Duplicate Content Round-up: Diagnosis and Correction with Free Tools

Here is the Duplicate Content Tool if that is all you are looking for… “Duplicate content” has become a standard part of the SEO lexicon over the last year or so (2005-2006), and over that time, a handful of common causes have been identified – the most common of which is poor URL handling. There is one cause, legitimately having duplicate pages or very similar pages throughout your site, which is not caused by poor URL handling, and I would recommend SEOJunkie’s tool for determining that type of issue. To note, there is some skepticism (really, skepticism in the SEO world?) as to the actual effect of duplicate content on a sites ranking. I believe that the largest impact occurs through PR dispersion. This occurs when inbound and...