Is Duplicate Content So Bad?

I'm no expert at SEO but I've been around in IM for long enough to know the basics. I'm struggling to understand why duplicate content is such a bad thing.

If for example I have a ten page site, and nine of those ten pages have articles from ezine articles, and only the home page has original unique content, won't that be enough for search engines? Sure, I understand that the pages with the ezine articles are not likely to get visitors but wouldn't the presence of well written, keyword-rich high quality content be enough to convince the search engines that the site is genuine, non-spammy and that the niche is well covered? Then go ahead and promote the home page only?

After all, I thought this is the reason that ezine articles and sites like it exist - so that webmasters can get good quality content for their d7websites in exchange for an OBL?
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And that's the same reason they tanked during the panda update. Avoid duplicate content, not because it's bad, but because Google says so and it's their search engine so you have to play by their rules.
 
Heh, that's why I posted here, I'm not really interested in the "stock" replies, I know what Google WANTS me to do, I posted here so that I could get some feedback from people who are actually doing this stuff. So, what would your answer be to my question in the OP?

That you can use duplicated content, it is not a problem what so ever.

I have sites that have pages with 5% uniqueness, these sites have 500+ of those pages with 95% of exact same content on the SAME .info domain, the only difference in the content is the city/state name true out the content, the rest (about 1500 words) is exactly the same, and i have been doing it this way since 2009, i have sites older then 5 years with this content bringing me daily leads.

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There's no point putting duplicate content on your site like this. You can put a whole Ezine on your web site except the home page, it wont attract a lots of traffic even in that case.

You have put time and money into generating really great content on your site. If you cant do it yourself, you have to get it done from out side.

Cheers!
 
There's no point putting duplicate content on your site like this. You can put a whole Ezine on your web site except the home page, it wont attract a lots of traffic even in that case.
You've tried this yourself, right?
 
You've tried this yourself, right?

I am so ashamed that you are the OP of this thread. If somebody's is answering your post, you should not come back and bite him?

First, I thought, somebody else (third person) posted it, but when I saw that you himself has posted it, I feel pity on myself , that i devoted around 5 minutes of my time answering your bull shit.
 
What's the difference between syndicated content and duplicate content? Maybe reading google webmaster guidelines will help 99% of the people who have posted in this thread.
 
Big G will hate Duplicate Content. Don't use duplicate content to increase your backlink. Instead of you can get the single backlink from your relevant niche it will be more useful. Instead of Quantity take care about Quality.
 
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