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Duplicate Content On Same Domain SEO Strategy

In my experience duplicate content penalties are a complete myth. I've had success in spite of having duplicate content on the same domain. Heck, I've even made sales from entire sites that were complete duplicates. So, in this post I want to share a really simple strategy for using duplicate content to your advantage to help siphon valuable traffic from search engines. The first step is we're going to focus on targeting  long tail keywords . But not just one or two...a TON of them. The benefit of optimizing content for longer tail search phrases is that they're far less competitive to rank for, and there's more buyer intent. To find keyword suggestions you can use a free tool like  KeywordTool.io . I usually start with a root keyword like "teeth whitening". Once you have your list of keywords,  write a generic article  about that root keyword, and try to include and talk about several of the longer tail keywords you found from KeywordT...

The Duplicate Content SEO Penalty Myth

When I was a little more of an SEO newbie I would pay more close attention to the so-called "penalties" that Google would supposedly slap your site with. I would let that fear stop me from experimenting with new strategies or bending the rules. But the more experienced I became the more I started to ignore all the noise and propaganda published by some of the  popular SEO blogs  and authority sites. One of the most common myths that exists in regards to content is using  duplicate content . While the idea of using duplicate might sound like grounds for Google to penalize your site, you first have to think about just how common using duplicate content is with other news channels and media. Almost all forms of media: tv, radio, and newspaper have  content that is syndicated  across their platform - which means it's not original. And the Internet is no different. There's so many websites and blogs out there, so it's no coincidence that a lot of them...