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[Question] Will duplicate content on other domains hurt my site?
Posted by on November 8, 2020 at 3:17 pmMy boss tasked me with migrating some content from an old client domain to a new one. I’ve been running the pages through CopyScape and removing any content from pages that is duplicated anywhere across the web to get it to a 5% or less threshold.
But now that I’m looking all the information about duplicate content is about pages on the same domain. So my question is whether or not a a 5-20% copy match between a page on my site and a completely different domain will be an issue. Thanks.
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Need to be clear there is no duplicate content penalty. Google just picks one (generally the original or strongest domain with the content) and will display that one. The other duplicates are ignored.
Think of it this way, if you searched for “how to make cake” and the results were nothing but the same recipe over and over and over across multiple websites, there’d be little value in your search. Instead you want to see the 10 best articles on the topic, each different.
Having similar content across your site is fine and you’re well under the threshold. You’re always going to have some level of duplication as there are going to be common phrases and more when talking about a singular topic again and again. Google understands that. And they know that a site about monkeys will likely have some duplication. That’s fine. In fact it shows your site is really dedicated to a specific purpose.
I wouldn’t worry about it. You’re well under any kind of bad place.
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