{"id":127,"date":"2009-12-25T18:09:18","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T00:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2009-12-25T18:08:39","modified_gmt":"2009-12-26T00:08:39","slug":"orginal-content-hurt-site-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/25\/orginal-content-hurt-site-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Little or No Original Content: Does it Hurt Your Site Content?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>As an SEO consultant, I know that Google Page Rank is affected by many important factors. One of the most important steps to improving\u00a0 a site&#8217;s page rank in Google search is to have content rich information that includes keywords relative to your site\u00a0 and\/or blog post.\u00a0 It is also important to make sure that you post links and subject titles with relevant keywords that describe the subject of your content.<\/p>\n<p>Some bloggers and webmasters try to improve the page rank\u00a0 and attract visitors by creating irrelevant content on pages and stuffing keywords that have little correlation to the page.\u00a0 If Google finds that a site has violated their guidelines, they will take action. Some examples of content issues that Google prohibits are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thin Affiliate Sites<\/li>\n<li>Doorway Pages<\/li>\n<li>Auto-Generated Content<\/li>\n<li>Scraped Content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Thin Affiliate Sites<\/strong> are sites that collect pay-per-click (PPC) revenue by sending vistors to affiliate program websites. The thin affiliate sites provide little or no added value or service to the readers. Most of these pages are either cookie-cutter sites or templates, and do not have any unique content.\u00a0 As long as the webmaster has\u00a0 added value for the users and produces meaningful content, there is no issue with using affiliate programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doorway Pages<\/strong> are junk pages created to trick the search engine into inflating a website&#8217;s page rank.\u00a0 The page rank is increased through stuffing keywords for a popular search phrase that is irrelevant to the actual website.\u00a0 The doorway pages will then often direct readers to another unrelated page through misleading links.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Auto-Generated Content<\/strong> is content produced by a program to increase page rank. 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