I read things like if it is an old Medium post change the date on Substack, so they will carry the same date and google will not get confused. But I'm not sure. SEO is complex
No. if you want to point Google in the right direction, add a canonical link to the Medium story (in the story settings under advanced) and add the Substack URL there. That's what I do. Or just republish on Substack (without using an old date).
It depends a bit on whether you want SEO (the search engine and the people who search) to find your Medium story or your Substack post? No matter which ones is newer or older.
And I usually suggest pointing to the “free to read” version because people who search won’t like paywalled stuff.
Do you use the Import Story function in Medium to publish the same article from Substack, or do you just copy the article manually into a Medium draft?
That's weird. I just started doing that last week. At the end of every Medium article, I leave a CTA to subscribe to my Substack. I haven't had any traction yet, but I will at least write 30 articles on Medium with a CTA to my Substack and see how that goes. Seemed like a damn good idea at the time. Guess I was on to something. I only thought about it because my Substack is growing at a snail's pace, and I wanted to get some traction. So, let's see what happens.
sorry for typo mistake unable to edit comments here. I meant "always" not "alwats"- that was a typo error. Sorry about that, I should have checked before clicking "submit"
Amazing! Words can't express my gratitude 🙏 for this helpful article! I was thinking of moving all my Medium posts to Substack, but, you helped me in avoiding a silly move that I was about to do. Really appreciate how you explained the procedure for making use of both the platforms while also taking care of SEO issues. You alwats hit on the painful spot and show the solution spot-on. This is what beginner writer like me are looking out for...Thanks again. God Bless you!
This is excellent, I've been wondering the best way to do this. Thanks! @Leadershipinchange10 if you want to connect on Medium hah
Wonderful...what if I want to publish from medium to substack?
Copy and paste. Importing of paywalled posts doesn't work. But in general, it's great to publish on both platforms
I read things like if it is an old Medium post change the date on Substack, so they will carry the same date and google will not get confused. But I'm not sure. SEO is complex
No. if you want to point Google in the right direction, add a canonical link to the Medium story (in the story settings under advanced) and add the Substack URL there. That's what I do. Or just republish on Substack (without using an old date).
But it was first publish on medium. Still just copy pasteon Substack?
It depends a bit on whether you want SEO (the search engine and the people who search) to find your Medium story or your Substack post? No matter which ones is newer or older.
And I usually suggest pointing to the “free to read” version because people who search won’t like paywalled stuff.
Thanks
Do you use the Import Story function in Medium to publish the same article from Substack, or do you just copy the article manually into a Medium draft?
I usually copy and paste manually since I publish at the sime time (most of the time)
Ok, so it is more a matter of preference than a technical question :-)
Useful information.
That's very useful, thank you Burk. Do you edit the text when you post on Medium, or paste it as-is?
Mostly as-is.
That's weird. I just started doing that last week. At the end of every Medium article, I leave a CTA to subscribe to my Substack. I haven't had any traction yet, but I will at least write 30 articles on Medium with a CTA to my Substack and see how that goes. Seemed like a damn good idea at the time. Guess I was on to something. I only thought about it because my Substack is growing at a snail's pace, and I wanted to get some traction. So, let's see what happens.
sorry for typo mistake unable to edit comments here. I meant "always" not "alwats"- that was a typo error. Sorry about that, I should have checked before clicking "submit"
Amazing! Words can't express my gratitude 🙏 for this helpful article! I was thinking of moving all my Medium posts to Substack, but, you helped me in avoiding a silly move that I was about to do. Really appreciate how you explained the procedure for making use of both the platforms while also taking care of SEO issues. You alwats hit on the painful spot and show the solution spot-on. This is what beginner writer like me are looking out for...Thanks again. God Bless you!
I am going to try this. Thank you Burk 💕
The CTA trick is really smart. I used the friends link, but linking to Substack is much better.
I use this since last year and it works. I keep getting subscribers from Medium.
Yes. Medium is a big source of subscribers.
Yeah it really does. Since I started doing it 4 years ago, it’s been quite a cool trick
Do you get subscribers?