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Duplicate content within one website<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is often unintentional and can be the result of sites having pages for similar products where the content has been only slightly changed, or because landing pages have been created for PPC campaigns.<\/p>\n

In this case, Google recommends that webmasters include the preferred version of the URL on their sitemap file, which will help the search engine’s crawlers find the best version.<\/p>\n

Duplicate content across domains<\/strong><\/p>\n

This refers to content identical to that on your website appearing on third party domains, often when sites use scrapers to copy your text and use it to push themselves up the rankings.<\/p>\n

Google claims that it manages to determine the original source of the content “in most cases”, and that having your content copied shouldn\u2019t impact on your search rankings.<\/p>\n

Google offers the following tips if sites with scraped content are ranking higher than the original website:<\/p>\n

\u2022Make sure your site\u2019s content is being crawled by Google.<\/p>\n

\u2022Check the Sitemap file to see if you made changes for the particular content which has been scraped.<\/p>\n

\u2022Make sure your site is in line with Google\u2019s webmaster guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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