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Substitute for rel=canonical?

by Sturminator10
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Haven't been able to find an answer to this anywhere.

Do you guys think Google uses anchor text and surrounding text to determine if something is canonical? For example, if I repost a an article from my website on Medium and then say at the beginning of the Medium post: "Here's a link to the original article on my website" do you think the Google algorithm would be sophisticated enough to treat that as the same as using rel=canonical?

Has it become safe to repost content without being penalized?
#relcanonical #substitute
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    I finally came across an answer, for anybody wondering. Neil says in the comments of his Quicksprout article that Google has since correct the issue.

    Also, here it says "...If you syndicate your content on other sites, Google will always show the version we think is most appropriate for users in each given search, which may or may not be the version you'd prefer. However, it is helpful to ensure that each site on which your content is syndicated includes a link back to your original article..."
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