combining articles

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  1. lovetherain profile image80
    lovetherainposted 6 years ago

    There are a few articles I would like to combine and revise. Is this ok to do?

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    1. TIMETRAVELER2 profile image84
      TIMETRAVELER2posted 6 years agoin reply to this

      I do this regularly  because I think it is better to have one more detailed article than two shorter ones on similar topics.

      I choose the article of those I wish to combine  that has the most views, and use it as the basis for a redo.

      I copy and paste sections from the other articles into that one, and then edit, upgrade and maybe even re-title it.

      Then I delete the other articles and upgrade the one I edited onto the one that was left on the HP site.

      Works like a charm...no duplicate content, no problems and a better article in the end.  This also eliminates the chances that someone can steal an article in the meantime, but you should do the deleting and upgrading all at the same time to make this work correctly and safely.

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  2. lovetherain profile image80
    lovetherainposted 6 years ago

    My concern is that I will flag "duplicate content" filter or something if I try to combine two articles into one. Will this happen?

    For example, I would like to combine my hubs "the Hero and the Dragon" and "Precession of the Equinoxes' into one hub. If I unpublish both of them first, combine them into one, and then delete one of them, will this work?

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  3. lobobrandon profile image87
    lobobrandonposted 6 years ago

    It's fine if you want to do this. Just make sure there are no copies of either of the hubs online first. Do a Google search using two to three sentences from each hub and if you find copies, file DMCA's first.

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    1. lovetherain profile image80
      lovetherainposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      ok thanks

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    2. lovetherain profile image80
      lovetherainposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      It worked! I checked for copies, found none. Then I combined the two articles, revised it a little, and then republishes it. It is featured now. So happy!

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      1. lobobrandon profile image87
        lobobrandonposted 6 years agoin reply to this

        Nice smile

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  4. paradigmsearch profile image59
    paradigmsearchposted 6 years ago

    Combining relevant articles is indeed a pet theory of mine. It is apparently the universal consensus that Google goes <snipped> over deep content. I, too, am working on such a project as we speak.

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    1. lovetherain profile image80
      lovetherainposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Have you had any problems with it yet?

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