Backlink's using duplicate content in article directories
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I've had a link build report of all the links an SEO company have got us but a simple search for some of the content in Google with phrase match brings up about 3 pages of the same content posted to different article sites.
I think it is doing something but will it just be penalised over time?
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It is bad SEO, as artcile sites are worthless, but i dount you are going to get floged over it, just that the links wont count.
As Kevin said, make sure you have some good links also.
If a link is easy to get, it is proabably worthless.
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The report they sent through is actually broken down into the article name and then a list of the sites they posted it to.
The links aren't generated naturally through sharing.
Everything I've read says this is bad SEO as its duplicate content across multiple sites.
Its not spun, that's the only good thing going for it!
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Don't worry about it too much. When you guest post on the popular sites (not article directories), they are often scrapped by dozens of other sites along with your URL.
I'd only be concerned if a large percentage of your backlink profile is made up of links like that.
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