Is it considered duplicate content to use a forum post as an article on a blog (with permission)

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Someone posted a very informative post on a forum and i asked them if i could use it as an article on my blog, they gave me permission but im wondering if it considered duplicate content?
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  • Profile picture of the author younganddirty
    Yes it is, because it is still from Google, What you want to do since, you have permission to copy it, is add a couple of lines of text at the top and bottom, try to make it more unique, maybe add a you tube video and image
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  • Profile picture of the author Fulltrip
    Rewrite it as it looks like unique. They give you the permission but how google will know it? Sometimes if you give the actual link along with the article then it is not marked as duplicate. But this is not what we want actually. So, it better to rewrite.
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    • Originally Posted by Fulltrip View Post

      Rewrite it as it looks like unique. They give you the permission but how google will know it? Sometimes if you give the actual link along with the article then it is not marked as duplicate. But this is not what we want actually. So, it better to rewrite.
      Im terrible with grammer and english in general so i think i might run this through TBS or something.

      I only need it rewritten once as i will only be posting it onto my blog and a few article directories so hope TBS wont make it unreadable, i know after spinning an article 100's of times it just produces gibberish.
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      • Profile picture of the author paulgl
        It's duplicate content, but not anything that is bad. Some just don't
        understand duplicate content and how it is used. They just do the usual-
        idiotic-freak-out on duplicate content and tell you the sky is falling.

        Use it and go in peace. What you propose to do is a very, very common.

        Paul
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        • Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

          It's duplicate content, but not anything that is bad. Some just don't
          understand duplicate content and how it is used. They just do the usual-
          idiotic-freak-out on duplicate content and tell you the sky is falling.

          Use it and go in peace. What you propose to do is a very, very common.

          Paul
          ok well ive took your advice and ive just posted the article as-is.

          The writer asked me to just link back to the original forum post.

          Im going to post it to ezine now and see if it gets accepted
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          • Profile picture of the author paulgl
            Originally Posted by high_plains_drifter View Post

            ok well ive took your advice and ive just posted the article as-is.

            The writer asked me to just link back to the original forum post.

            Im going to post it to ezine now and see if it gets accepted
            Why post in on EZA? You want to fill your site, not EZA with another's
            article.

            People quote and use others blog posts all the time. But not to submit
            to EZA. It would only be fair to give the other guy the link, but then,
            what for?

            He's supplied you content, you supplied a link. That's common and
            that's what I was referring to. Tossing EZA in the mix just waters
            the benefit down.

            Paul
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            • Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

              Why post in on EZA? You want to fill your site, not EZA with another's
              article.

              People quote and use others blog posts all the time. But not to submit
              to EZA. It would only be fair to give the other guy the link, but then,
              what for?

              He's supplied you content, you supplied a link. That's common and
              that's what I was referring to. Tossing EZA in the mix just waters
              the benefit down.

              Paul
              i was under the impression that when you post an article on your blog you also post it on ezine and other to get a backlink.....
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  • Originally Posted by high_plains_drifter View Post

    Someone posted a very informative post on a forum and i asked them if i could use it as an article on my blog, they gave me permission but im wondering if it considered duplicate content?
    Yes, it is. Try rewriting or spinning it first.
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