Should we worry about duplicate content?

[Graybeard]

^^ Hurry up and make that original content so Google can sell their ads ... Maybe Google will throw you a bone if you are a good dog </sarcasm> Meantime, Google make sbillions scraping the content of others to sell their ads --hypocrisy in motion.
Much of the Internet is just the disruption of where advertising revenue is spent today and where product has the best visability.
Meet your new masters

 

[allstarstuccorepair]

There are now over 1 billion websites in the world and it is pretty safe to say that practically ever topic has been discussed. Even seemingly-obscure topics like worm farming have 750,000+ search results. If you are writing an article about worm farming, why the heck would Google show your article instead of the thousands of others which are already out there?

To rank, it isn’t enough that your content isn’t duplicate. It has to provide unique value compared to all the other websites out there. This means being able to meet your users’ needs (search intent), and you’ve got to satisfy their search intent in an interesting way and with a streamlined web experience.

 

[patriotstuccorepair]

Duplicate content can be a confusing issue, but, in a nutshell, it can be summed up like this:

Internal duplicate content should be minimized; external duplicate content is good, provided it’s intentional.

Oh… and neither will hurt your SEO.

Outside your website, taking advantage of legitimate content duplication is a practical way to spread your information to a wider audience.

Keeping internal duplicate content to a minimum will not only help search engines index your site the way you want, but it will also improve the users’ experience.

While Google penalizes blatant content duplication that’s geared toward gaming the system, no typical form of content duplication conflicts with search engine guidelines.

The real reason you should avoid unnecessary content duplication and take advantage of legitimate external duplication is for the sake of your users. Getting unique content in front of more people is the ultimate goal and maintaining the right approach to duplicate content can help you achieve it.

 

[Graybeard]

I think that you shouldn't be worried about duplicate

That will will not work for SEO (search engine referrals).
That said, for landing pages for ad network ad buys -- copy away all you want.
That's clearly pirate territory ...

 

[Gamerseo]

Of course! Duplicate content is a fatal SEO bug.

 

[PaidPoints]

In my opinion, If you mean duplicate content as having the same content twice on your site, then you may need to worry about that, but if you are referring to duplicate content as having similar content as is on someone else's website, I don't think that is possible to totally evade.

 

[Graybeard]

The most important thing you should know is that plagiarism is a criminal offense.

Not really. Exception being copyright infringement where damages can be tangibly proven --direct payment usually.

IMHO, the internet has made copyright a total mess.
Hijacking and actually copying the code of a webpage (that's copyright by the author BTW) is condoned here. Porn tubes steal content then claim Safe Harbor when honoring DMCA takedowns saying any infringements were the acts of 'mysterious' rogue uploaders --sure ...

Commercialization of copyright theft of images (memes) is what make social media work so well --this is not exempt technically by the fair-use limitations of copyright protection.

How have Zuck and Dorsey and others, even Google search not profited by billions from stolen content and section 29 safe harbor?

29 CFR § 4000.14 - What is the safe-harbor method for providing an issuance by electronic media?

www.law.cornell.edu

The movie studios have lost trolling cases against random IP/user-viewers of stolen content and are now only perusing the most egregious instances of commercialization of copyright theft.

What it is now is what it is. Anyone can steal your work and usually get away with it. The irony is when you steal 'their work' you may very well steal parts of your own work back --that you already worked to create.

AI takes everyone's work and creates its own work from the works of others. AI will win because nothing is that original.

 

[irerimoses]

Yes! but you can use rewriting tools to write your own fresh content.

 

[Busida]

It seems to me that duplicate content makes your writing super corny. If you want to create top-content you should always strive to make your writing - unique. Of course, often, it's tough to avoid duplicating, because human's speech isn't perfect and sometimes some phrases or maybe formulations can repeat from paper to paper. It's not bad, but your task as a copywriter to minimize the repeated phrases and formulations.

For this, you have to find a unique approach to copywriting, all people have their own style and I am sure you too. So, just try to improve your style day by day, by reading books, articles from other copywriters and so on.

 

[vincenttang023]

Should we worry about duplicate content?

Yes definitely duplicate content is a worry, But make the duplicate look original through small changes

 

[thelegend]

Well if your main focus its seo then yea you should wory about duplicate content

 

[DYNU IN MEDIA]

97% of Google is "duplicate content" Hypocrisy at its finest!

LOL so true but not like they copy exactly the same thing. Usually, I saw some websites spin the content with some kind of tool to prevent plagiarism. However, I think neither copying nor spinning content should be encouraged

 

[Graybeard]

Do Memes Violate Copyright Law?

Topic: CopyrightTime Investment: 10 minutesSuggested Product: Ultimate Copyright KitOh meme… Besides the fact there seems to be no consistent way to say the word (is it ME-ME or may-may?) Anyways, an Internet Meme is in legal terms, a derivative work, and usually copyright owner is the only...

thelawtog.com

He doesn't begin to consider the social media puppet masters that financially benefit.
Generally, Parody will create fair use.

Spare me the stale SEO bullshit --that is just too damn myopic.

 

[PaidPoints]

97% of Google is "duplicate content" Hypocrisy at its finest!

You rock!

 

[PaidPoints]

The entire web itself is all duplicates. Just not verbatim on all .