Comments on: Rehashing Information Is Good For The Web

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:36:48 +0000

Hi Website Promotion Blog,
This is VERY true not only on news websites but in the blog world as well…

By: Website Promotion Blog

Website Promotion Blog — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:07:04 +0000

With a little bit of creative writing and looking at things from your own perspective the whole things will be different.

I believe that search engines are going toward imitating what’s natural. Now, look at the news. Something happens and everyone is writing about it. Headlines (Titles) can be different. Body content could be different too. As long as you place a link to the news source and write your own take of the news, things should be fine. Actually, this is a very common way of how some people write news posts.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:50:40 +0000

Hi Lorraine,
Rehashing information or content becomes duplicate content I think when you don’t give credit to the original source. Often many times, I will re-write my own article for multiple places, the message may be similar but I take a totally different writing approach based on the audience of the placement…

Unfortunately, the news media does operate this way…

By: Lorraine Grula

Lorraine Grula — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:30:51 +0000

Hi Nick.

When does “rehashing” become duplicate content? If I re-write your article in my own words that’s one thing but what if I just copy paste your article on my blog? What if I link to it with a brief synopsis? Doesn’t google reward the original content creator? Viral is great of course but does it slam into duplicate content issues?

The news media as a whole is very copy-cat this way, it is not just the internet. People in news rooms sometimes sit around and watch the competition and just go cover whatever the see others covering. Personally, I do not like this practice but no one asked me.
Thanks,
Lorraine

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:48:47 +0000

Hi Ricardo – Very true it is viral marketing for sure! Thanks for reading!

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:55:34 +0000

Good point. Never thought of that but it IS important: you might not read something in just one place or see a video just on Youtube – most times the services themselves will allow you to share it with other people or embed it on your website.

Viral marketing indeed!