1 simple SEO question for Wordpress - no fools please - GoFuckYourself.com

Kard63 · 01-17-2009, 02:52 PM

A post has the potential to show up on 3 pages- homepage, caegory page, and single post page. Actually, if it is is more than one category then it would be on even more pages but that is entirely optional.

You write your content on the homepage and you use the seo all on one plugin or something similar to change the post enough so that you hope you don't suffer from the duplicate content penalty (title, meta, h2). Ok, which page do you make those changes to and which do you put in the robots.txt?

I'm leaning toward putting the category pages in the robots.txt and using the single post page to add depth(pages) to the site even though they probably wont get much SE traffic.

Machete_ · 01-17-2009, 02:56 PM

I only use the "uncategorized" category

seeric · 01-17-2009, 02:58 PM

by default in seo all in one plugin, cat and archive are no follow. unless im not interpreting what you're saying correctly.

dynastoned · 01-17-2009, 02:59 PM

lol you don't get a duplicate content penalty on your blog because a post shows up on multiple pages within your site. at least its never affected mine.

btw a post can show up on more pages than that. you're forgetting about tags as well.

Libertine · 01-17-2009, 03:05 PM

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt

mynameisjim · 01-17-2009, 03:12 PM

You don't change the individual posts across your blog.

Like was mentioned earlier, just no index the duplicate entries.

And yes, google still does have a problem with some sites having multiple copies of the same page so it's best to handle that to avoid problems.

Kard63 · 01-17-2009, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A1R3K

by default in seo all in one plugin, cat and archive are no follow. unless im not interpreting what you're saying correctly.

I had not noticed that. Thanks for pointing it out. I don't currently use it but it seems they have answered the question for me.

JamesK · 01-17-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by dynastoned

lol you don't get a duplicate content penalty on your blog because a post shows up on multiple pages within your site. at least its never affected mine.

btw a post can show up on more pages than that. you're forgetting about tags as well.

Si · 01-17-2009, 04:20 PM

dynastoned · 01-17-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesK

lolllllllll

idk maybe you could talk to a few dating site sales reps n ask em about me and then tell me i've made an error.

as if i haven't made 1000's of sales from my blogs.

Kard63 · 01-17-2009, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dynastoned

lol you don't get a duplicate content penalty on your blog because a post shows up on multiple pages within your site. at least its never affected mine.

I disagree with you. The penalty for duplicate content can vary. If its on the same domain it is often the nicer penalty where google merely ignores every instance but 1. Maybe that is why you havent noticed.

JamesK · 01-17-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dynastoned

lolllllllll

idk maybe you could talk to a few dating site sales reps n ask em about me and then tell me i've made an error.

as if i haven't made 1000's of sales from my blogs.

Nigga please. Just because you have a successful blog network doesn't mean you know it all.

dynastoned · 01-17-2009, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kard63

I disagree with you. The penalty for duplicate content can vary. If its on the same domain it is often the nicer penalty where google merely ignores every instance but 1. Maybe that is why you havent noticed.

no doubt.. just the method i use doesn't seem to get penalized. i have many first page terms making sales everyday without doing anything to my blogs. other than adding a sitemap generator, using good keyword density on titles/posts, and a few minor template changes.

i guess if you had a massive blog some of what you guys are talking about would factor in. just not for what i do.

dynastoned · 01-17-2009, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesK

Nigga please. Just because you have a successful blog network doesn't mean you know it all.

yeah you're probably right. i know just enough.

adonthenet · 01-17-2009, 04:43 PM

I'm working on my forex blogs now

wish me luck.. just did some SEO today..

JamesK · 01-17-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by dynastoned

yeah you're probably right. i know just enough.

kisskatlyn · 01-17-2009, 04:50 PM

The last wordpress site I had, I used uncategorized and I was #2-#5 search result on google for 3 terms within 3 weeks. And to be honest I had the same meta tags on every page...I had not done the SEO for the site yet because I had only just set it up.

I'd say categorization is okay but only put it in one category. That way it does show up on the homepage and in the categories but it drops off the home page quickly and I don't believe there is much penalty for this.

chupachups · 01-17-2009, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dynastoned

lol you don't get a duplicate content penalty on your blog because a post shows up on multiple pages within your site. at least its never affected mine.
.

I believe he is referring to supplemental results.

Kard63 · 01-17-2009, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kisskatlyn

The last wordpress site I had, I used uncategorized and I was #2-#5 search result on google for 3 terms within 3 weeks. And to be honest I had the same meta tags on every page...I had not done the SEO for the site yet because I had only just set it up.

I'd say categorization is okay but only put it in one category. That way it does show up on the homepage and in the categories but it drops off the home page quickly and I don't believe there is much penalty for this.

I will use categories because surfers might want to browse in that way, but I will keep them from being indexed. It shouldn't matter.

If I have those categories noindexed do I need to bother with making the links nofollow? I don't want to leak PR to a page that will never exist in Google lol.

Iron Fist · 01-17-2009, 05:03 PM

I think duplicate content penalty applies to same pages across multiple class C and domains. For instance, parking pages.

Kard63 · 01-17-2009, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharphead

I think duplicate content penalty applies to same pages across multiple class C and domains. For instance, parking pages.

Yes, the penalty for that seems to be much worse than what I posted above.

Kard63 · 01-17-2009, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesK

Nigga please. Just because you have a successful blog network doesn't mean you know it all.

HomerSimpson · 01-17-2009, 06:27 PM

block category and archive pages with robots.txt

Code:

Sitemap: http://www.site.com/sitemap.xml.gz
User-agent: *
Disallow: /2008/
Disallow: /2009/
Disallow: /2010/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /category/
Disallow: /page/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /comments/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-content/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wpau-backup/

fris · 01-17-2009, 06:35 PM

i was gonna write an answer but im too tired and hungover

01-17-2009, 02:52 PM	#1
Kard63 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: 237 619 975 Posts: 8,944	1 simple SEO question for Wordpress - no fools please A post has the potential to show up on 3 pages- homepage, caegory page, and single post page. Actually, if it is is more than one category then it would be on even more pages but that is entirely optional. You write your content on the homepage and you use the seo all on one plugin or something similar to change the post enough so that you hope you don't suffer from the duplicate content penalty (title, meta, h2). Ok, which page do you make those changes to and which do you put in the robots.txt? I'm leaning toward putting the category pages in the robots.txt and using the single post page to add depth(pages) to the site even though they probably wont get much SE traffic. __________________

01-17-2009, 03:12 PM	#6
mynameisjim Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,985	You don't change the individual posts across your blog. Like was mentioned earlier, just no index the duplicate entries. And yes, google still does have a problem with some sites having multiple copies of the same page so it's best to handle that to avoid problems. __________________ jim (at) amateursconvert . com Amateurs Convert

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HomerSimpson Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Springfield Posts: 13,826	block category and archive pages with robots.txt Code: Sitemap: http://www.site.com/sitemap.xml.gz User-agent: * Disallow: /2008/ Disallow: /2009/ Disallow: /2010/ Disallow: /cgi-bin/ Disallow: /category/ Disallow: /page/ Disallow: /trackback/ Disallow: /comments/ Disallow: /wp-admin/ Disallow: /wp-content/ Disallow: /wp-includes/ Disallow: /wpau-backup/ __________________ Make a bank with Chaturbate - the best selling webcam program Ads that can't be block with AdBlockers !!! /// Best paying popup program (Bitcoin payouts) !!! PHP, MySql, Smarty, CodeIgniter, Laravel, WordPress, NATS... fixing stuff, server migrations & optimizations... My ICQ: 27429884 \| Email: Last edited by HomerSimpson; 01-17-2009 at 06:28 PM..

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01-17-2009, 02:56 PM	#2
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seeric .......... Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: .......... Posts: 41,917	by default in seo all in one plugin, cat and archive are no follow. unless im not interpreting what you're saying correctly.

01-17-2009, 02:59 PM	#4
dynastoned mmm yeah! Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: roseville, ca Posts: 5,061	lol you don't get a duplicate content penalty on your blog because a post shows up on multiple pages within your site. at least its never affected mine. btw a post can show up on more pages than that. you're forgetting about tags as well.

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adonthenet Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,753	I'm working on my forex blogs now wish me luck.. just did some SEO today..

01-17-2009, 04:50 PM	#17
kisskatlyn Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 433	The last wordpress site I had, I used uncategorized and I was #2-#5 search result on google for 3 terms within 3 weeks. And to be honest I had the same meta tags on every page...I had not done the SEO for the site yet because I had only just set it up. I'd say categorization is okay but only put it in one category. That way it does show up on the homepage and in the categories but it drops off the home page quickly and I don't believe there is much penalty for this.