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Posting related news on websites blog - helpful for SEO?

by Xelaetaks
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Anyone know if posting news articles with some extra commentary for some blog posts is a good or bad idea?


For example let's say you sell wine online and there are stories in the news related to your industry do you think occasionally posting part of a news article from another sites with quotes, citation and additional commentary/words from yourself is a good or bad idea? Could google see this as spam or should it be fine if done correctly?

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  • Profile picture of the author Dimitris
    If you write the rest of the story with sense and quality, sure it's a good idea. I would even provide a no-follow link to the source. Your post will be indexed and will not harm your blog. Than you can go to the source page (if has any value) and post link in comment to your blog post with good written blog comment. This kind of comments will be even approved if moderated, and will drive traffic to your site...

    If you really want that text to appear on your blog, but you don't want to risk of getting penalties for duplicated content, you can always add it as an image, simply by taking a Print Screen of that site...
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      No reason to even include the source. That's exactly what news bloggers
      and reporters do.

      Common knowledge that is reported does not need a source. Obviously,
      if you are using a photo, you should.

      You are watching the Eagles playing in a blizzard. You do not need to
      cite any source to comment on why that's crazy.

      I saw on the news tonight that someone was stabbed in Walmart on
      Black Friday. Do we live in a country of idiots? You betcha! And on
      and on....blah blah blah. No source needed.

      I can't think of a single news item that is copyrighted. Notice I said news
      item. Not article.

      You would not need to cite any source for blogging about Carrie Underwood
      doing The Sound of Music...

      I do cite sources, sometimes, if needed. Like Consumer Reports saying
      what car is #1 in value. I would cite that, but that's only because that's CR
      own stuff.

      Flip that around to the most stolen car. If that data is provided by govt
      statistics, it's then common knowledge and I may or may not want to
      cite any source. I don't believe any data like that can be copyrighted.
      Detroit's population implosion and bankruptcy are out there for everyone
      to see.

      There's no reason to nofollow a link. Why would you put spam or an
      untrusted link on your site? Meaningless here.

      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author Slin
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        No reason to even include the source. That's exactly what news bloggers
        and reporters do.

        Common knowledge that is reported does not need a source. Obviously,
        if you are using a photo, you should.

        You are watching the Eagles playing in a blizzard. You do not need to
        cite any source to comment on why that's crazy.

        I saw on the news tonight that someone was stabbed in Walmart on
        Black Friday. Do we live in a country of idiots? You betcha! And on
        and on....blah blah blah. No source needed.

        I can't think of a single news item that is copyrighted. Notice I said news
        item. Not article.

        You would not need to cite any source for blogging about Carrie Underwood
        doing The Sound of Music...

        I do cite sources, sometimes, if needed. Like Consumer Reports saying
        what car is #1 in value. I would cite that, but that's only because that's CR
        own stuff.

        Flip that around to the most stolen car. If that data is provided by govt
        statistics, it's then common knowledge and I may or may not want to
        cite any source. I don't believe any data like that can be copyrighted.
        Detroit's population implosion and bankruptcy are out there for everyone
        to see.

        There's no reason to nofollow a link. Why would you put spam or an
        untrusted link on your site? Meaningless here.

        Paul
        I'd agree with most of this information. Just keep in mind, articles are copyrighted, news isn't, just like you said.

        Sometimes linking to a news site can be good though, Google likes to see you link to authority sites on occasion.
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