{"id":20977,"date":"2020-02-14T16:49:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avengering.com\/?p=20977"},"modified":"2020-02-13T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T10:08:30","slug":"what-is-duplicate-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avengering.com\/en\/what-is-duplicate-content\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Duplicate Content? How to fix it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preface: What is Duplicate Content?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Duplicate Content is content that exists across multiple sites on the Internet.<\/span>\u00a0From here, it means a URL.<\/span>\u00a0So if your site’s content is found in a few URLs, you have a problem with duplicate content. in this article, we show you <\/span>how to fix the duplicate content problem? (for example rel = canonical tag)<\/span><\/p>\n

While duplicate content may not penalize your site<\/a>, it can often lead to your site ranking down in search results.<\/span>\u00a0When there is roughly the same content in multiple URLs, it becomes difficult for Google to show which of these URLs to users when searching.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is Duplicate Content important?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Frequent content is important to search engines and site owners.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the search engines point of view<\/span><\/h3>\n

Duplicate content causes three major problems for search engines:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. They don’t know which version of content to include in their main index.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. They do not know how to allocate content to one address or to divide it among them all.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. They do not know which of the addresses to display in the\u00a0SERP\u00a0(search results page).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    From the website owners’ point of view<\/span><\/h3>\n

    When duplicate content is created on-site, site owners will be hit by a drop in site rankings.<\/span>\u00a0This is divided into two parts:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Search engines rarely display multiple versions of the same content for best results, so they have to select one of the few contents on the site.<\/span>\u00a0This reduces the display of any duplicate content in the search results.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Other sites also have to select one of several versions of the links, which reduces the value of backlinks.<\/span>\u00a0In this case, instead of websites linking to only one copy of the content, it will inadvertently link to several URLs of that content, thereby reducing the credibility of the backlinks.<\/span>\u00a0Because backlinks are one of the factors for ranking a page, it negatively affects the number of times content is displayed in search results.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Overall: Your site’s content is not performing well and competitors who do not have duplicate content outperform you.<\/span><\/p>\n

      How does the duplicate content problem SEO arise?<\/span><\/h2>\n

      In many cases, site owners have no role in generating duplicate content.<\/span>\u00a0But that doesn’t mean it’s not.<\/span>\u00a0The fact is that on average, 29% of the web is duplicate content.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Here’s a look at the factors behind duplicate content that are often unwanted:<\/span><\/p>\n

      1. URL Changes<\/span><\/h3>\n

      Parameters in URL pages are one of the most important factors in creating duplicate content.<\/span>\u00a0Both the parameters themselves and the sequence of their creation in the URL cause this problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Example:<\/span><\/p>\n