Demystifying the "duplicate content penalty"

[nikel]

Duplicate content. There's just something about it. We keep writing about it, and people keep asking about it. In particular, I still hear a lot of webmasters worrying about whether they may have a "duplicate content penalty."
Let's put this to bed once and for all, folks: There's no such thing as a "duplicate content penalty." At least, not in the way most people mean when they say that.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogsp...t-penalty.html

[Rubber Duck]

Sounds like Olney got all that completely wrong then.

[rhys]

Good read. That certainly was helpful.