I have created 2 blogs for a client as they have 2 domains (1 for their core business, and 1 for a product). I want to use the same content on both blogs. What is the best way to set this up so there are no ranking or duplicate content issues?
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We are pushing SEO for only one of the domains, therefore I would like one to be dominant. We will be sending the blog post via email to their database, therefore each blog needs to have the same content.
Thank you!
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I would add the canonical to both, pointing at the preferred blog in both cases. (i.e. the preferred blog canonicals to itself.)
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You can try the following (please see how www.lifehacker.com create their articles)
- Write an article on the main blog
- Write a smaller text on your secondary blog expressing "your" point of view on the article from the main blog
- Give give credit (link to the main blog article)
This way, you end up with 2 unique articles (one on the main blog which will be the full article (500-1500 words depending on how much you have to say) and one on the secondary blog (250-500 words - depending how inspired you are).
If you purchase articles, simply ask for articles of 1500-200 words, containing opposite points of view (pro and cons of the subject), split them and post them on the 2 blogs
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What wouldent you say, sorry.
A canonical will null and viod one of blogs, and give creadt to the other, thats how they work,. you can not use them to make both rank.
You also need to add the canonical to the site, you do not want to rank, not the one you want to rank. You need to point it to the one you want to rank from the non ranking one.
The search engine is going to see it as duplicate content, no matter, all you can do is make the cjhoice for the SE, or it will pick one itself.
"It’s important to understand that a rel=canonical is not a true redirect. There
has been a lot written that it’s “basically like a 301 redirect”, which can be
misleading. The purpose of the rel=canonical is to help the engines understand
when an individual URL is essentially a duplicate of another. The rel=canonical
element does suggest to the engine that any value assigned to the duplicate URL
be assigned to the original URL, though. This is similar to how the 301
functions, which is the origin of the over-simplification noted above."Duane Forrest from Bing
http://www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/webmaster/archive/2011/10/06/managing-redirects-301s-302s-and-canonicals.aspx -
I wouldn't say so I work with heaps of businesses who have various sites you can set up different strategies for both blog's, you can even aim for a total serp domination of specific keywords.
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Don't bother making 2 blogs, as only one is going to rank. A canonical will teell the SE what version tio rank, but it will not make both rank.
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if you generate the same piece of content for both websites without canonical, so you will be running a risk of duplicate content.
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If you can not make unique content on both sites then add canonical tags to the main website you wish to rank higher.
I would advise to make unique content on both websites if possible.
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