Is introducing an article (first 300 words) then linking to the original on another site considered duplication?

[cedriklizotte]

I'm trying to figure out why my DA is so very low.

Is introducing an article (first 300 words) then linking to the original on another site considered duplication?

Here's the deal: I'm a freelance writer and a blogger. I link to the posts I sold from my blog to the website that posted it in the first place. In order to do so, I keep a few images and the first 300 words, which I post on my blog, then link ("In order to read the full article, click here") to the website that posted the whole article.

Here's an example: http://www.continentscondiments.com/where-to-eat-in-paris/

Will my domain (continentscondiments.com) be penalized for that behavior?

[Chris_Hickman]

Hi Cedric, You're right to be concerned about duplicate content. I recommend that you take a few more steps to be completely sure that your site has a chance of performing well and being indexed and not penalized.

• You should write a unique title, the titles are much too similar
• You should write a unique introduction before quoting the article and additional unique content after the quote
• 300 words is too much for a quote from another article -- consider doing 150-200
• Consider using just 1 image instead of 4

Because you are only partially copying the article and linking to the original source there is very little chance that you will be penalized. However, your copied article will not be considered valuable because it doesn't have any original content. Just a few tweaks and a little original content should help and give you a chance to be indexed/ranked. Best of luck with your site and keep up the great articles.