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Content marketing question:
I've been copying a few of my posts with almost no changes on to a different platform with the aim of both attracting clients on that platform and maybe getting some more backlinks out there.
For example, this article: Classic Python Interview Question: the Two Sum Problem | Codementor
Is very close to this one: Python Programming Two Sum Interview Problem - Compucademy in content.
Are there any potential downsides to doing this please? For example loss of SEO juice?
I'm not familiar with the platform you're writing on. But if it allows for you to set a canonical to your actual blog post, then you should be good to go. If you set the canonical on codementor to your blog post on your website, any link juice that goes to that page on the other site, should, I'll say again, should actually flow through to your website.
As a best practice I would publish on your website, and make sure Google is indexing that first, and then publish on the other platform. You can force them to find your blog post by sharing it on a Google my business page, or maybe even tweeting it. Some people force a crawl from the search console, but I don't like abusing that tactic.
So if it allows for rel canonical, test it on your next blog post.
Here's another thought.
If it doesn't allow for a rel canonical, then make sure you choose good SEO headline on the other platform. For example, I googled Python two sum problem and I found your article on the middle of the second page. So that platform has some pretty decent authority. If you're ranking that content on that platform, you should be able to direct people back to your website, and at least start building an email list.
Since you asked about link juice, as long as Google is indexing both pages, link juice should flow regardless. So at the very least you are building up the authority of your website by linking to it from the other website.
The main problem with the duplicate content is your content will likely never outrank that content.
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