Duplicate Content?

There was an extensive resource related to my niche on a .gov website. The resource was removed from the site a few months ago but can be found at archive.org/Way Back Machine. Can I put this on my website and let search engines craw the information or would that be considered duplicate content.

Thanks for your help

 

Try to test the uploaded content with Copyscape...if detects your content as duplicated, I would not use it yet

 

yes it would be considered as a duplicated content

 

what effect from duplicated content?

 

Duplicate Content is a substantial block of text that is identical to another block of text from domains and other sources.
The worst case of duplicate content is when domains have identical text which is being used to manipulate Search Engine Rankings to gain traffic.

But if duplicate content is across two sites which are in different languages then this is not deemed as duplicate content. (for example; one in French & one in English.
But to ensure this make sure the domain name is country specific; .de for Germany, .fr for France and .ca for Canada.
If you want to target a specific country only then you can use the Geographic Country Tool.
To do this:
1. Sign into Google Wemaster Tools with your Google Account
2. Click the URL for the site you want.
3. Click Tools, and then Set Geographic Target.
4. Select Associate a Geographic Location with Site.
5. Select the geographic information that applies to your site's target audience, and click Save.
Note: You can edit the geographic target information for your site anytime. Click Edit and update the information as needed.

The term "Duplicate Content Penalty" is an inappropriate name because penalties in Search Engine Rankings are actually points which are deducted from a page.
Duplicate Content is not penalised, it is simply filtered out.

There are Four Types of Duplicate Content.

1. Websites with Identical Pages : These pages will be considered as duplicates and will be treated as spam and will be filtered out.
Affiliates which use Landing Pages are extremely vulnerable to being treated as spam and will be filtered out if the content is duplicate.

2. Scraped Content : Is taking content from a website and making it look different and then using it on blogs, again this is treated as duplicate content.

3. E-Commerce Product Descriptions : Manufacturers use descriptions to describe their products but other re-sellers of the same product will use the same manufacturers descriptions and again this will be classed as spam.

4. Distribution of Articles :
Now if you publish an article which in turn gets copied and put out all over the internet.
You would think this was a good thing, but not necessarily for all the sites that feature the same article.
Although this type of duplicate content can be difficult because both Yahoo and MSN will determine the source of the original article, but will allow the content to be relevant in search results, Google on the other hand may not.

Search Engine Robots go over a website, reads the pages and stores the information in the database.

Next it compares this information to other findings in it's database and determines whether or not the website has duplicate content which depends on the overall relevancy score of a website.

It will Filter out any pages or websites which qualify as spam.

Unfortunately if Your pages are not spam but have similar content then these still may be regarded as spam

If you are going to sell PLR Material whether it's software or ebooks then again be wary of duplicate content.

This is because you are probably not the only person trying to market these products for profitable gains.

The Title of the product may have to remain the same but the Website, Landing Page should be re-written in your own words with new keyword phrases sourced by your own research.

A helpful Free Tool to check for duplicate content on Websites and Landing Pages can be found here Duplicate Content.Net

This tool compares two web pages, all you do is type in the two URL's and press Check.

What can I do If my Site or Pages have been Copied?

For one thing you are going to need to know who else and what sites have copied your content without your permission.

The recommended Tool for this can be found here Copyscape

 

Upload to your site and search at copyscape, duplicate content wouldn't get you to anywhere.

 

dont be such afraid for duplicated content. remember that there are hundred of articles base websites with the same articles !!