External links and duplicate content

1. What does duplicate content mean in SEO?
2. How do I fix duplicate content in SEO?
3. Which type of SEO includes duplicate content?
4. Does duplicate content affect SEO?

What does duplicate content mean in SEO?

Search engines like Google have a problem – it's called 'duplicate content'. Duplicate content means that similar content appears at multiple locations (URLs) on the web, and as a result search engines don't know which URL to show in the search results.

How do I fix duplicate content in SEO?

301 redirects are the easiest way to fix duplicate content issues on your site. So if you found a bunch of duplicate content pages on your site, redirect them back to the original. Once Googlebot stops by, it will process the redirect and ONLY index the original content.

Which type of SEO includes duplicate content?

Internal duplicate content is when one domain creates duplicate content through multiple internal URLs (on the same website). External duplicate content, also known as cross-domain duplicates, occurs when two or more different domains have the same page copy indexed by the search engines.

Does duplicate content affect SEO?

That “one place” is defined as a location with a unique website address (URL) - so, if the same content appears at more than one web address, you've got duplicate content. While not technically a penalty, duplicate content can still sometimes impact search engine rankings.