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    Will Google View Using Google Translate As Duplicate?

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    • khi5
      khi5 last edited by

      If I have a page in English, which exist on 100 other websites, we have a case where my website has duplicate content.

      What if I use Google Translate to translate the page from English to Japanese, as the only website doing this translation will my page get credit for producing original content? Or, will Google view my page as duplicate content, because Google can tell it is translated from an original English page, which runs on 100+ different websites, since Google Translate is Google's own software?

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      • dotfly
        dotfly last edited by

        take a look at this and keep in mind that this is 2 years old!!!

        http://www.webpronews.com/google-duplicate-content-2011-12

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        • simon_realbuzz
          simon_realbuzz last edited by

          Google will not view translated content as duplicated, rather it will view it as rather spammy since auto translations are far from perfect and the translated content often appears as a very 'broken' version of whatever language you are translating into. Ideally, while I appreciate it can be pricey, do not use autotranslate tools but instead have content translated properly by a professional.

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          • khi5
            khi5 @simon_realbuzz last edited by

            thank you.

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            • vmialik
              vmialik last edited by

              Response from google: http://www.seroundtable.com/google-translate-auto-content-spam-17524.html

              And yes its not okay, manual translation all the way.

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