: Copied page but why it is ranking first in Google SERP? I'd published an article with the permission of the author. But when I search in Google from India for title: "How to Test Payment

@Gail5422790

It could also be due to personalization. Since it's your site you've presumably visited it enough that Google knows you like it and trust it, so Google favors it in your search results but may not treat it the same way when others search.

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@Kristi941

This is an area where Google is trying to improve. The "panda" updates deal with this exact issue. You may rank well for that content right now but eventually Google will (supposedly) filter out your duplicate content. Basically I wouldn't count on that page ranking well for too long.

What you should be doing as a good webmaster is use canonical URLs to give the original website credit as the content's original author. You should also link to the main article on the author's website. That way Google knows who the original publisher is and give them their deserved rankings.

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