Duplicate Content Penalties Anyone with a website should be aware of the hazards of duplicate content. Taking blocks of text from other websites is a big no-no, and this is why. Google's success is mainly due to the way it delivers the most relevant, interesting and useful search results to it's users. To be able to do this, Google rewards websites that offer this type of content to users, by ranking it higher in search engine results pages. If Google finds content on your website that it knows ... Read More >