What is the real definition of duplicate content?

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January 26, 2015, 5:25 am

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What is the real definition of duplicate content?

Can you explain more about duplicate content and whether or not that would result in some type of search engine penalty? Maybe some ideas on how to avoid duplicate content. Also, can you give me some examples of good and bad duplicate content?

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Akemi

Akemi

Duplicate content usually refers to multiple pages on the same site that have exact content. It does not refer to a site sharing the same content as another. This latter example is not duplicate content, but what's called syndicated content.

10 years ago

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Damita

Damita

One example of duplicate content might be on a forum where you have two versions of each post, one for regular users and another for mobile users. Each version of the page would be formatted differently, but would have identical content. Google considers this type of duplicate content to be acceptable as the main purpose of the page(s) is to assist the viewer in seeing the content.

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Airlia

Airlia

Another type of duplicate content page, might be the 'printer friendly' page, which is usually available on sites. Any links leading to a printer only page should be no follow to prevent Google from indexing those pages as they are a duplicate of another page on site.

10 years ago

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anirban09P

anirban09P

“Duplicate content generally refers to substantive blocks of content within or across domains that either completely match other content or are appreciably similar”.
This means that duplicate content happens when Google finds two or more URL’s that virtually have the same content. When Google finds duplicate content, the algorithm will exclude those duplicate pages from their main index because Google wants to provide the best search results possible.

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49webstreet

49webstreet

Duplicate content is the one which you use more than one time on your website whereas the content on your own site and on another website is referred to as the syndicate content. Syndicate content is somewhere helpful to make your content viral on the web about particular topic.49 webstreet is a well developed seo company in Chandigarh deliver the outstanding results to the clients.

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vinaythkr6

vinaythkr6

Duplicate content usually refers copy content, if anyone use copy content that's call Duplicate content.

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chetaseo

chetaseo

duplicate content refers to content that hasnt undergone any editing. it is just a copy and paste content from one site to another without any alteration.

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WynDavies

WynDavies

Everyone thinks that Google will penalize your site for duplicate content. However, the duplicate content theory is just a myth. If Google decides there are multiple copies of a page on the internet, it will choose which page is most relevant and show that one for a specific search term query.

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patco444

patco444

Better don't use duplicated content. Either write it yourself or pay somebody write a high quality unique article for you!

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Jolian

Jolian

There is no such thing as 'good duplicate content'. However, maybe there are some pages that duplicate others on your site that serve a purpose that is not considered harmful.

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Chinmay

Chinmay

Copy content by and large alludes to substantive pieces of substance inside or crosswise over areas that either totally coordinate other substance or are considerably comparative. For the most part, this is not misleading in birthplace

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vinaya

vinaya

Duplicate contents mean similar contents already exist online, If you based your article on online research and it does not have any new idea, it is a duplicate content. Spun or rewritten articles are also duplicate contents. If a large portion of your content is copied from other sources, it will also be termed as duplicate contents.

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Corzhens

Corzhens

Based on the term that you stated, duplicate content is a content that has an exact copy not only on another site but also on your site. That means you cannot and you should not post a duplicate content on your site like re-posting a web page. That will constitute a duplicate content that can harm your site’s SEO capabilities. To check for duplicate content, copy a portion and do a search. The search engine will tell you if there is content like that on another site.

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