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    • JoLindahl91
      JoLindahl91 last edited by

      Hello,

      My question is:

      Is it duplicate content when there is a link back to the original content?

      For example, here is the original page: http://www.saugstrup.org/en-ny-content-marketing-case-infografik/. But that same content can be found here: http://www.kommunikationsforum.dk/anders-saugstrup/blog/en-ny-content-marketing-case-til-dig, but there is a link back to the original content. Is it still duplicate content?

      Thanks in advance.

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      • dotfly
        dotfly last edited by

        the URLs you mention, use the same text to the same target... its not the target URL thats the problem, it`s the identical text on the URLs you named... is just a short text, so try to rewrite one of them and everything is fine...

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        • KevinBudzynski
          KevinBudzynski last edited by

          Yes it is. Like Marc said, try to create unique content by rewriting it. Also, Matt Cutts just covered how a little duplicate content will not hurt (take a look). Also use the rel=canonical tag if appropriate.

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          • KarlBantleman
            KarlBantleman last edited by

            Yeah it is duplicate content. If the content is something you want to use, why not add your thoughts about the article and then cite the original as your source. Tweet the author of the initial content and try and get a conversation going, that will do more good than just copying the content

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            • nurzhyk
              nurzhyk last edited by

              Yes, this is duplicate content. Try avoid this situations, this is not a big deal to rewrite the content in other words. It is hard to predict whether your case will harm the sites but if possible don't do this in future.

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              • JoLindahl91
                JoLindahl91 last edited by

                Thanks a lot for your answers 🙂

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