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One more question about rel=canonical
Unfortunately I don't do very mainstream stuff, which means that my content isn't very shareable. On top of that, I don't write provocative pieces, which means that they aren't commented on a lot. I know how to do those things and I did them for past employers, but I've chosen personally not to do so because I find them toxic. This also means that my readership, at least on my blog, is very low. Of course I could go back to my old ways - I did here with a lot of success: http://www.thefinediningblog.com/food-bloggers-post-negative-reviews-comped-meals-thoughts-strange-industry/ - but I don't like the vicious arguments that ensue on social media. Can I take a look at your blog? Maybe I could pick up a few ideas! And, once again, I haven't made any money from having a blog. I got, what, $15 from Google once? That's about it!
On-Page / Site Optimization | | cedriklizotte0 -
I still don't understand how rel=canonical works. Help?
Hi Cedriklizotte, No, there is no need to put the second link Click here in the body. Only the first link would be enough to put in the section. Regards, Amit Rathi
On-Page / Site Optimization | | amit_rathi0 -
Is introducing an article (first 300 words) then linking to the original on another site considered duplication?
Hi Cedric, You're right to be concerned about duplicate content. I recommend that you take a few more steps to be completely sure that your site has a chance of performing well and being indexed and not penalized. You should write a unique title, the titles are much too similar You should write a unique introduction before quoting the article and additional unique content after the quote 300 words is too much for a quote from another article -- consider doing 150-200 Consider using just 1 image instead of 4 Because you are only partially copying the article and linking to the original source there is very little chance that you will be penalized. However, your copied article will not be considered valuable because it doesn't have any original content. Just a few tweaks and a little original content should help and give you a chance to be indexed/ranked. Best of luck with your site and keep up the great articles.
Moz Tools | | Chris_Hickman0