Title: WP and duplicate content
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WP and duplicate content

 *  [davidjohnny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidjohnny/)
 * (@davidjohnny)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-and-duplicate-content/)
 * Hi all –
 * I’m trying to figure out how to keep my content on one page only, instead of 
   showing up on category pages, archives, feeds, and wherever else it may be.
 * I thought I would be OK if I used the more tag and only showed summaries on feeds.
   However, I noticed the “more” tag creates a new url, and hence duplicates the
   content on another page.
 * Any thoughts?

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 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-and-duplicate-content/#post-523829)
 * That’s how wp (and most other blogging software) works. That’s just dynamic engines
   overall…. I think maybe the only way to do what it sounds like you want is regress
   to flat html.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-and-duplicate-content/#post-523833)
 * Here you can learn a lot about this issue:
    [http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3097706.htm](http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3097706.htm)
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-and-duplicate-content/#post-523836)
 * Geesh. Y’know, I read a fair number of blogs, some of which (like donklephant.
   com) have a pretty fair PR and show up pretty high in the SERPS. Guess what? 
   They use wp, and they don’t worry about this sort of silliness….
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-and-duplicate-content/#post-523837)
 * I didn’t say I am buying it 🙂
    Just gave the link for all those who are concerned.
 * I have a blog that started as a “test” – no kidding, even its URI has that word:
   [http://www.transycan.net/blogtest/](http://www.transycan.net/blogtest/)
    it 
   has PR 6, and for certain keywords (like: integrating WP, Pages in WP 2.1) comes
   up on top positions. It has all the possible “duplicate” things: categories, 
   monthly archives, single posts and the big G and I are were happy with it 😉
 *  Thread Starter [davidjohnny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidjohnny/)
 * (@davidjohnny)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-and-duplicate-content/#post-523844)
 * Moshu – Thanks, great link! I should have checked WMW.
 * I realize there is a lot of controversy as to how much Google penalizes these.
   Some say they are smart enough to figure out this issue with a blogging platform.
   Yet other (well-trusted) sources say their own tests show that the pages that
   they don’t protect rank lower. (Protect by using no-index and no-follow.)
 * I don’t know who is right, but I’d rather be safe.
 * Thanks for your help!
 * David

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