FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions

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How does the Duplicate Content Tool work?
The tool takes into account two parameters when compaing URLs: it considers the similarity degree for both textual content and HTML markup.
This allows you to check whether two texts are substantially similar and the alikeness of the structure of the pages.
How do I read results?
You get mainly two pieces of information from the analysis:
  • Markup similarity - We consider how many HTML tags are found in both documents: this gives a measure of the probability that two layout will be considered similar or identical to each other.
  • Text similarity - This value gives an estimate of the risk that any textual content might be filtered out by the Duplicate Content filter.
What is the duplicate content filter?
In an effort to provide more varied results to their users, search engines do filter websites that appear too similar to each other: except for the most relevant results, similar results are excluded.

That is why it is important to have content that is as unique and original as possible. The web sites that risk the most are those that provide third-party content, and the online shops that use the manufacter's description for the products they sell: if you run such a web site, you should try to avoid using 100% copied-and-pasted content. If that is not possible, then it would be useful to at least add a few lines of original content to the pasted text, such as a commment or discussion.

Actually, there is another type of duplicate content filter, that applies to mirror sites. This filter analyzes the URL structure instead of page content. Normally, mirror sites are not indexed by search engines.
Can I add this tool to my web site?
Of course! If you want to let your users use our tool directly from your web page, check out how you can add it to your web site.
May I review your tool?
Please feel free to review our tool on your web site, blog, or favourite discussion board.

We know that not just everybody has time to write a review: for that reason, we provide a few review templates you can use or just take inspiration from for writing your own.

Nevertheless, we're sure you'll get better results if you write your own review from scratch.