Should we also rewrite the article title?

11 years ago

Unless the article you are "rewriting" is your own, there's a much bigger issue - content theft.

If you are rewriting your own article, or one which you have legitimate rights to (such as PLR), then if the title fits, leave it.

Titles tend to be short, and writers are almost never as clever as they think they are in coming up with titles. This is especially so when trying to work with keywords.

Even if you come up with a title completely on your own, the odds favor someone out there coming up with the same title on their own.

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Jensha

11 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

Unless the article you are "rewriting" is your own, there's a much bigger issue - content theft.

If you are rewriting your own article, or one which you have legitimate rights to (such as PLR), then if the title fits, leave it.

Titles tend to be short, and writers are almost never as clever as they think they are in coming up with titles. This is especially so when trying to work with keywords.

Even if you come up with a title completely on your own, the odds favor someone out there coming up with the same title on their own.

Thanks. So I guess I'll leave the keyword phrase at the content then and leave the article title with something else different if the article isn't mine.

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LastingLifeSuccess

11 years ago

I definitely recommend rewriting the article title. I don't like duplicate content in any form. Just a good precaution to take.

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Alexa Smith Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by LastingLifeSuccess

I definitely recommend rewriting the article title. I don't like duplicate content in any form.

Even when it's in the form of syndicated content, it seems (i.e. not "duplicate content" by any stretch of the imagination).
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laurencewins

11 years ago

I ALWAYS change a title, even if it is by just one word. For example, I may write 5 articles on the same topic and have the same basic guidelines but I change the title slightly each time so it is unique.

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dejoliet31

11 years ago

My practice is to rewrite everything, including the title, to make it as unique as possible. Make it something that is totally YOU!

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Tina Golden 11 years ago

Originally Posted by dejoliet31

My practice is to rewrite everything, including the title, to make it as unique as possible. Make it something that is totally YOU!

If it was truly 'totally YOU', then a person wouldn't need to steal and rewrite someone else's work.
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opalfx

11 years ago

i'd say rewrite the article. that is a lot simpler than rewriting the article. you can just take a word or two out and have a brand new title that is seo qualified.

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GobBluthJD

11 years ago

You should write everything original in the first place.

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joma12 11 years ago

I would reword it instead of rewrite so it will be a unique article with unique title and it also will get ranked more easily than rewritten articles .
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- Tina Golden 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by joma12
  
  I would reword it instead of rewrite so it will be a unique article with unique title and it also will get ranked more easily than rewritten articles .
  
  How does rewording differ from rewriting exactly?
  
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  John Romaine 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Tina Golden
  
  How does rewording differ from rewriting exactly?
  
  The mind boggles Tina, it really does.
  
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kdevarney

11 years ago

I always change the title it's very easy to think of another title or word it so it's unique

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John Romaine

11 years ago

Wait a minute.....

WHO'S work are you rewriting???

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NataliaF

11 years ago

It would be better to rewrite the title. Think of something as creative as the existing one and make it unique.

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Will Edwards

11 years ago

If you are syndicating your content, don't worry about such things because traffic from syndicated sites is not going to arrive at your site directly via Google.

If you are not talking about syndicating i.e. you are talking about taking an article you have written and changing it a bit so you can submit it elsewhere in the hope that you might end up with two articles in the SERPS rather than one, I would suggest you think about dumping that approach altogether.

If you are going to put time and effort into all that 'rewriting' stuff, why not just write a new article?

Will