Is duplicate content cannibalizing SEO traffic/ranking?

by mitzku
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Is duplicate content cannibalizing SEO traffic/ranking?

If I have content that overlaps, will Google downrank both, pick one or rank both? Wonder how strongly I need to monitor the content.
#cannibalizing #content #duplicate #seo #traffic or ranking
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  • Profile picture of the author Ruth Inyama
    Content duplicate is in no way healthy for SEO. Infact, that one criteria you must meet to get ranked and qualified for google ads is content uniqueness..

    In your case, google considers the first post it crawled and ranks it over the other

    You must stay unique and relevant if you must scale up and succeed on the internet.

    Hope this helps!
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  • Profile picture of the author Zachary Walker
    you might need to use canonical tag and tell search engine which page to rank
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  • Profile picture of the author pramodtapu
    Duplicate content is not good for SEO and Ranking can be impacted negatvely
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  • Profile picture of the author Divya Rastogi
    Duplicate content gives negativity for your website and your website can not be rank properly. Try to write unique content as per google instructions.
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  • Profile picture of the author sophie marton
    Content is very important in the field of SEO because after the Google updates the content is king so you have to strictly check your content with all aspects. Now Google prefer unique content and it also helps you to rank up your website on Google
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  • Profile picture of the author Ravi Talwar
    content duplicate is never helpful for SEO so, need a specialized content writer for SEO prospective
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  • Profile picture of the author jefrin adams
    Use canonical tag to check the duplicate content
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  • Profile picture of the author Naman1234
    Duplicate content is not at all healthy for SEO because it usually comes under thin content according to google update.
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  • Profile picture of the author Amarjeet Verma
    I think you better understand about it, its good or not. If I ask the same to you, whats your reply?

    Think, you will get your answer.
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  • Profile picture of the author DigitalBaharat
    Hi
    Recently Google stops showing multiple pages for one keyword of the same website. From now Google will show only one result for one keyword for the same website.

    Duplicate Content doesn't impact websites directly but it lowers the user's experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    Google's "robots" will track this down and websites that have the same content will penalize both.

    Years ago you can rank really easily but now a days it is a lot harder.
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  • Profile picture of the author ahmed2520
    Duplicate content can affect your ranking so be careful
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  • Profile picture of the author cearionmarie
    It has indeed negative effects on your SEO traffic. Google is quite smart and has bots working 24/7 to check on things like this.
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  • Profile picture of the author eggninny
    Hey, if Google found your content duplicate then it will get downrank or may be removed from the search results.
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  • Profile picture of the author monica geller
    Duplicate content gives negativity for your website. Duplicate content also de-rank website in SERP pages. This usually comes under thin content which gets a negative impact on your webpages/sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rais shaik
    Content duplicate is in no way healthy for SEO. In fact, that one criteria you must meet to get ranked and qualified for google ads is content uniqueness.
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  • Profile picture of the author seohelpers
    Content is king in SEO, you can't ignore it. Duplicate content is harmful for a marketing campaign. I suggest always using unique and concise content. Google only considers those content which provides an answer to the user query. Don't create lengthy content, the most important is the content format.
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  • Profile picture of the author Saurabh Soni
    Duplicate content is good for SEO, you should use the canonical tag and specify Google which page to rank.
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  • Profile picture of the author CherryMiss
    Google doesn't like duplicate content, no matter it's yours or copied from another source. However, sometimes I've seen good SEO results with copied content. For about 3 months, and then Google gave a penalty. So I recommend to check your content and make it unique.
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  • Profile picture of the author amit aggarwal
    hi there,,,
    in digital world only one thing rules,,,,content,,,,content is king,,,
    posting duplicate content on page is like shooting yourself willingly,
    search engines appreciate those pages where it found regular fresh and updated content or ideas,,,,the better you write is the higher chances you get good rank,,,
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  • Profile picture of the author laksmideva
    It is good practise to find and fix content cannibalization issues. The best variant is to avoid that issue in the first place.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nancy Verma
    Definitely, it does negative affect. Google Panda is responsible for any kind of duplicate or poor content. try to keep unique content in website.
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  • Profile picture of the author arunseo123
    According to the Google algorithm, duplicate content will harm your website ranking and traffic.
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