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Combining Copied Content and SEO

By John E Lincoln

In this video Matt Cutt’s from Google responds to the question, “Should you copy random pieces of content and put them together in a larger article for SEO?”

This questions is really almost laughable. Watch his response.

Combining Copied Content and SEO

As you probably heard in the video, copying content from other websites and combining them into one article does not help your SEO. If you didn’t know this, now you know!

Learn more about why you shouldn’t do this. Read our latest article on subject matter experts (SME).

About John E Lincoln

John Lincoln (MBA) is CEO of Ignite Visibility (a 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Inc. 5000 company) a highly sought-after digital marketing strategist, industry speaker and author of two books, "The Forecaster Method" and "Digital Influencer." Over the course of his career, Lincoln has worked with over 1,000 online businesses ranging from small startups to amazing clients such as Office Depot, Tony Robbins, Morgan Stanley, Fox, USA Today, COX and The Knot World Wide. John Lincoln is the editor of the Ignite Visibility blog. While he is a contributor, he does not write all of the articles and in many cases he is supported to ensure timely content.