Yandex officially confirmed the update of the algorithm, which better detects poor non-original content. The update took place in August. A message about this was published on the Yandex blog for webmasters.
Search engine algorithms have learned better to identify scrapped and not user-first content on resource pages. Sites containing predominantly copied content, rewriting information from other resources, or poor-quality translation do not comply with the principles of a quality site, according to Yandex algorithms.
Quoting is not a violation. Problems will arise if quoting or rewriting is the main content of the resource.
Copied content is allowed:
- author’s descriptions of goods, services, events, computer programs, instructions for use and operating manuals;
- lyrics, aphorisms, literature pieces;
- laws, decrees, document templates;
- your content from other sources (blogs, social networks), press releases published on other sites;
- as well as texts that give users added value.
The information about the violation is in Webmaster. The site owner should fix the problem and report it by clicking on the “I fixed it” button.