: Will Google penalize news website for duplicate content when it links to original stories along with the full text? My website is similar to news.google.com. news.goole.com link's to original source,

@Angela700

Copied content (regardless of language of content) is considered offering nothing of value to your visitors. For this reason, you can expect search engines to not index your website at best. You may also expect manual actions taken against your site in Google Webmaster tools if you have an account with them.


For SEO, what way is better: link to original source or show copied content to user?


If those were the only choices you have, I'd go with link to the original source. If you want a chance of having your pages indexed, provide some unique content on the page with the link, not a page that shows only one link on the screen. By unique content, I'd aim for at least a couple hundred words that can make the user understand what the page is about.

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