- What is the problem with duplicate data?
- How does Google detect duplicate content?
- How do we avoid getting duplicate entries in a query?
- Should duplicate data be removed?
What is the problem with duplicate data?
Inaccurate Reporting
Good reporting requires accurate data that is free of duplicates. Duplicate data inhibits this. Reports generated from duplicate records are less reliable and cannot be used to make informed decisions. The business will also find it difficult to forecast what it should do for future growth.
How does Google detect duplicate content?
Google uses a predictive method to detect duplicate content based on URL patterns, which could lead to pages being incorrectly identified as duplicates. In order to prevent unnecessary crawling and indexing, Google tries to predict when pages may contain similar or duplicate content based on their URLs.
How do we avoid getting duplicate entries in a query?
If you want the query to return only unique rows, use the keyword DISTINCT after SELECT . DISTINCT can be used to fetch unique rows from one or more columns. You need to list the columns after the DISTINCT keyword.
Should duplicate data be removed?
This, in turn, leads to organisations holding more than one record of someone – possibly with conflicting information. Identifying and removing or merging these duplicate records from your database is a key part of forming an effective Single Customer View (SCV).