: Can scripts that import RSS feeds be used to get SEO traffic? I have noticed lately some websites that have a script that is capable of getting RSS feeds from different sources. It then

@LarsenBagley505

The rule of thumb in this instance is that it won't increase your SERP ranking, it does in fact have the ability to reduce it. Google's Webmaster Guidelines and Duplicate Content support document specifically deal with what not to do with a website. Google does not say that you are not allowed to syndicate content (copy it from another website) at all as there are instances where there is a perfectly valid purpose for it. What they do say is to add the noindex meta tag (meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow">) to let Google know not to use that page when working out your PageRank.

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