Saturday, September 19, 2009

MarshalSandler.com » The World Wide Web Isn’t World Wide Neutral

 Leaving aside socioeconomic issues that prevent many parts of the world from having access to computers, mobile phones, or broadband, the panacea of an always-connected populace to access with all content, regardless of location, computer or Web browser, is still very far away. Thanks to overzealous individual governments or convoluted legalities that often involve copyright, the Web you see is likely far different from that enjoyed by the country bordering yours. Even in my short visit to the UK this week, I was annoyed to find that some of my data was blocked thanks to my newfound geography.

The phrase "geotardation" is one I often see from my cranky Canadian friend Steven Hodson, or his colleague, Duncan Riley, as the pair fight through blockades from the north or from Australia. But I haven't had to experience it, thanks to being in the domestic United Stats for the vast majority of my life - and started think about it more this week as I hit site after site that behaved differently if I was surfing via an IP address that resolved to ".co.uk" instead of a simple US IP address.  Louis Gray Sept 20 2009



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MarshalSandler.com » “We don’t see things as they are We see things as we are!” Talmud

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What does Google think of Duplicate content and multiple sites? (video) | TechBurgh Blog and PodCast

 Google put a great post up (video and slideshow too) about how Google handles duplicate content and multiple site issues.
I’ve always told my clients that Google doesn’t penalize sites and site owners for duplicate content. They just concentrate more on relevance and distinction.
As long as duplicate is legitimate and not spam (intentional manipulation) it’s valid for Google Search.
There’s a definite difference between penalties and site SEO. Duplicate content, link dilution and URL structures don’t necessarily make for good SEO.
Also, another misconception. Multiple domains hurt sites. Wrong. multiple domains are great SEO. If correctly managed.






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