Simple Blog Content Question
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Which is better?
To write my own blog post or, (with permission) use other high DA content on my blog.
I'll probably do both, but I'm very curious as to what the search engines prefer or which is better for seo.
Thanks in advance!
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Thank you again!
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Yes, you can link to other sites in text (anchor text will be the linking text) wherever you like, but if you are using their content you should use a canonical tag to acknowledge them as the original source.
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Thank you David, I will be writing my own blogs, Though now I'm slightly confused about linking to a different site from my blog.
I thought I was supposed to use anchor text to link to a different site?
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Hi Miss Thumann,
Definitely writing your own content is the best option here.
You won't get any value out of republishing content from high DA sites and it could even have negative consequences.
If you want to publish content from another site because you think your readers might like it, you can do it, BUT you should use a canonical tag to tell search engines who the original source is.
Cheers,
David
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