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Duplicate Content Filter Algorithm

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:00 pm
by real_estate
Hi,
Does anyone have a clue what is the approximate duplicate contect filter algorithm that google uses ?
How original - indexed content can be duplicated and in the same time be included in the google index?

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:34 am
by eyecandy
No one knows this except some google engineers. However, you may want to look at their patents. It's not as simple as a percentage.

Here is Google's patent on duplicate content.

One way duplicate content is detected is by comparing the links on a page. This is a way AltaVista patented a while back.

Here is the AltaVista Patent