Google Duplicate Content Penalty
Duplicate Contents and Penalty Penalty for duplicate contents has been here for a long time, perhaps for a year or more. Many people that practise SEO are not aware of the dangers of the duplicate contents penalty. When two web pages are found similar in content, then one of the pages or websites is penalised by pushing it down the search engine rankings. This is done to avoid ranking of both the pages and diluting the diversity of search engine results.
The web page or website that has a lowest PageRank and which has lowest in-bound links usually suffers most. These sites are usually penalised.
The duplication of content has been in vogue in the recent years. Spammers indulge in duplicating contents on established domains and thus pushing hundreds of smaller sites down the search engine rankings. It is known as content-theft. There are several steps to resolve content theft. However, duplicate content takes a long time to be resolved. There is no accuracy in checking content theft and most of the time the owners are not satisfied with the outcome. Well, Google can be contacted and asked to remove the offending pages.
The first step is for you to file a Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) complaint with the offending websites hosting provider. Duplication of content can really harm your webpage rankings. If you think that your content is stolen, better take action immediately.
