Is it useful to have a section of my site that re-posts articles from other sites?



Many sites have a press release section, or a news section that re-posts relevant articles. Since it’s all duplicate content, they be better off removing these sections (even with plenty of other unique content)? Gus, MA

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12 thoughts on “Is it useful to have a section of my site that re-posts articles from other sites?”

  1. Great video, thanks. I've been working on a strategy like this since some months. I publish a weekly post on the best resources on sound design.
    I extract data from twitter, google alert and other sources, find the best contents and then show them in a curated way to my readers.
    week by week I try to improve my content curation skills and this video confirms my direction, thanks

  2. Awesome video. Matt's explanation is spot on in terms of adding more value. Instead of adding a section that anyone else can have the same content with, using it for other purposes like "success stories", "featured people", (among many others) can add more value.

  3. If users love it and leave a comment to say so – Google will love it and give big hugs towards your site – think what Google plus and Google profiles are all about – Also check out their original mission statement

  4. The assumption here was that content that isn't yours that you put on your site is junky. It's understandable since the way Matt layed it out was to show both extremes. But, syndicated content can be very good content that is relevant to website visitors. I'd really like to hear him discuss the middle of the spectrum more. I say this because my marketing technique is to write articles on my site, then get them syndicated on other sites. It's all quality and provides value to those other sites.

  5. like all other google videos.. a question that was better than the answer given. When will people stop listening or paying attention to this drivel.
    If you seriously think google has algos for EVERYTHING, you're mistaken. If you believe this man speaks anything other than educated guesses to questions he or google cant answer.. you're also mistaken.

  6. How does G decide if it is automated and the results "junky"? Are they implying that if someone does a keyword search on Google for "red widgets" and post them that they are junky because Google's results are "junky"?

  7. What about sites like Techmeme? On our techmeme-like-site for an industry vertical, we utilize a high-end commercial curation engine serviced with queries (we've painstakingly refined over months) to blend news stories. Think Google News for an industry vertical. Our site offers users time-savings and filters away the junk and there is no equivalent available. Users love it.

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