SEO - Just heard this, wonder if there is any truth to it?

[Jace]

News sites are EXEMPT from duplicates, as far as I know because Google knows there are going to be a lot of those with the same story.

no idea where they got it from, but it sounds intriguing

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Jace

no idea where they got it from, but it sounds intriguing

A little birdy tells me that most of these so called exemption rules only apply to sites with PR7 or better.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

A little birdy tells me that most of these so called exemption rules only apply to sites with PR7 or better.

...and I'd guess that the "News site" designation must be assigned manually by Google staff.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Toby

...and I'd guess that the "News site" designation must be assigned manually by Google staff.

but of course haha

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Toby

...and I'd guess that the "News site" designation must be assigned manually by Google staff.

Yup, I'm pretty sure higher PR's are also manually set...

[PagePeelMarketing.com]

There's a great deal of confusion as to what is considered "duplicate content" and what will be penalized. The most common arguments are ones such as this; "How do news sites get away with posting the same news across several sites? Isn't that considered duplicate content?" Or, "What about all the article directories and people posting articles to 30 or 40 of them, isn't that considered duplicate content?"

The answer is, no, it is not considered duplicate content because the enforcement of that rule would be too ambiguous and difficult. What Google and other search engines penalize as duplicate content is for those webmasters who own and run several, or many, websites (typically designed for Adsense revenues) on the same server, thereby essentially having the same IP address. If Google determines that a single IP address is hosting very similar or the same content across more than one domain, then it would be considered "duplicate content" and all sites containing that content would be penalized.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by PagePeelMarketing.com

There's a great deal of confusion as to what is considered "duplicate content" and what will be penalized. The most common arguments are ones such as this; "How do news sites get away with posting the same news across several sites? Isn't that considered duplicate content?" Or, "What about all the article directories and people posting articles to 30 or 40 of them, isn't that considered duplicate content?"

The answer is, no, it is not considered duplicate content because the enforcement of that rule would be too ambiguous and difficult. What Google and other search engines penalize as duplicate content is for those webmasters who own and run several, or many, websites (typically designed for Adsense revenues) on the same server, thereby essentially having the same IP address. If Google determines that a single IP address is hosting very similar or the same content across more than one domain, then it would be considered "duplicate content" and all sites containing that content would be penalized.

Can I get your extension?