Good or Bad? 25% copy warning from Copyscape!

ishrak · 2020-08-29T16:49:52+0100

Hello,

I have a site in a competitive niche.

I got 25% copy warning on Copyscape.

Instead of writing articles on my own, I am collecting information from a few sources for each article and on every topic.

Then I take the (copied) article and do a simple Google translation change in various languages them change it back to English.

The plagiarism tools say that my articles are 100% unique.

While my article is about 20% to 25% similar to other articles on web. (Sometimes similar to articles which I haven't even copied from)

Now the concern is SEO. Will Google take this as copied content and not rank it well.

Or am I just overthinking it as it goes similar with Copyscape even though plagiarism checkers say that it is 100% unique?

Will appreciate your thoughts on this.

Thank you for your time to read my post.

rahulthepcl · 2020-08-29T16:52:13+0100

CopyScape is one of the most excellent tool out there. If it's 25% then no doubt it's bad.

ishrak · 2020-08-29T16:54:52+0100

rahulthepcl said:
CopyScape is one of the most excellent tool out there. If it's 25% then no doubt it's bad.

Will it harm the SERP ranking?

rahulthepcl · 2020-08-29T16:57:21+0100

ishrak said:
Will it harm the SERP ranking?

if you're using it on your Money website then obviously it won't help you to rank in long run. For Web 2.0s it's fine (I won't even recommend for it too).

CrispyChips · 2020-08-29T16:58:57+0100

It's bad. Change it!

MisterF · 2020-08-29T17:00:18+0100

rahulthepcl said:
CopyScape is one of the most excellent tool out there. If it's 25% then no doubt it's bad.

Copyscape is a big of shit, it just happens to be the most used and most over rated tool out there.

Quetext will let you check for free up to 500 words at a time and it's much better than Copyscape.

Read this;

Content Marketplace Preventing Plagiarism

Can we set a minimum requirement for all content sellers to stop using Copyscape and instead use Quetext Pro as a benchmark for preventing plagiarism? This will mean that there will be fewer possibilities of Shitlists, plus buyers who get an article can also receive a Quetext report. Copyscape...

www.blackhatworld.com

ishrak · 2020-08-29T17:00:29+0100

rahulthepcl said:
if you're using it on your Money website then obviously it won't help you to rank in long run. For Web 2.0s it's fine (I won't even recommend for it too).

Okay, I understand. So, I should change these articles to be 100% unique on Copyscape too?

But the plagiarism checkers (even grammarly) says it's 100% unique.

ishrak · 2020-08-29T17:01:01+0100

CrispyChips said:
It's bad. Change it!

Okay, noted! I will change it then.

ishrak · 2020-08-29T17:02:25+0100

MisterF said:
Copyscape is a big of shit, it just happens to be the most used and most over rated tool out there.

Quetext will let you check for free up to 500 words at a time and it's much better than Copyscape.

Read this;

Content Marketplace Preventing Plagiarism

Can we set a minimum requirement for all content sellers to stop using Copyscape and instead use Quetext Pro as a benchmark for preventing plagiarism? This will mean that there will be fewer possibilities of Shitlists, plus buyers who get an article can also receive a Quetext report. Copyscape...

www.blackhatworld.com

Thank you so much for the source.

Meerakat · 2020-08-29T17:04:41+0100

ishrak said:
Hello,

I have a site in a competitive niche.

I got 25% copy warning on Copyscape.

Instead of writing articles on my own, I am collecting information from a few sources for each article and on every topic.

Then I take the (copied) article and do a simple Google translation change in various languages them change it back to English.

The plagiarism tools say that my articles are 100% unique.

While my article is about 20% to 25% similar to other articles on web. (Sometimes similar to articles which I haven't even copied from)

Now the concern is SEO. Will Google take this as copied content and not rank it well.

Or am I just overthinking it as it goes similar with Copyscape even though plagiarism checkers say that it is 100% unique?

Will appreciate your thoughts on this.

Thank you for your time to read my post.

To be fair, these plagiarism checkers have their own algorithm and use different ways of detecting similarity. The main question here is, what way Google is actually using to detect duplicate content?

Something to think about.

VSYNC · 2020-08-29T17:07:11+0100

25% are rookie numbers.. gotta aim for 75% to get the job done right.

ishrak · 2020-08-29T17:19:11+0100

Meerakat said:
To be fair, these plagiarism checkers have their own algorithm and use different ways of detecting similarity. The main question here is, what way Google is actually using to detect duplicate content?

Something to think about.

Exactly, that's what I am thinking.

Will this harm the search engines?

Now, that I see and have checked my content with quetext, I found that the content has also been copied to some extent by a small percentage by other websites as well.

I took the content from a few top ranking websites, run them though Google translator method to make them unique.

Now I see, the websites I copied from has also copied from other older websites. However, those older websites and content aren't ranking on the first few pages of Google for my target keywords.

Do you know, that, will such similarly of about 20% to 25% harm the SEO?

Will Google not rank my content for this?

Even if copied (and obviously unique by 75% to 80%), my content was taken from a few trusted websites. I mixed in all the missing information of each site and made up a better and helpful piece of article.

What are your thoughts on Google's possiblity for ranking such content?

Have you ever tried such stunt in the past on your own?

If you did, how did it turn out?

(I am just curious to know for obvious reasons)

ishrak · 2020-08-29T17:21:06+0100

VSYNC said:
25% are rookie numbers.. gotta aim for 75% to get the job done right.

I am sorry, I mean like it's 75% to 80% unique. And Copyscape says that it is 25% to 20% copied.

I am talking about a range here as there are a few articles on my website.

Thank you for your reply.

Digirulz · 2020-08-29T17:24:24+0100

If you think the content adds value to the user, there is a chance it can work. But I don't recommend it for money site unless its informative and better quality.

ishrak · 2020-08-29T17:32:48+0100

Digirulz said:
If you think the content adds value to the user, there is a chance it can work. But I don't recommend it for money site unless its informative and better quality.

Well, it's much more informative. Like for example let's take an article topic like "ways to make money online"

Now the top ranking sites might have 50, 25 or 11 ways on that.

What I do is, go through all the articles on top ranking sites and accumulate all the ways listed. Obviously none of the listed ways are similar to each other. As a result, I end up with "75 unique ways to make money online".

My website isn't in the money making niche. It's in a different niche. I just used this as an example.

My content is focused towards the readers. I want to help people learn and get value. While I also make some money.

So, do you think such content will rank on Google in the first page (obviously with time and effort)? Given that it falls exactly in the criteria I gave an example above.

Please share your thoughts.

Also, thank you for your reply.

nhiphan · 2020-08-29T17:33:45+0100

it's not good. I think you try to %100 unique.

ishrak · 2020-08-29T17:34:51+0100

nhiphan said:
it's not good. I think you try to %100 unique.

Okay, I understand. Thank you.

Meerakat · 2020-08-29T17:46:08+0100

ishrak said:
Exactly, that's what I am thinking.

Will this harm the search engines?

Now, that I see and have checked my content with quetext, I found that the content has also been copied to some extent by a small percentage by other websites as well.

I took the content from a few top ranking websites, run them though Google translator method to make them unique.

Now I see, the websites I copied from has also copied from other older websites. However, those older websites and content aren't ranking on the first few pages of Google for my target keywords.

Do you know, that, will such similarly of about 20% to 25% harm the SEO?

Will Google not rank my content for this?

Even if copied (and obviously unique by 75% to 80%), my content was taken from a few trusted websites. I mixed in all the missing information of each site and made up a better and helpful piece of article.

What are your thoughts on Google's possiblity for ranking such content?

Have you ever tried such stunt in the past on your own?

If you did, how did it turn out?

(I am just curious to know for obvious reasons)

Do you know, that, will such similarly of about 20% to 25% harm the SEO?

Well, it depends. If you are unsure and would like to take extra precaution, I would just rephrase the detected sentences as it's only 20-25% and add in extra relevant information. Also, you could place in few long tail keywords when adding relevant content.

Will Google not rank my content for this?

Google sometimes even ranks plagiarised content

What are your thoughts on Google's possiblity for ranking such content?

It's possible if your content is optimised correctly for the keywords you are targeting. Just don't overdo it

Have you ever tried such stunt in the past on your own?

Of course, nowadays people either write content by taking in relevant information from various sources or just rewrite the content. I prefer rewriting, it works if done right. You need to change the whole content, turn it into something new, and add in extra information that is way more better than the original one. Don't just change synonyms...

If you did, how did it turn out?

It turns out good, trust me. I am not saying you should go around rewriting articles, but it's way easier than writing a new one. You can just change the whole article in your own way, rephrase sentences, add in extra long tail keywords (don't place it randomly), change the content structure, and add some relevant images (optimize the alt tag for the keywords you are targeting).

ishrak · 2020-08-29T18:05:06+0100

Meerakat said:
Do you know, that, will such similarly of about 20% to 25% harm the SEO?

Well, it depends. If you are unsure and would like to take extra precaution, I would just rephrase the detected sentences as it's only 20-25% and add in extra relevant information. Also, you could place in few long tail keywords when adding relevant content.

Will Google not rank my content for this?

Google sometimes even ranks plagiarised content

What are your thoughts on Google's possiblity for ranking such content?

It's possible if your content is optimised correctly for the keywords you are targeting. Just don't overdo it

Have you ever tried such stunt in the past on your own?

Of course, nowadays people either write content by taking in relevant information from various sources or just rewrite the content. I prefer rewriting, it works if done right. You need to change the whole content, turn it into something new, and add in extra information that is way more better than the original one. Don't just change synonyms...

If you did, how did it turn out?

It turns out good, trust me. I am not saying you should go around rewriting articles, but it's way easier than writing a new one. You can just change the whole article in your own way, rephrase sentences, add in extra long tail keywords (don't place it randomly), change the content structure, and add some relevant images (optimize the alt tag for the keywords you are targeting).

First of all, let me thank you from my heart for taking your precious time to answer my questions. I am truly grateful.

Do you know, that, will such similarly of about 20% to 25% harm the SEO?

Well, it depends. If you are unsure and would like to take extra precaution, I would just rephrase the detected sentences as it's only 20-25% and add in extra relevant information. Also, you could place in few long tail keywords when adding relevant content.

Well, I researched the top 10 articles. Added information from all the articles. Obviously the information I added isn't repetitive.

As even the top websites do not list all the information available. However, I collect all the possible information and compile it into one article.

Will Google not rank my content for this?

Google sometimes even ranks plagiarised content

Oh, I see, then I got chances. Thank you for letting me know.

What are your thoughts on Google's possiblity for ranking such content?

It's possible if your content is optimised correctly for the keywords you are targeting. Just don't overdo it

Yep, I am targeting keywords with extremely low SEO difficulty with high CPC. As I meant to use the website for AdSense.

Also, I followed all good practices of on page SEO. Yoast gave a green signal. I hope it works well.

Have you ever tried such stunt in the past on your own?

Of course, nowadays people either write content by taking in relevant information from various sources or just rewrite the content. I prefer rewriting, it works if done right. You need to change the whole content, turn it into something new, and add in extra information that is way more better than the original one. Don't just change synonyms...

Yes, that's exactly what I am doing. I add information from many sources into one article. Rewriting just one single article with same boring information isn't helpful to the reader.

If you did, how did it turn out?

It turns out good, trust me. I am not saying you should go around rewriting articles, but it's way easier than writing a new one. You can just change the whole article in your own way, rephrase sentences, add in extra long tail keywords (don't place it randomly), change the content structure, and add some relevant images (optimize the alt tag for the keywords you are targeting).

Yep, I am doing exactly as you have said.

Thank you so much for your reply again. It was highly educational.

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