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    • LindsayE
      LindsayE Subscriber last edited by

      We have updated and added completely new content to our state pages. Our old state content is sitting in a our Google drive. Can I make these public to get them indexed and provide a link back to our state pages? In theory it sounds like a great link building strategy...

      TIA!

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        LindsayE Subscriber @Dr-Pete last edited by

        I can completely see where your coming from and agree! Thank you!

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          Dr-Pete Staff last edited by

          It is possible to get a Google Drive document indexed, but I'm not clear what this would accomplish. It would likely be a weak link (Google knows this is possible and that Drive documents are user-controlled) and it ultimately means that you're competing with your own documents for ranking. So, now you've got state pages on your site and state pages on Google Drive, both in the index, and one is potentially cannibalizing the other. I think this would ultimately be counterproductive, honestly.

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