SEO ranking when copying content from other website with permissions

Question

I have a website which I started recently, with this website I have partnered with many other websites who have agreed to let me copy and use thier content on my site for link exchange.

So in this manner in a very short time I have some really good content of various topics on my site.

Now my concern is, since I have copied the content from other sites (but by properly asking their permissions) Will this affect my Google page ranking?

Can some one please explain me how this works?

Solution 1

It's very simple how it works:

Google sees 2 or more sites with the same content. It's not gonna show you all of them, because it's not really a good resultpage if everything is the same. So it starts to decide which of the sites will be shown.

It does this based on a few factors like:
- Which site had it first (on same publish date, this is THE FIRST FOUND, not perse the original)
- Which site has a better ranking?

After some formula they show you one, the others don't get shown. You do not get a penalty, but no points for content either.

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In your case, it does benefit you a bit; you get points for users on your site, and the time they're on your site. If you have a blank website, they leave fast, if you have some basic content they stay longer.

The linkbuiling is something you should be carefull with. Quality over quantity, only get links from relevant sites' relevant pages. Don't expect too much from this. Also, check if their anchors have rel="nofollow". If so, you dont get ANY SEO value from it at all :)

Solution 2

You need to avoid copying content from other sites, it's a golden rule for SEO. If you do it, don't expect positive effect from Google.

Thus, of course this technique will affect your Google ranking. Google doesn't care you ask properly permissions of copying content and will detect your content is copied. That way, you risk SEO penalties for your site and the other sites too.

To rank well on Google, you must deserve it by creating good content by yourself.

Moreover, avoid link exchanges, it's not effective for SEO anymore.