Canonical links to company domain must come from company account
If the original source of the story lives on a company’s domain (ex: https://ai.googleblog.com/), that company needs to repost the story from a branded Google account in order to get a canonical link.
The only exception to the rule above is if company founders/executives have marketing strategies around building a personal brand to promote their company.
In that case, the founder or executive must get approval from the HackerNoon team to publish under their personal HN profile instead of one owned by the company.
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4.c.ii. Canonical links to blog networks or social networksTable of Contents:
1. Editing Protocol Overview 1.a. Second Human Rule1.a.i. Verified Writers1.b. Time to Review2. Standards of Quality2.a. Originality Score2.b. 6 Ws Score2.c. Objectivity in ranked listicles2.d. Unranked listicles2.e. Actionable advice
3. Red Flags3.a. Subject Matter3.a.i. Subject matter saturation3.b. Plagiarism3.c. Sources and Citations3.d. Formatting is bad or broken3.e. Grammar level: gibberish3.f. Story is Too Short🔗 4. Backlink Rules & Guidelines
4.a. Backlink Limits4.b. Banklink quality and diversity4.b.i. Diversity of sources4.b.ii. Internal linking4.b.iii. Changing links4.c. Reposting and Canonical Linking4.c.i. Canonical links to company domain4.c.ii. Canonical links to blog networks or social networks