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Question about re-use of old content

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by Tom Bryceland, Apr 30, 2012.

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    Hi everyone,

    2 years ago i had a website up on web design and SEO, I wrote a lot of guides etc that i would like to reuse on my new site.
    The Old site has been offline since Jan 2011.

    I know that duplicate content can get you negative points in googles eyes, but the content is no longer online except for on the wayback machine.
    Can i use this content again now without any trouble ?


    Thanks in advance for your answers,



    Best Regards


    Tommy




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    Edit: Thinking about this more, could i use that site as a source of content that would no longer be on the net? content that maybe i did not write.
     
    Tom Bryceland, Apr 30, 2012 IP
  2. Tom Bryceland

    Tom Bryceland Member

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    I suspect the answer here is that i can, but if anyone has had any experence doing this or spotted any problems, please let me know.
     
    Tom Bryceland, May 1, 2012 IP
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    navidndc1078117 Well-Known Member

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    #3
    Since your site is "offline" i.e. not crawled by Google in the recent years and if you are intending to re-launch it anytime soon then I don't see any harm in re-using the content.
     
    navidndc1078117, May 1, 2012 IP
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    dmarkers Greenhorn

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    Indeed, go ahead and you your content! there shouldn't be any penalty
     
    dmarkers, May 25, 2012 IP
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #5
    If the content is not indexed it's not considered to be published online and would be considered unique.
     
    dcristo, May 25, 2012 IP
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    Ella_Z. Peon

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    If the content is offline for such a long time, I guess it must be out of google index now, so you can use it without any prejudices.
     
    Ella_Z., Jun 5, 2012 IP
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    Traditione Well-Known Member

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    Change the content up a bit and you're fine, for now.

    I've used content from old sites because WBM only showed up like the first sentence and generated a lot of traffic from excellent old posts.
     
    Traditione, Jun 5, 2012 IP