Original Content Penalty (Fact or Rumor?)
Friday, 31 December 2010
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I hear a rumor floating around that Matt Cutts is talking again about new Google Penalties…
Some of you say that we should never listen to Matt Cutts because he only tells us what Google wants us to know…
Yet others say that we should hang on his every word, because it is his job to tell webmasters what Google is thinking…
The really paranoid among us are always quick to point out that Cutts worked for the CIA while in college, and that predisposes him to use disinformation to lead us astray about what Google is really doing behind the scenes…
Still others are so super-paranoid that they suggest we should always listen to Cutts, because since his job is to lead us astray about the inner-workings of Google, and he is smart enough to know that we think he is always lying, so he tells us the truth, expecting us to do the opposite…
Regardless of the opinion you take about Matt Cutts and the words of wisdom he passes to small business owners, I tend to believe that this rumor is more than just a rumor.
In fact, after having heard this rumor that Cutts said it at a recent SEO seminar, I am actually quite concerned about this rumor being true. You know how rumors are… You cannot be sure that everything you hear is true… But honestly, I would not be so quick to dismiss this one…
Given Google’s past history with ranking penalties, I think we would be foolish to ignore this rumor… And if it proves true, it will be the end of my search engine rankings!!!
I don’t know about you, but this literally scares the **** out of me…
I currently rank on page one of Google for thousands of keywords, and enough of those rankings are on keywords that make money…
But with this new Google penalty, I am greatly concerned that my rankings will just vaporize overnight, and with my rankings going south, so will my income…
If you own a website on the Internet, and you rely on Google for any amount of income, then pay close attention to this. This is very important information to understand.
When Matt Cutts was talking to Danny Sullivan about new Google Penalties, he strongly implied that Google would start implementing a new algorithm penalty that will soon be known as the original content penalty!!!
Original Content Penalty – Originally published on the WarriorForum by Bill Platt
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Internet Marketing News – Original Content Penalty
Let me start out by saying that this article is a spoof so that nobody gets all crazy and starts a world wide panic. There is NO original content penalty, though sometimes you’d think there was. However, there is a very important message in this article that, if you’re smart, you’ll get. And if you’re reading this, then I know you’re smart. Anyway, here goes.
The other day, over at the Warrior Forum, Bill Platt, who I am convinced should have probably been a comedy writer, started a thread saying that Matt Cutts (he’s got something to do with Google) was hinting that there was going to be a new algorithm change over at Google where there would now be an original content penalty. In other words, and in plain English, if you had original content on your site that was seen nowhere else online, it would be buried in the SERPs. However, if you just scraped your content off of some blog or whatever, you’d be at the top of the SERPs.
Now before you write this off as just a big joke, think about this. Go look up a current news story at Google and take a look at all the news sites that are reporting the same story with the exact same content. And yet, they’re all at the top of the SERPs. Duplicate content doesn’t seem to be hurting them much. Conversely, if you had a brand new site reporting the same story, but in completely different words, do you think you’d be anywhere NEAR the top of the SERPs? I seriously doubt it. So yeah, while Bill Platt was joking around, there is some truth to the way SERPs work. If you have an authority site that’s recognized, you can put up nothing BUT duplicated content and still rank high.
Okay, where is the lesson in all this? Well, some people read the thread that Bill started and took it seriously. Some were even concerned about it. Now, imagine that somebody…ANYBODY…took this thread and reported it on their blog. Or better yet, just started spreading this rumor. Do you not think that EVENTUALLY it would take on a life of its own? How do you think the duplicate content penalty myth got started in the first place? That’s right…somebody started an unsubstantiated rumor. And make no mistake about it…there is NO duplicate content penalty. Google has confirmed this, though there are still people who believe otherwise.
Point is, before you believe ANYTHING that ANYBODY tells you, test it for yourself.
Not everything you read on the Internet is true.
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Steven Wagenheim
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There you have it, Extra Cash Systems Weblog Readers, THE definitive treatise on the Original Content Penalty Rumor… So, get out there and recreate some Duplicate Content NOW! 
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No. 1 — January 1st, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Honestly, you caught my attention and while reading the first half of the post, you got me scared.
Is there any link where you can prove that Google indeed said that there is NO duplicate content penalty? Thanks
No. 2 — January 10th, 2011 at 10:43 am
I’ve now read the original blog plus commentaries so, er, yes, it’s a joke? But why not – simply – “the content penalty”?
No. 3 — January 10th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
This rumor is very alarming. Everyone doesn’t want to have penalties. I just hope this “rumor” can be verified as soon as possible.
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No. 4 — January 11th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
I heard about this on another blog about two weeks ago. You never know what to think these days, especially on the internet. Thanks for the article and keep up the good work.
No. 5 — January 12th, 2011 at 6:24 am
I think it is a rumor and would be really verifying it to see whether it is a true one or not.
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No. 6 — January 12th, 2011 at 8:50 am
I don’t believe the rumor. Why would google punish you for original content.
No. 7 — January 14th, 2011 at 5:05 am
Now before you write this off as just a big joke, think about this. Go look up a current news story at Google and take a look at all the news sites that are reporting the same story with the exact same content. And yet, they’re all at the top of the SERPs. Duplicate content doesn’t seem to be hurting them much. Conversely, if you had a brand new site reporting the same story, but in completely different words, do you think you’d be anywhere NEAR the top of the SERPs? I seriously doubt it. So yeah, while Bill Platt was joking around, there is some truth to the way SERPs work. If you have an authority site that’s recognized, you can put up nothing BUT duplicated content and still rank high.
No. 8 — January 14th, 2011 at 9:23 am
Me too Matt. The internet is obviously full of incorrect information that people take into consideration. Be careful and inspect everything you read. Do more research and find more common thoughts.
No. 9 — January 15th, 2011 at 4:16 am
No web page is penalized: it is simply not given credit for the content, whether it be an entire affiliate website provided for you and 10,000 others to use or a single article on an article directory.
No. 10 — January 15th, 2011 at 4:50 am
There is no penalty. Nowhere does Google mention a ‘Duplicate Content Penalty’ so Biz, you can continue to submit your articles to iSnare and Ezine Articles and the other 500 to which I submit mine by means of syndication and direct submissions.
No. 11 — January 18th, 2011 at 5:31 am
This is certainly interesting. Half truths and full lies has lead to a very amusing situation. An ‘Original Content Penalty’ would have turned the entire net on its head. But like another commentator pointed out what proof is there that there is a ‘duplicate content penalty’ ? so this rumor should have been laid to rest quickly.
No. 12 — January 19th, 2011 at 12:05 am
Whether Google will charge the content penalty is secondary, what’s primary to me is why should there be any penalty at all for my original content over my web space in the first place?
No. 13 — January 19th, 2011 at 9:17 am
The ‘Original Content Penalty’ seemed like a hoax right from the outset. Though its certainly debatable how much of a ‘penalty’ is imposed for duplicate content over multiple domains unrelated to each other. If ever Google do decide to implement this very unlikely policy , I shudder to think how spam will take over all the SERP.
No. 14 — January 19th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
You had me going for a minute too, I guess we can all be gulible if what your writing comes off as making sense in some way and has some sound of being an athoritative on the subject.
No. 15 — January 19th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
I tend to believe that this rumor is more than just a rumor.And basically don’t believe in rumors instead go and find it before you believe.
No. 16 — January 20th, 2011 at 4:02 am
If this rumor is true, I am just wondering to what extent Goggle will earn in penalties.
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No. 17 — January 20th, 2011 at 9:13 am
This kind of stupid policy would have hurt the independent blogs being written by individuals who would have wasted so much time making up original content for their site,. Thankfully it seems to have been a hoax.
No. 18 — January 21st, 2011 at 3:10 am
A great move on Google’s part to hire a ex-CIA for their Press relations. They certainly are past masters in manipulation and disinformation
Even though its been ‘proven’ to be a hoax but an original content penalty would have been disastrous for the web…
No. 19 — January 21st, 2011 at 6:03 am
Getting to know what Google is thinking and doing is a worth its weight in gold. So they ahve appropriately hired somebody whos a master at this game of half truths. A original penalty system seems to make no sense at all and thankfully has been confirmed as just a rumor..
No. 20 — January 25th, 2011 at 7:22 am
Anything is possible but I highly doubt it’s going to happen. Google may be the king of the Internet, but they need people like us to constantly feed them content. I would not be overly worried at all.
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