Does duplicate content affect serps?

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Georges

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im planning to copy some articles from other websites (copy n paste, word for word). will doing this not make me rank well in google? or is it ok

 

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If your domain has more authority that the domains you're stealing articles from then you will rank higher.
If you're stealing from authority sites and publishing on a brand new domain, don't expect any traffic at all.

 

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Georges

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what if youre copying an article that has only been used by one or two websites? (according to copyscape)

 

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Georges said:

what if youre copying an article that has only been used by one or two websites? (according to copyscape)

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Like the person above you said whoever has more authority will rank the article. Backlink the hell out of it and you can outrank the original.

 

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-Jericho- said:

Like the person above you said whoever has more authority will rank the article. Backlink the hell out of it and you can outrank the original.

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okay. now does this apply to YouTube descriptions as well? or is it okay to copy those?

 

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writer88

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Of course, it affects the SERP. You can get penalized for keeping duplicate content in your website.

 

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Even that guy got banned and that post is posted before an 3 years now replying on that thread ? Good work writer88..

writer88 said:

Of course, it affects the SERP. You can get penalized for keeping duplicate content in your website.

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rankwatch12

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You are going to get yourself totally banned from Google. Duplicate content is a big no. You are just wasting your time and money if you are try to rank your duplicate content.