Duplicated Content Bad for SEO

When it comes to search engine optimisation (SEO) you should always ensure your website contains unique content on every page. By duplicating any content on to another page then your page may be penalised by search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Bing or others.

Sometimes this may not always be your fault, not everyone plays fair on the web and likes to take the easy route of stealing peoples content without permission and using it on their own website. There is an easy way to discover whether someone has duplicated any of your content. First you must copy a snippet of text from the content you want to check and paste it into Googles search field. If your page is listed first then there isn’t much of an issue, but if your page is under ranked by another website then that website has the most authority for your content. You can either ask the web master of the website-in-question to remove the content or you can change the content on your website, the most easiest it to change it yourself.

You are also able to find any pages on your website with the same content on, this is helpful if you want all your pages to contain unique content and is recommended that you add new content in to these pages so you can avoid your site being penalised by search engines.

Written by Email Adam Heaton

I am the technical manager at Weblinx as well as one of the website developers. Along with developing websites I am also involved in optimising sites for chosen keywords and phrases to help achieve high positions in search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo.
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    I have found people literally copying and pasting my articles, not changing a thing. That makes me angry. I am wondering if the date by which the article was created can prove who created the content first? Why should I have to do anything when they took my work?

  • email marketing

    I have found people literally copying and pasting my articles, not changing a thing. That makes me angry. I am wondering if the date by which the article was created can prove who created the content first? Why should I have to do anything when they took my work?