Ready to Move articles to Medium

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   jansharesposted 5 weeks ago

   For those who've moved articles to Medium, please refresh my memory. All I have to do is copy the link and put it in the Medium 'Import' box? Then edit as needed in the Medium app?
   Thanks
   
   Edit: After I import the article to Medium, should I delete it from Hubpages?

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      Jodahposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

      It is up to you, but if you use the canonical link you don't have to delete any from HubPages

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         jansharesposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

         Thanks, John.

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   Carb Divaposted 5 weeks ago

   Honestly I've never tried that. Medium formatting is so much different, I start at the top of my article (in HP) and scroll down to capture and copy the whole thing. Then I paste in Medium. I use it as an opportunity to freshen things up and make any changes needed. After you have it looking the way you want be sure to go to the top of the Medium page, click on the ... and scroll down to "More Settings." Select "Advanced Settings" and highlight "Customize Canonical Link."

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      jansharesposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

      Thank you so much, Linda, for your help. I'll try it your way just in case the import throws off the formatting. That second part is what I really needed as well:
      1. More Settings
      2. Advanced Settings
      3. highlight Customize Canonical Link
      (Writing it out helps me remember)

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      jansharesposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

      Now it says to 'paste the canonical link to the original story.' Did you do that?
      
      Edit: I did something wrong. Can't get out of the page, no save button pops up. Yikes.

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         Jodahposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

         You don't have to save ...in Medium it is automatic. You copy the URL of the article from HubPages and paste under canonical link

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            jansharesposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

            Okay, I think I did that.

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         Carb Divaposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

         Yes. You just insert the link. For example, my articles are in Delishably, so I insert the link that appears at the top of the page.

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      jansharesposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

      Why is there a "Delete Story" button?

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         Jodahposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

         You can delete any story if you want, like in publishing on HubPages

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            jansharesposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

            ok

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         Carb Divaposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

         Well, I've used this when I decide that a story I've published needs to be updated/revamped. Only the "new" stuff floats to the top at Medium, so rather than revise the published story, I start a new once. Copy and paste, make changes, and slightly change the title. Delete the old one and publish the new one. I hope that helps.

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   eugbugposted 5 weeks ago

   I've found they don't import well doing it that way. I can't remember what goes wrong. It's better to just copy and paste.
   
   Edit: Just remembered
   
   I think the problem is that it uses the publishing date if it can extract that from the source article, rather than the import date and then pushes the resulting published article down the chronological order on Medium behind more recent articles.

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      jansharesposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Eugene. I ended up doing it the import route. Copy and paste wouldn't work for me, wouldn't hold the entire article. So, as you said, the date for the original article (December 2023) is at the bottom of the article. Maybe I can delete that?

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         eugbugposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

         I suppose you can. Did it use the the proper publishing date on Medium?

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            jansharesposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

            Ugh! I just published the article and the old date posted. I don't know what I did or didn't do wrong.

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               theraggededgeposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

               Don't use the Import function. Just copy paste.

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   jansharesposted 5 weeks ago

   Linda, John, and Eugene,
   
   There's also a directive to paste the new Medium URL onto the original HP article in order for Google to find the new one on Medium. I may not be saying that correctly. Can you clarify?

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      eugbugposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

      Would there be any benefit in doing that though considering revenue only comes from Medium subscribers? I guess if the people who search on Google for articles are already Medium subscribers it could be useful.

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      theraggededgeposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

      It's the other way around. Use the canonical link in Medium to put the original HP url. It's not a directive but it may help, although I'm not sure if it does.
      
      I also put a line at the bottom of the article saying, Originally published by the author on (whatever network site or website it lives on), with a live link back to the original.

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         jansharesposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

         Thanks, Beverly.

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      Jodahposted 5 weeks agoin reply to this

      I wouldn’t just move all your articles in one go, Jan. I suggest joining a couple of publications at Medium that suit your writing first and then publish your articles there, maybe one per day, at least until you build a following.

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         jansharesposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

         Thanks, John. I wasn't planning to move all at once. I have just the one I've moved already, not published yet. I have another new article for our Hub Publication. I will take your advice and look for other publications to join.

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            PaulGoodman67posted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

            Well, you have a couple of hundred followers already, which is a solid number to build upon. But I agree with Jodah that it's best to find publications that are a good fit, and pace yourself and publish regularly.

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            Jodahposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

            That is great, Jan.

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   viryaboposted 4 weeks ago

   One of the articles I imported to Medium shows the date of my last HP update - June 2024, as the originally published date.
   
   Meanwhile, the hub was published in 2009. And I had already stated (at the end of the post) that the article was originally published in 2009.
   
   Don’t know what to do about the 2 different dates on the Medium article.

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      jansharesposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

      I only have one date since the Dec. 2023 date is when it was actually first published on HP. I'm still learning this process. Multi-tasking is not helping me, I forget directions and make mistakes.

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         viryaboposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

         I’m now thinking that the copy and paste way is better than going the “import story” way.

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            eugbugposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

            Me too. The only problem I've found is that captions on images end up as just normal paragraph text and have to be cut and pasted back under the images.

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            theraggededgeposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

            It is

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               viryaboposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

               Thank you so much.

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   jansharesposted 4 weeks ago

   I don't think I did it right. There are no views. The link in the box starts with "discover.hubpages," which I did when I imported the article. Isn't that correct? When I click on "edit canonical link," it highlights. I hit cancel because I don't know what to do next, if anything.
   
   Sorry for the confusion. I feel like I'm getting old and need an assistant to do these things. (Sigh)

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      theraggededgeposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

      Don't worry about all that. Simply copy and paste your article. Go back and edit later to add the canonical link which will be the HubPages url.

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         viryaboposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

         Can I just delete it and do a fresh article? I did change it considerably while editing.
         
         I hate the fact that it’s claiming it was published in June 2024 whereas it was 1st published in 2009.

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            eugbugposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

            I've done this several times. In fact if you want a new publishing date on Medium to bump an article up in the chronological sorting order on a publication, you can do that.

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               viryaboposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

               Thank you for this tip.
               And it hasn’t gained any traction anyway, so it’s a good time to.

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            theraggededgeposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

            So leave the original article on HP - in draft form if you prefer. That will carry the original published date just in case there's a copyright issue in the future.
            
            When you put it on Medium, you can add a note at the bottom saying "Originally published by the author on **HubPages or network site**" and the original date.
            
            Personally, I would prefer people see a more recent date but it's up to you.

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               viryaboposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

               Thanks a bunch. Great idea to leave it in draft form here. It’s earning me nothing (views & money), so I might as well.
               
               I’ve been adding a similar  sentence at the bottom of the article and I think I prefer it this way.
               
               Reasons why I prefer to state the original year/dates are because many of these articles have been stolen online multiple times. And I don’t want the stolen ones to appear as the originals.

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   Venkatachari Mposted 4 weeks ago

   I don't understand why one should provide the canonical link at all. We can simply copy-paste the article and make the necessary editing.
   If we can make some changes to the appearance, there won't be any need to delete the article from HP. This is what I think.

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      PaulGoodman67posted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

      Without the canonical link, Google will see the articles as duplicates and punish them in the search rankings.
      
      That's the idea anyway.
      
      My experience is that it's best to skip duplication altogether and just publish in one place or the other. Aside from a couple of exceptions, I found that what works in HP doesn't tend to work in Medium and vice versa.

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   Eileen Hughesposted 4 weeks ago

   Ho do you have to be a member to earn money on medium

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      theraggededgeposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

      You do now, I believe. It's only fair really because it's the member fees that are the basis of earnings.

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   Rupert Taylorposted 4 weeks ago

   Canonical links defined.
   
   Canonical: "of or relating to a clergyman who is a canon." (Merriam-Webster)
   Canon: "a clergyman belonging to the chapter or the staff of a cathedral or collegiate church." (Merriam-Webster)
   Links: parts of a chain, seaside golf course, sausages. (Me)
   
   Therefore canonical links are:
   
   Hot dogs served to bishops for lunch.

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      jansharesposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

      That has been my only understanding of canonical, minus the hotdogs. It's also fun to say correctly, as the root word 'canon' is accented differently and makes you think before you pronounce it.

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    jansharesposted 4 weeks ago

    Update: All is well.
    I apparently posted the article correctly. Thanks to all who helped. The article is up and has traffic. Special thanks to Linda for following me and leaving a comment.

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       PaulGoodman67posted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

       I thought you'd been publishing at Medium for three years, Jan?
       
       I don't see any new articles, am I following the right account?

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          jansharesposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

          I know. I haven't been publishing. I'm on track to step it up. It's been a tough year.

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