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Got an email from a competitor asking to share each others articles (syndicating style) with attribution links at the bottom. Basically like those buzzfeed articles where they post an entire article from a site with a link saying "Via xxx" at the bottom.
It would be a good way to get articles on my site with little work, plus get traffic from his readers.
But 2 things:
1) Would swapping articles like this have any negative effect on SEO? I know syndicating articles is fine but syndicating each others articles with attribution links seems like it might be viewed as a link exchange thing.
2) They aren't competing for my main keywords but they do have 1st place keywords I want. So it would feel strange to be buddy-buddy but then be like, "Well hey, I'm taking your main keywords amigo".
Would love to hear your guys thoughts.
It would be a good way to get articles on my site with little work, plus get traffic from his readers.
But 2 things:
1) Would swapping articles like this have any negative effect on SEO? I know syndicating articles is fine but syndicating each others articles with attribution links seems like it might be viewed as a link exchange thing.
2) They aren't competing for my main keywords but they do have 1st place keywords I want. So it would feel strange to be buddy-buddy but then be like, "Well hey, I'm taking your main keywords amigo".
Would love to hear your guys thoughts.