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Matt Tutt's avatar

This was a great read - I don't see comments getting mentioned much within the industry. UGC is great too - Tory did a great post on this at Moz recently: https://moz.com/blog/ugc-strategy-guide-for-seo

On the comments itself I've noticed some publishers disabling comments and preferring to move discussion over to Twitter/X or such. I guess with what's happening there this may not be the smartest move, with people moving off the platform (yourself included).

I feel that there's a gap in the market for a proper/decent commenting system. Substack seem to do this nicely, but have never been a fan of Disqus and some of the others. I think a simple Reddit style system (upvote / downvote comments) would work nicely - I think it would add a very interesting angle to lots of articles.

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Sangram's avatar

Hey Barry, I created a website 6 months back, regularly posting news articles in range of 15-20. The indexing of articles is still very slow. Sometimes articles get indexed the next day, which is not at all good for a news publisher.

The website has a well-working sitemap structure.

Can you please tell me what else I can do to index articles fast ?

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Barry Adams's avatar

You could try using WebSub (formerly known as PubSubHubbub). A tool like PubIndexAPI.com makes use of this to get content indexed quickly.

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Venkata Panchumarthi's avatar

Hi, I am Venkata Panchumarthi. I read this article and it is very informative. I like the way you explained about the topic. Thank you so much for sharing all this wonderful info. It is so appreciated!!!

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Michael jones's avatar

As a researcher seeking dissertation help, I've been struggling with a website I created six months ago, aimed at sharing news and updates related to my field of study. Despite regularly posting 15-20 articles, the indexing process has been slow, often taking up to 24 hours or more, which hinders the timely dissemination of information crucial for https://assignmenthelps.org/Dissertation-Help. As a news publisher, I require swift visibility and accessibility to support my research and inform my academic community. I'm seeking dissertation help to overcome this technical hurdle and ensure my website becomes a reliable resource for scholars like me.

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Movinnza's avatar

nice article

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pradeep vedpathak's avatar

Thanks for sharing.

Pradeep Vedpathak.

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Pradeep Madgaonkar's avatar

Very informative post. Thanks for posting

Pradeep Madgaonkar

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Pradeep Madgaonkar's avatar

Very informative post. Thanks for posting

Pradeep Madgaonkar

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