Some Fresh Disclaimer Ink

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   samanthacubbisonposted 6 years ago

   Be on the lookout for the latest site to get the super helpful disclaimer feature, TatRing. This will differ slightly from the PetHelpful disclaimer, as it will be category-specific to cover as much territory, without overlapping on unnecessary content. We encourage the use of this tool in lieu of author-created, in-text disclaimers for credibility and readability.
   
   This disclaimer will only be visible to signed-in users until the release date next Wednesday, November 21st, and can be individually disabled in the HubTool. Authors may choose to disable the disclaimer on non-YMYL articles before it goes public on the official release date. We hope that by introducing this feature, we can create a sense of security for our community’s authors, readers and visitors.
   
   Feel free to send any questions to the team@hubpages.com inbox, or prod me personally in the comments below! (There's also a more detailed post on our blog --> blog.hubpages.com.)

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   Will Apseposted 6 years ago

   This is the TatRing disclaimer:
   
   "This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional."
   
   Brief and solid, I reckon. Can't get a hit in Google search for the phrase so hopefully it is hidden and not going to be an issue with duplicate content.

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      lobobrandonposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Having hidden content on a site is a bigger issue known as cloaking. Google is smart enough to realize that this is a disclaimer, in fact, we want Google to realize that we have this, that's the whole point of having it.
      
      Also, three lines of duplicate content is nothing. Notice that the footer is common on all articles too: Copyright © 2018 HubPages Inc. and respective owners. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. HubPages® is a registered Service Mark of HubPages, Inc. HubPages and Hubbers (authors) may earn revenue on this page based on affiliate relationships and advertisements with partners including Amazon, Google, and others.

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         Will Apseposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         You have more faith in the Google algo's reading ability than I do, lol. In fact, as soon as Google can read with human level capability, it will also be able to write and we will all be out of a job.
         
         Glad you mentioned footers, that is where the disclaimer should be. A long time ago Matt Cutts said that Google treats material in footers differently to main content text and links.
         
         Why does this matter?
         
         The TatRing disclaimer is brief and anodyle but these disclaimers are set to spread. Notably, the Pethelpful disclaimer has some powerful keywords.
         
         "This article is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge. It is not meant to substitute for diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, prescription, or formal and individualized advice from a veterinary medical professional. Animals exhibiting signs and symptoms of distress should be seen by a veterinarian immediately."
         
         In fact, it is stuffed with keywords, two instances of vet related words to begin with, not to mention all those medical/veterinary treatment terms.
         
         Sitewide that adds up and it does not give an accurate semantic signal of the site at all.
         
         Check out the front page of the site. See how many articles have anything to do with veterinary treatment of sick animals.
         
         https://pethelpful.com/

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            lobobrandonposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            Google already knows how to do this And they also kind of write by scraping content from different websites and putting it in tables on the right of search results in some instances.
            
            About the disclaimer, you make some very good points, but if I understood right, the disclaimer will only be on those pages that talk about this kind of stuff, so the keywords would only show on those pages that actually talk about a few of these keywords, right? If yes, this is not the worst thing. Having it in the footer may be an option, but there are no guidelines or experiments that were run on YMYL sites and disclaimers yet.
            
            I would highly recommend that the niche sites that deal with YMYL content have a separate disclaimer page in addition to the disclaimers on the individual hubs. Something like https:// pethelpful.com/disclaimer/ Where to place them on the hub (top, bottom, footer) is something that could use testing, but I think most people who work with SEO and studied sites that were hit would say having a disclaimer page is a good idea, there are indications that websites with disclaimers in the top navigation menu were not as badly hit, some were. So this is not all black and white, but nothing really is with Google and SEO.

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   Will Apseposted 6 years ago

   I reckon this stuff only becomes important when sites are borderline. The real solution is to escape the YMYL trap via a focus on quality editorship.
   
   An alternative for a site like Pethelpful is to move out anything veterinary-related to another site and keep Pethelpful as a jolly 'Ten Toys that Gerbils Love' kind of thing.

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      lobobrandonposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Yup.

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