I have worked hard on the SEO of the website www.ripsteve.com

and until recently has been 4th in the search for "Steve Irwin"

However now it seems that a site with the exact same content but different domain name has bumped me down.

http://www.google.com/search?q=steve...ient=firefox-a

Second is http://www.australiazoo.com.au/

However under that is http://www.crocodilehunter.com/

How can the exact same site on two different names get both them indexed? Won't they be penalised for duplicate content or won't the one be unindexed?

It's just kind of unfair having both of them there.

Though I have no problem with this because they are Steve Irwin websites, I also like the publicity of the Online Memorial

one should at some point disappear as crocodilehunter.com is 301ed to australiazoo

Seems to have dissappeared. Strange Google experiments ^^

**** I'm good

Originally Posted by chrishirst

**** I'm good

Sometimes you are. How did you figure out the 301?

Other times you are just plain bad.

WebBug

IMO, it definitely looks a lot like duplicate content which is very unethical.

It's reappeared. Dang!

It will "bounce" in & out until all datacentres are synched up.
Could be a few days, could be weeks.