. Re-construct the |
| The problem can be easily fixed. Of course, with a | | | | product or service with you in the center of it. Why |
| decent amount of time invested. | | | | people should stop and buy from you precisely. Don't |
| All that's required is to calculate the proportion of | | | | be fooled by the marketing tonality of this step |
| text template relative to the text in the content | | | | because the focus here is to generate buzz and |
| container. Here's how: | | | | ultimately produce back links and references of you |
| Open a Microsoft Word window, select the entire | | | | and your site across the market you're in; |
| webpage, then copy-paste the info into Word. Next, | | | | 3. Increase the number of webpages of your affiliate |
| eliminate the content that presents the product and | | | | website - build a thorough, informational website that |
| count the remaining words that build your template. | | | | backs the offer(s) with competent guides and tips. |
| Once you have the number, create some unique | | | | Blogs. |
| text, more than you have in the page template. This | | | | Without doubt the best CMS or content |
| will pull down the dupe red flag and also differentiate | | | | management system for young or tech-illiterate |
| your webpage among similar product pages (from an | | | | online marketers. But with all built-in automation, |
| SEO perspective). | | | | duplicate content can slip unnoticed among your |
| No other onpage factor is more predisposed to | | | | content pages. |
| generating duplicate content as the title tag is. | | | | How to avoid generating duplicated content on blogs: |
| Make sure your title tags are all different across the | | | | 1. Make sure you include each blog post/article in its |
| website | | | | appropriate category and avoid multiple category |
| Hot tip: don't use stop words to make subtle | | | | inclusions; |
| differences between your title tag variations. Stop | | | | 2. When and how to use the "More" feature. Use it |
| words are a well defined group of words that Google | | | | with every post and embed it after the first two |
| "neglects" using them when evaluating site or page | | | | paragraphs so that the article isn't uncovered (in a |
| relevancy for queried keywords. | | | | large extent) right on the category or home page; |
| Duplicate content was pointed out as appearing on | | | | 3. Don't allow SE spiders to index user friendly |
| ecommerce sites also when the same product | | | | sections such as archives, popular posts, latest posts, |
| reviews appear on more then two websites. | | | | etc. To keep them out use the robots.txt file or |
| This problem relates better with affiliate websites | | | | insert the rel="nofollow" attribute. |