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Duplicate Content

Content that appears on the Internet in more than one place, which can confuse search engines.

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Definition

Content that appears on the Internet in more than one place, which can confuse search engines.

Examples

Same content on multiple URLs
Scraped content

Related terms

Canonical URL
The preferred version of a web page when there are multiple versions of the same content.
SEO
Search Engine Optimization - the practice of optimizing websites to improve their visibility and ranking in search engine results pages.

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6 additional terms in this category

Structured Data Linked Data Microdata RDFa Semantic Web RDF

Schema types

Person — Individual people
Organization — Companies and groups
Product — Items for sale
Event — Concerts and conferences
Article — Blog posts and news
Recipe — Cooking instructions

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