2 URLs pointing to exactly the same content
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Hi guys
As far as I know if you have 2 websites with exactly the same (100%) content with 2 URLs which are not pointing to any other URL should attract penalisation from google, right?
well, there is such a case and it was online for long time but the bad guys are in top of organic search and it does not seem to bother google at all!
I don't want to list them here; it is extremely annoying and frustrating as I worked hard to get in higher search but seeing this thing is extremely frustrating!
any advice on this?
thanks
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they are in fact 3 of them
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Can you add the two URLs of the two domain names you've mention ?
Cheers.
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hi thanks
I should add that there are 2 different URLs but exactly the same website and **content **so practically an identical website listed on google trough 2 URLs
both URLs domains websites are well situated in google search
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Hi,
There is no penalization for duplicate content (internal or external).
There are some filters in place and pages, not domains will rank lower if the content is the same with other pages (again - internal or external).
Panda is also a filter - this time domain wide that can filter down a domain if the content is not very good - but it's a filter, dedicated and not on a duplicate content basis but on a niche basis.
The only negative side of duplicare content is:
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if the duplicate content is within the same domain you might rank with one of the pages that is not your main asset. (google is actually choosing those not based on PR, PA or anything else but by the url format - strange but true)
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if the duplicate content is domain vs domain - google will choose the one that he thinks is most relevant (and not only based on content but based on page and domain authority, google bounce rate - not analytic bounce rate and all the other major signals).
There are some cases when google is ranking better a 100% duplicate page that even links to the source because google decided that the domain is better, more trustworthy and so on.
well, there is such a case and it was online for long time but the bad guys are in top of organic search and it does not seem to bother google at all!
** You might be looking at this the wrong way. Maybe the "bad" guys are actually better.
If you post both domains maybe people here can asess those and give some objective feedback.
Post the domain without mentioning who is the bad guy in your opinion so people here won't take that in consideration when sending you feedback.
Hope it helps.
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