A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post that generated quite a bit of stir and blog comments. It was great to see so many people read the post but to my shock someone had stolen the post within 24 hours and posted it to their blog.
I was honored someone liked my content enough to use it as their own. However, at the same time it was frustrating to see they didn’t leave a back link, credit, ping back, affiliate link or any other type of note that they had lifted this content directly from my website.
I could have reached out to the person and asked them to remove the post or to put some sort of credit on the post. However, I am not here to start wars and I would rather focus on creating more content than worrying about chasing after a few people.
The real lesson I learned from this example was how important it was for my website to have a near instant indexing solution. WordPress sites can naturally index in a few days if they have decent authority, but what about lower authority WP sites, new WP sites and is a few days really good enough?
If you’re like me then as soon as you write a new blog post you like to let the world know about it. You send out the information to Facebook or maybe even to an email list of your followers and there is nothing wrong with that.
However, what has been happening to me could easily be happening to your website. Is the content you are working hard on really counting as your own in Google’s eyes? Or is the person who lifted your content being indexed before you?
If you post content to your website you need to be sure it’s counting as your own. That Google knows where this content was first published and that it finds the content on your website before it finds it on someone else’s.
This may sound scary but it can be really simple. You just need to ensure you have a near instant indexing solution. I recommend using the new Ping Kaching WordPress plugin which will ensure your posts are being indexed in 4 hours or less. To learn more about how to properly set up your WordPress site for fast indexing times you can read a blog post I wrote about it here.
Additionally, for the people out there like me, the WP plugin we developed will also immediately update your entire social network about your new post. Letting your Twitter followers, LinkedIn network, Facebook Fans and more know about your new post.
The most important thing is that you get an action plan in place so your content is being indexed quickly. There is nothing worse that Google thinking your content is the duplicate.
JLM Merchandise – Surveillance, Security & Safety Solutions
So I created a new URL tonight and ran it through the PK gamut at about 9PM CT. I have a Google e-mail alert set up for my company name “JLM Merchandise” and I received an alert about my new URL at 9:39 PM CT. Being the inquisitive fellow that I am, I checked to see if the page was indexed. It was. It took 39 minutes to get a page indexed in Google. PK, how in the hell did you do that?
The Ping Kaching FaceBook Plug In ROCKS !!
Just downloaded the plugin, installed it in 3 Minutes flat, activated the Plug in, Entered my Log in details, tested the setting from the “check” button, wrote a post on my blog. hit the “submit post” and Bingo….5 minutes Later I invivited my Face book to check what was happening and BINGO again….the Blog post had been Automatically posted on my Facebook page and my twitter post…..The whole thing was installed, a blog posted, and bookmarks appearing in less than 10 minutes from start to finish.
WOW…that will save me even more time guys !!! Brilliant
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