Comments on: A Duplicate Content Problem You May Not Know You Have

By: Albert L.G.

Albert L.G. — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:26:30 +0000

Hi Rebecca! Are you sure that having 2 different domains with exactly the same pages is a duplicate content issue? (for example a .co.uk site for a UK market and .com site for a US market, neither of which have any discernible difference). I’ve read at SEOmoz that it wasn’t a problem now…
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By: IanVisits

IanVisits — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:42:02 +0000

Lawks!

That is the exact opposite of what I would recommend.

Yes, the dup-content problem exists, but don’t try to block Google’s access to the pages as you are then missing a HUGE internal linking boost.

At most, put a noindex meta tag in the printer friendly page, but ensure that Google (etc) finds the page and follows links to/from it.

Having created the pages, make sure the headline is a link back to the primary page and scatter a few suitable in-text links to other pages on your site.

With good CSS, these links wont show up when printed, but will substantially boost your internal link juice.
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By: Bob Gladstein

Bob Gladstein — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:17 +0000

Personally, I like setting up a separate CSS to kick in when the media is print rather than screen. It strips out much of the formatting, navigation and images, leaving you with a very clean, easily printed page, and there’s no duplicate content issue, because it’s the same page at the same URL. It just looks different.

By: Lock

Lock — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:19:55 +0000

Interesting article. It's got me thinking of my own websites and why I'm not ranking for one of them. I use testimonials on the bottom of my sites. And I include all of them on each site. You think something as simple as that could be the reason why Google is not giving me love? Is it better to put different ones on different sites? .-= Lock´s last blog ..Commercial Locksmith Perth =-.

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By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:30:36 +0000

Nice overview Rebecca! Another avenue you could take would be to ensure that your print pages have a rel=”canonical pointing back to the non-print version of the page.