Will pillar posts create a duplication content issue, if we un-gate ebook/guides and use exact copy from blogs?
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Hi there!
With the rise of pillar posts, I have a question on the duplicate content issue it may present. If we are un-gating ebook/guides and using (at times) exact copy from our blog posts, will this harm our SEO efforts? This would go against the goal of our post and is mission-critical to understand before we implement pillar posts for our clients.
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