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Originally Posted by JamesGw
I just want to note that there's no explicit duplicate content penalty. Google just prefers to not serve similar pieces of content near eachother in its SERPs. This goes without saying. That said, having more "authority" on your page (backlinks / optimization) will have you ranking higher than the other duplicate content.
Having your stuff duplicated on the web won't hurt you unless the duplicated content has stronger ranking factors. Now, having duplicate content among several pages on your own site will hurt you, but that's something else entirely.
Just wanted to clear that up.
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So does the original writer of the content (text/article) also get credit for it in the serps? I mean: will the writer in general rank higher for content related searches than the copycats?? Or will a copycat rank higher with your text if he has better backlinks?
IMO the writer should obviously rank higher for his written content... just not sure if this is always the case...