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{"id":12036,"date":"2020-05-27T22:44:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T22:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scorpion.rmdsites.com\/?p=12036"},"modified":"2023-06-27T22:45:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T22:45:46","slug":"original-is-always-better-how-copied-content-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scorpion.rmdsites.com\/articles\/uncategorized\/original-is-always-better-how-copied-content-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Is Always Better: How Copied Content Can Harm Your Site"},"content":{"rendered":"

The competition to attract new patients to their websites and waiting rooms is as fierce as ever, and in the world of digital marketing, best practices can change by the day. Recently, we\u2019ve seen more and more websites that are adding duplicated content to their pages. Keeping your site up-to-date and supplying your audience with valuable information are key elements in an effective strategy, but copying pages from another site is not the way to do it.<\/p>\n

Building a website that contains duplicated content from another site can result in a poor user experience and can impact where your website ranks when consumers search for your services. While Google won’t necessarily always penalize you for having copied content on your site, it makes it difficult to rank highly because you\u2019re competing with all of the other sites that contain the same copy. This can lead to arbitrary ranking decisions and make it difficult for you to overtake your competitors.<\/p>\n

Guidance from Google & SEO Specialists<\/h2>\n

Sticking to original content isn\u2019t just our recommendation \u2014 it echoes that of leading SEO experts, as well as Google themselves. Here’s a snippet from a Moz article:<\/p>\n

“While not technically a penalty, duplicate content can still sometimes impact search engine rankings. When there are multiple pieces of, as Google calls it, “appreciably similar” content in more than one location on the Internet, it can be difficult for search engines to decide which version is more relevant to a given search query.”<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s what Google\u00a0has to say<\/a>\u00a0about posting duplicated content:<\/p>\n

“In some cases, content is deliberately duplicated across domains in an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or win more traffic. Deceptive practices like this can result in a poor user experience, when a visitor sees substantially the same content repeated within a set of search results.”<\/p>\n

In the rare cases in which Google perceives that duplicate content may be shown with intent to manipulate your rankings and deceive your users, make appropriate adjustments in the indexing and ranking of the sites involved. As a result, the ranking of the site may suffer, or the site might be removed entirely from the Google index, in which case it will no longer appear in search results.\u201d<\/p>\n

Checking Your Site for Copied Content<\/h2>\n

CopyScape<\/a>\u00a0is one tool we recommend to determine whether or not your site is utilizing potentially copied content. The tool will search the internet and return a report that shows you examples of other sites using the same copy as yours.<\/p>\n

What Should I Do if I Find Copied Content on My Site?<\/h2>\n