yes of course. Matt Cutts on duplicate content - http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/duplicate-content-question/ and lol no, you've got it all wrong. Quality content is the way forwards because high quality content will get you genuine organic links. that will help you rank number one for your own articles going forwards it is clear that Google are going to be placing more and more emphasis on content, but unless or until they abandon the link-based approach altogether, the version with the best links will rank. this is important, notice I said the version with the best links, not the most links..? it's not about quantity anymore, make each one count.
stay patient, youre doing the right thing but you need some backlinks for more results. keep up the good work
really? We got a pr3 on a 1 month old site with minimal content and some good relevant back-links.. PR3 is the average new site PR.... laterz malcolm
No doubt orignal content is good for boosting your position in serps. But the most important is related backlinks from quality sites.