Combining Three Articles Into One Article

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   Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

   Years ago, I took an "old" article and posted it on HP as three articles. Don't ask me why because I should not have done it. Now, I am going to merge them into one. The question is: Should I combine the two lowest viewed articles into the highest viewed article or does it matter? My answer is "yes" because I should keep the highest viewed article. I am asking because it might be easier to merge them without considering the highest view versus the lowest view.

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I agree with you.

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         Kenna McHughposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         As one article, it is doing much better.

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   paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago

   Always keep the URL that Google most loves.

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   Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

   That's a great idea. Of course, that is based on views?

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      paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Normally, yes. But I could see where there might be some booby traps afoot. I don't suppose all three articles have a string or keyword phrase in common?

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         Kenna McHughposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         Yes. There are common thread and keywords.

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            paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Use them. If they match your stats order, I do believe you have your answer. Use https://www.startpage.com/ so that your results are unbiased.

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   Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

   Thank you for the tip, but how does using Startpage.com make my results unbiased?

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      paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Startpage does not base their results on your search history, Google does.

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         Kenna McHughposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         I will take a look at Startpage and figure out what it does.

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            paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            It feeds off Google search results, but doesn't tell google anything about the searcher; thus you get the default google results without the results being skewed by your previous searches.

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               Kenna McHughposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               Cool! I think it is better to use other SEO sites and see what comes up.

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   misslong123posted 5 years ago

   I strongly agree that you should save your latest hub's URL and add the others to the best one. It's like on Pinterest - I've heard tho I'm no expert - that you should never delete a pin, even if you want to, because others may have already linked to it. You never know who may already have a link to that hub published on their blog or something.
   
   Best wishes!

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   Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

   Michele,
   Thanks for the tips. I check out your profile. Nice. "Google+" no longer exists, though. You might want to delete it.

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      misslong123posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Kenna! I keep forgetting to do that! lol
      ~Michele

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   Marie Flintposted 5 years ago

   I agree with using the most traffic-active article as your basis for revision.
   
   I am curious how you are going to make the transitions work. Seems like an interesting challenge. Let me know if you'd like feed back on a first draft. Don't delete the two articles until the new one is completed. I'd love to see the "before and afters!"

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      Kenna McHughposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I went with the most traffic-active article. I finished combining them. I have the old ones, but they will remain unpublished. I have to do that, so it doesn't seem like duplicate articles. If you want to check out my article, it is here: https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Film … eenwriting

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