Re-writing articles, how does this effect SEO?

[edward-may]

Hi there,

I noticed a competitor had re-created a couple of articles I wrote, but they made reference back to me in the article, can in anyway possible myself or their site be penalised for duplicate content?  The article isn't completely copied word for word, however it is definitely shows some similarity.

Any advice around this?

Thank you in advance

[LinkWheelOldSchool]

Nothing to worry about there Justin, your article will always rank above the copied one.

[Alick300]

Hi Justin,

I agree with Jonathan If the site is decent then there is no problem to get links from there. That would be great for you.

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Thanks

[edward-may]

Thats such a great idea Jonathan, yes I will to the re-tweaking mine to make it even more unique and better then the last one to keep the link, the site that wrote the content have great authority!

thanks again!

[TheWebMastercom]

If the link is from a decent site (i.e. not spammy \ black hat) and you want the link, normally what I do is just accept it knowing Google is sensible enough to know you are the original source from the backlink.  However, what I also do is take the opportunity to update my own content seeing as someone else is now competing with your article.  Just make your article better \ more unique, and it is a win win from your point of view.

If they have blatently copied just submit a GOogle DMCA request.