Do you get dinged for Duplicate video content?

[RoxBrock]

If a vendor who creates your video posts it on their Vimeo account and I post it on my YouTube account will Google count that as duplicate content?

[RobCairns]

Hello,

Since you are talking video files, Google has a tough time identifying what they are about. The main concern is not the file itself but the textual titles and metadata surrounding the video. First video published with keywords etc. will be featured first, but a Youtube video has a natural bonus given it is Google's domain and Google likes Google.

I would say this is probably a low-concern issue - if you have it on a Youtube channel and have access to a domain, I would incorporate it into an iframe on your site so it gets canonicalized with your domain rather than through a 3rd party video hosting service - this also gives you greater access to SEO options (both on-site and off-site) than video hosting domains do.

Hope this helps and fire any follow up questions my way if you like - I'll help as best I can.

Cheers,

Rob