A question came up yesterday in the office as to whether Facebook feeds were indexed by Google? Moreover, if content is published to a Facebook fan page and subsequently posted somewhere elseweb, is it possible for the elseweb site to get the credit (and not have a duplicate content penalty), or is Facebook always going to get the credit because of it's clout?
Dani 4,312 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
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Facebook Pages are indeed indexed by Google, and from what I have heard, since Facebook has such high clout on Google, is very useful for SEO purposes. This includes "tagging" of other pages, which appears also to play a role in Google rankings.
Though I have not looked into it, I would suspect that content posted on Facebook would not be viewed as a duplicate, from the Facebook generated title along with the other Facebook unique markups, I believe it would be considered unique content, for all intents and purposes.
Dani 4,312 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
Hi, thank you for your reply. My question was actually the opposite, however. If I were to post something to a Facebook fan page first, and subsequently post the same thing to my own blog, would my blog rank or would Facebook always win out?
Also, what if I were to use rel="me" on my blog to point to my Facebook page, indicating that it is my own FB page.
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