Duplicate content occurs when an already existing webpage can be found through multiple URLs. When there is duplicate content on a site, search engines can get confused by which URL is the original, or preferred, piece of content.
There are several ways you can find duplicate content on your site. Here are three free ways you can find duplicate content, keep track of which pages have multiple URLs, and discover what issues are causing duplicate content to appear across your site. This will come in handy when you remove the duplicate pages.
URL Profiler
For years the de facto method for checking duplicate content has been to take a snippet of text from a page, put quote marks round it, then search Google to see what came up. They have automated it.
Available for: For Windows & Mac.
Price: Paid
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Duplicate Content Tool
A web-based duplicate content tool available online. This tool checks 7 different common causes and effects of duplicate content to diagnose any current or potential duplicate content penalties.
Available for: Web-based. For all operating systems.
Price: Free
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Sitechecker’s Duplicate Content Checker
Launch website audit to find internal duplicate content
Available for: Web-based. For all operating systems.
Price: Free
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SEO Review Duplicate Content Checker
Use the duplicate content checker to find internal and external duplicate content for a specific webpage. Duplicate content is an important SEO issue, because search engines try to filter out as much duplicates as possible, to offer the best search experience. This tool is able to detect two types of (text based) duplicate content.
Available for: Web-based. For all operating systems.
Price: Free
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Siteliner Duplicate Content Checker
Find duplicate content, broken links, and more…
Available for: Web-based. For all operating systems.
Price: Free
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