(Entry was posted by Sara Thompso on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 06/05/2014).

Duplicate content and press releases.

Hello! I`m looking for some feedback on duplicate content.

We have a client who has a press release on their website. They want to "re-purpose" this press release and use it as a blog, which will also live on their website. The blog they have submitted to us has about 50% of the same content as the press release. This blog is also structure differently.

Is it okay to post this on the website or will it be viewed as duplicate content?

Thanks for your help!?

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Sara Thompson: Hello! I'm looking for some feedback on duplicate content.

We have a client who has a press release on their website. They want to "re-purpose" this press release and use it as a blog, which will also live on their website. The blog they have submitted to us has about 50% of the same content as the press release. This blog is also structure differently.

Is it okay to post this on the website or will it be viewed as duplicate content?

Thanks for your help!
Kelly Johnson: Hey +Sara Thompson ;To give you a favorable feedback I would like to say that you should hardly recommend your client to provide unique & informative content for website as well as for the purpose of Content Marketing. Because I am sure you must be aware about the term "Content is King..."
Sara Thompson: Thanks Kelly!
Kelly Johnson: My Pleasure +Sara Thompson.....Let me know if their is anyway I can help you out.... ;
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Richard Foulkes: you could do it if you used a canonical tag (rel=canonical) to tell Google the press release is the original content, you won't get penalised for this and you'll be following correct guidelines! Just make sure the blog has the correct canonical tag in the <head> section.

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