Canonicalize vs Link Juice

[wlingke2]

I recently wrote (but have not published) a very comprehensive original article for my new website (which has pretty much no domain authority). I've been talking to the publisher of a very high Domain Authority site and they are interested in publishing it. The article will include 2-3 follow backlinks to my website.

My question is should I:

1. Repost the article in my own site and then request a "rel=canonical" from the high authority site
2. Not re-post the article on my own site and just collect the link juice from the high authority site

Which would be better for my overall SEO? Assume in case 1) that the high authority site would add a rel=canonical if I asked for it.

[EGOL]

Post the article on your site first.  After it has been there long enough to be stable in the index, then seek an agreement that another site can publish it with rel=canonical.

I normally don't give my content away under any circumstance, but if the right major website would do an rel=canonical, I would likely allow them to use it.

[wlingke2]

Is that better than getting link juice for SEO?

[EGOL]

If you use rel=canonical, the page on the publishing site should not be indexed by google and other search engines who recognize rel=canonical.  The page on your site remains in the index, appears in the SERPs and attracts traffic.   Any links that go to the page on the publisher's site with your article will appear in Google webmaster tools for the page where the article appears on your site.

So, it "appears" that your page (the original article page) gets all of the link equity that goes to the page on the Publisher site where you article is displayed - even links in their own navigation.

I said "appears" above.  We do not know how google counts them.  Most people believe that google passes link equity through the rel=canonical based upon what Googlers have said and published about them.  But we do not know for sure.  Also, we know for a fact that google sometimes changes their mind about stuff and doesn't tell anybody.

I can say that I have a few pages that receive rel=canonical attribution from other websites and the results have been kickass, from what I can tell.

[wlingke2]

great - very helpful thanks!