EMAIL REMOVED wrote:
> Are affiliate stores that have datafeeds from merchants a "bad" thing
> when it comes to search engine optimization? I have read that Google
> knocks them down because they are just duplicate content. I have read
> that one can make datafeeds "unique" by adding some wording here and
> there about the product. Across a huge database of feeds, however,
> some duplication is inevitable. If I have 134,000 web pages with
> slightly unique wording, sentences about the products, is that "wrong"?
> I'm not even really sure what I am asking!

Google, in particular, does not like duplication, and will tend to only
list one of a page - not necessarily the first, 'best' or the company
site. But on a page with yards of code, a few 'unique' words will make
little difference over the 134000 (!) pages.

Additionally, many affiliate organizations rig the code and the rules
to ensure they get better SEO.

Plus you probably give them a good link, and they probably don't give
you a good link.

Much better to concentrate your efforts on optimizing a few 'key'
pages, to get people to your site, rather than tinker with thousands of
product pages.

Or find an affiliation that lets you build your own site.

Do a search for a sentance from the 'standard' part of the site
(between "") and take a good look at the result. It may be a sobering
experience

Andrew
http://www.seo2seo.com/