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Tell HN: HackerNoon removes canonical URLs before publishing

3 points by pul 4y ago

HackerNoon has the option to add a canonical URL to encourage people to cross-post their article on HackerNoon. An editor manually removed the canonical URL from an article I cross-posted to their site today. I checked my older articles just now, and they also don't have canonicals anymore. Does anyone else also had this happen to them?

taubek 4y ago
Few years ago they had bug that was doing the same thing. https://community.hackernoon.com/t/canoncial-link-missing-resolved/45886 https://community.hackernoon.com/t/canoncial-link-missing-re...
Liriel 4y ago
Omg, you're right, they did it to me as well. I had this issue years ago, and even got into a Twitter argument with their founder. It was a bug. Not sure what is the cause now.
- pul 4y ago
  In my case, it must have been intentional. The editor added a line 'Also published here' with the canonical at the bottom of the article.
  - Liriel 4y ago
    Reach out here - that should not have happened. (that's what they told me) https://hackernoon.com/contact https://hackernoon.com/contact
smooke 4y ago
HackerNoon only supports canonical links to personal sites with SSL certificates and for companies in our brand as author program. This is nothing new. The poster here wants canonical links to their startup's blog without being a part of our brand program. He can do so by claiming his free credit/s, and just making the bio the owner of the content (his startup company and not him). https://sponsor.hackernoon.com/brand-as-author https://sponsor.hackernoon.com/brand-as-author Publishing posts owned by technology companies (and not individuals) is a freemium publishing program on HackerNoon. Here's more about how publishing and republishing on HackerNoon work: https://help.hackernoon.com/republishing-guide https://help.hackernoon.com/republishing-guide https://help.hackernoon.com/backlinks-guideline https://help.hackernoon.com/backlinks-guideline https://help.hackernoon.com/editorial-guideline https://help.hackernoon.com/editorial-guideline https://help.hackernoon.com/for-writers https://help.hackernoon.com/for-writers https://help.hackernoon.com/distribution https://help.hackernoon.com/distribution https://help.hackernoon.com/writer-account--perks https://help.hackernoon.com/writer-account--perks https://hackernoon.com/the-second-human-rule-9a1a3yhl https://hackernoon.com/the-second-human-rule-9a1a3yhl https://hackernoon.com/4-facts-you-should-know-about-republishing-content-on-hacker-noon-im63ua6 https://hackernoon.com/4-facts-you-should-know-about-republi... https://www.publish.hackernoon.com/ https://www.publish.hackernoon.com/ https://hackernoon.com/how-to-retitle-republished-posts-gbn33ia https://hackernoon.com/how-to-retitle-republished-posts-gbn3... https://hackernoon.com/hacking-hacker-noon-best-republishing-practices-alk34cu https://hackernoon.com/hacking-hacker-noon-best-republishing... Honestly, if you're using HackerNoon just to get canonical links, you don't understand the value of publishing on HackerNoon or other technology publication for that matter. It's about getting a free human editor and reaching people where they are.

3 points by pul 4y ago

taubek 4y ago

Few years ago they had bug that was doing the same thing. https://community.hackernoon.com/t/canoncial-link-missing-resolved/45886 https://community.hackernoon.com/t/canoncial-link-missing-re...

Liriel 4y ago

Omg, you're right, they did it to me as well. I had this issue years ago, and even got into a Twitter argument with their founder. It was a bug. Not sure what is the cause now.

pul 4y ago
In my case, it must have been intentional. The editor added a line 'Also published here' with the canonical at the bottom of the article.
- Liriel 4y ago
  Reach out here - that should not have happened. (that's what they told me) https://hackernoon.com/contact https://hackernoon.com/contact

smooke 4y ago

HackerNoon only supports canonical links to personal sites with SSL certificates and for companies in our brand as author program. This is nothing new. The poster here wants canonical links to their startup's blog without being a part of our brand program. He can do so by claiming his free credit/s, and just making the bio the owner of the content (his startup company and not him). https://sponsor.hackernoon.com/brand-as-author https://sponsor.hackernoon.com/brand-as-author Publishing posts owned by technology companies (and not individuals) is a freemium publishing program on HackerNoon. Here's more about how publishing and republishing on HackerNoon work: https://help.hackernoon.com/republishing-guide https://help.hackernoon.com/republishing-guide https://help.hackernoon.com/backlinks-guideline https://help.hackernoon.com/backlinks-guideline https://help.hackernoon.com/editorial-guideline https://help.hackernoon.com/editorial-guideline https://help.hackernoon.com/for-writers https://help.hackernoon.com/for-writers https://help.hackernoon.com/distribution https://help.hackernoon.com/distribution https://help.hackernoon.com/writer-account--perks https://help.hackernoon.com/writer-account--perks https://hackernoon.com/the-second-human-rule-9a1a3yhl https://hackernoon.com/the-second-human-rule-9a1a3yhl https://hackernoon.com/4-facts-you-should-know-about-republishing-content-on-hacker-noon-im63ua6 https://hackernoon.com/4-facts-you-should-know-about-republi... https://www.publish.hackernoon.com/ https://www.publish.hackernoon.com/ https://hackernoon.com/how-to-retitle-republished-posts-gbn33ia https://hackernoon.com/how-to-retitle-republished-posts-gbn3... https://hackernoon.com/hacking-hacker-noon-best-republishing-practices-alk34cu https://hackernoon.com/hacking-hacker-noon-best-republishing... Honestly, if you're using HackerNoon just to get canonical links, you don't understand the value of publishing on HackerNoon or other technology publication for that matter. It's about getting a free human editor and reaching people where they are.