> I don't think duplicate content will get you deindexed when Google
> just went out of their way to explain how they handle URLs that are
> duplicated.

> http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/09/google-duplicate-c...

> I think that is one of those urban myths.

> On Sep 14, 7:13 am, berto_s wrote:

> > If you've suddenly dropped from the index, check to make sure you do
> > not have any key spam items that would flag Google to think that your
> > site is spam. One of the more common items is duplicate content. Check
> > to make sure you do not have sub-domains that have the exact same
> > content, or other pages that are running on different URLs, but
> > contain the same content.

> > That may not be the complete answer, but it's a start.

> > Keep in mind that once you've resolved problems on your end, it still
> > takes time to get re-indexed.

> > On Sep 8, 1:27 pm, Chris Gunn wrote:

> > > On Sep 8, 4:27 am, SteveG wrote:

> > > > Yes -  please can someone help?  This is costing my business "big-
> > > > time" and the worst is that I have no idea why the home pageindexand
> > > > itscachehave disappeared and so can seemingly do absolutely zip to
> > > > try resolve the problem. If Google were just to acknowledge this...I'd
> > > > wait patiently for the fix...and if they were to reply saying "nothing
> > > > wrong on their side"...at least we all could get working on what we
> > > > need to do to make our sites re-appear..

> > > Howdy,

> > > I've been waiting for over two years now for Google to resolve their
> > > problems with corrupted data and the trash their scripts generate on
> > > their cheap overloaded Linux servers.

> > > They are aware of it but won't spend the money to buy a commercial
> > > grade operating system with memory isolation or add enough servers
> > > with good load balancing to stop the memory overlaps between too many
> > > executing scripts.

> > > They also won't spend the money for properly qualified web designers,
> > > much less real webmasters.

> > > Chris