Google & Bing think I plagiarized my own content and penalized me, the original author, in organic search! But copycats were rewarded! Why? Elie goes through it.
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Google & Bing think I plagiarized my own content and penalized me, the original author, in organic search! But copycats were rewarded! Why? Elie goes through it.
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Thank you for sharing my article, Preeti! Barry Schwartz also shared it in the Search Engine Roundtable Newsletter yesterday. I was analyzing the traffic sources when I noticed your post! I wanted to tell you I was grateful and to do so, I had to register on SEO FOMO! Thanks to you, I’m now joining this community! 🙂
Many positive and interesting things happened in the past 24 hours. I had to update the initial article… 4 times!
If you are curious, I highly recommend reading the latest updates 2, 3 and 4 😀
They start under this bottom section:
👉 UPDATE 2: Weber Shandwick’s reaction – January 3, 2025
If you are not curious, here’s the summary: the Weber Shandwick brand read my lengthy article and reacted positively (I never tagged them). This quickly changed Google’s SERPs.
Details and screenshots in my updated article!
It’s a great read, Elie! And I am so happy that you joined the community. I think you’ll like it here 🙂
I joined entirely because of you! 😀
The other community I joined was after a senior member invited me. I live in my bubble, so discovering resources like this, thanks to readers and followers, is a gift! Thank you, Preeti!