Recent content by GeekMade

I wish it was true, but I've done over 200 websites in all different ways, expired content from webarchive, autotranslatated content from other languages, etc.,... google does penalise duplicate content HARD https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/guidelines/duplicate-content

it's actually true that backlinks are getting harder to get, nowadays people prefer to spam the web without looking at the quality of the backlinks. You need to have a mixed backlink portfolio with natural links, authority links, web 2.0... if all of them are .edu or scholarship when someone...

Lately, SEO is dramatically changing, google is not even showing the meta-data description as it used to, now it will display dynamic content in your serp results depending the user intent... The good thing about accordion is that the user has to click on it to expand it, this is a good signal...

They probably spinned an article and sold to thousand of people, even tho is not indexed google will penalise duplicate content, I think what the guys told you is the best option, just get rid off that content!