I’ve previously read that copy/pasting entire articles hurts LW’s SEO. If someone with expertise on the subject confirms that is true, then I’d kindly ask the OP to accordingly edit his post.
I was the one who said that, and I realize now that I’m not so certain, but it’s based on the “common wisdom” that Google hates duplicate content (and why wouldn’t it? see e.g. those ridiculous websites that steal YouTube comments).
I had no idea such websites existed. That is ridiculous.
I’m inclined to believe that it does hurt SEO. “Common wisdom” may be pretty weak evidence, but we can’t ignore evidence, right? I think there’s some E. T. Jaynes quotation to that effect, anyway. Something to do with paradoxes...
Either way, it is still bad form. I’m glad to see the OP made the corrections.
I’ve previously read that copy/pasting entire articles hurts LW’s SEO. If someone with expertise on the subject confirms that is true, then I’d kindly ask the OP to accordingly edit his post.
Thank you for warning me. Nobody seems to have confirmed it, but still, posting entire articles is bad form, so I corrected that, as well as I could.
I was the one who said that, and I realize now that I’m not so certain, but it’s based on the “common wisdom” that Google hates duplicate content (and why wouldn’t it? see e.g. those ridiculous websites that steal YouTube comments).
I had no idea such websites existed. That is ridiculous.
I’m inclined to believe that it does hurt SEO. “Common wisdom” may be pretty weak evidence, but we can’t ignore evidence, right? I think there’s some E. T. Jaynes quotation to that effect, anyway. Something to do with paradoxes...
Either way, it is still bad form. I’m glad to see the OP made the corrections.