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Sufyan created a free tool which checks page similarity. You can set it to check sitewide on small sites, or enter in a couple URLs manually to cross check them for how similar the pages are to one another.
This tool doesn't test if a site has canonicalization issues, but it is plenty cool for free.
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What is an acceptable percentage?
No exact answer really. There are so many factors...there isn't just a hit yes or no exact # answer.
Depending how a site is configured, what external links a site has, the size of the site, etc etc etc a bad number might range anywhere from 70 to 85% on up or so.
Aaron, thanks for letting us know about this tool. Gives a whole different perspective on how my site might appear to the search engines in regards to duplicate content issues.
Don't know why I got a runtime error - but maybe I need to download it and do a reinstall.
It is extremely helpful.
Brian - the lower the percentage of duplication/similiarity, the better.
Cool. Thanks Aaron for this usefull information. Frankly I still bother thinking about duplication/similiarity content.
Now it is time to proove it. I will try this. And see the traffic result. Also Thanks to Sufyan the creator
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