Google’s Policy on Duplicate Content
Posted by Mike | Filed under Google
I have seen hundreds of blogs that use RSS to feed in news. This is not really an issue if it is not your only or primary content. Google penalizes internet bloggers/writers that steal other content or have nothing original to offer visitors. Google defines duplicate content as:
Duplicate content generally refers to substantive blocks of content within or across domains that either completely match other content or are appreciably similar.
Obviously, if you are copying whole articles it is duplicate content. If you are copying most of the article that is likely duplicate content. If your site offers no original content at all your site will likely get punished in Google search results. Google will filter your pages and they will not show up in the search results. If you choose to post snippets of content always link back to the original source.
My recommendation is to write original content. If you choose to have a RSS feed make it on a sub-page or as a block somewhere as part of your site. If you choose to make an entire blog/article with someone else’s content use just a few sentences and link back to the original author. I can promise you that the article you are copying from has already been archived in Google and your content will be flagged in likely not used in the Google search results. If it is detected a lot or the original authors complain you run the risk of Google taking action!
For more knowledge straight from Google check out Google’s article on duplicate content.
“If you choose to post snippets of content always link back to the original source.” whats your opinion in this context? Will they be punished?
For one Google states you should reference back to the source. I assume when the Google Spider hits the content and goes back to the original source it will see you have given credit to the original writer. I would also say it is good etiquette. I know if I wrote an article I would like to have people using my article reference me!
I was just about to ask about it. How if people use my articles as a reference. Would they be punish? How Google will know which one is not a simple stolen articles?
It is a good thing that Google was able to do this thing against those who don’t understand the word “original.” I’ve once read a blog post and it is quite similar with what I read just few days after the first. i wonder what are the other punishment for those violators?
That’s a good policy. Many times when I do research I found several similar articles. I think it sucks as no additional information I could get from the articles. I hope the new policy will overcome this problem.
One time, I’ve been searching for a specific topic. The results seemed to overwhelmed me since it offers many links on different websites. I was so excited to read more about my topic. However, I became disappointed seeing different websites but reading the same thing. I hate reading posts when there’s nothing new to offer! It just wastes my time!