Here is a very good and informative article about the google duplicate content penalty issue. I find it interesting because it speaks of ways to get this penalty that many webmaster that are new will not think about. Here is a little of the article below...
"The articles that your affiliate programs affiliate tools provide can possibly be holding you back from the top of the search engines and placing you in danger of a duplicate content penalty.
The Elephant in the affiliate marketing room. Link to original longer version article.
What no one seems to be talking about is the fact that these articles are used verbatim by tens, hundreds and even thousands of affiliates who sign up for the affiliate programs before and after you. So some of these articles are used thousands of times, and google knows and see's this"
I think that many readers should read this article and find many help from this.
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