Will google penalize me if i take banned websites content and add it to my website. will this still count as a duplicate content even if the content sources were removed from the SERPs??
let's say they were banned for using doorways or keyword stuffing or anything and they still have some good content
if you are giving link to that site, it will be a problem for you. on the otherwise , i think it will not be a problem
If the methods they have been using is BH the chance that the content they have is rubbish is very big.
Yeah but I've found some with good content and I've had the idea to use it as they are not competing on SERPs anymore
So this is not your content and you're asking if you can use it because that site is not in Google serps? Ridiculous.
I would suggest you don't. Stealing is stealing. Ask them. If they say no, don't. It's bad karma, Google will most likely penalize you somehow.
Giving backlink = penalizes you Not giving backlink = stealing. Both are bad for you. As I always say to topics with this title.. "if you have to ask... the answer is probably yes"
hmmmm stealing ... I didn't thought about it this way may be I have to think about the whole thing again. "And If I had to ask...is cuz I don't want probabilities"
It is stealing....suppose the other site clean up their act and get reincluded....then you have the duplicate content problem