Common Question: Can I republish content on Hacker Noon if I've already published it elsewhere?
ANSWER: Yes. You can absolutely repost content on Hacker Noon, even if it's already been published elsewhere.
Follow-Up Question: I'm represent a tech startup, business, or multiple brands, so... I'm maybe gonna wanna do this a lot.
ANSWER: Welcome to the Hacker Noon Brand-As-Author™ Program!
Hacker Noon serves MILLIONS of tech-minded readers around the world every month, using:
- No Paywall,
- No Popups,
- No Personalized Ads, and
- only our custom-built online publishing software.
We are home to 65,000+++ tech stories, written by 15,000+ frontline subject-matter experts, across 27,000+ technology niches.
Every single story submitted to Hacker Noon is subject to the highest standards, by our team of human editors.
When you create a custom branded Hacker Noon profile, you'll get 3 free credits to publish native ad content to our audience.
- Join companies like AWS and Udemy on our exclusive Brand-As-Author™ Program
- Market your content, product launches, and press releases to our audience — freemium first, when you:
- Create your Brand’s Custom Profile Page to get 3 free native ad content posts published on (and distributed by!) Hacker Noon within the month ➡️
4 Fun Facts You Should Know About Republishing [Branded] Content on Hacker Noon
1. If you don’t suggest one, Hacker Noon’s Editors’ will give your story a new title.
One of the great things about writing for Hacker Noon is that you get free editorial support, audience expertise, and content optimization from our Team of (very) human Editors. (We also retitle republished content for SEO purposes, so as not to cannibalize your traffic.)
2. If You Are Republishing Branded Content, You'll Need to create a custom branded Hacker Noon profile and sign up for the Hacker Noon Brand-As-Author™ Program.
If you want to create a branded profile on Hacker Noon, that’s what our (paid) Brand-As-Author sponsorship program is for.
HACKER LOOPHOLE: You are permitted to republish brand, business, startup, personal blog, or newsletter content on a personal and unbranded Hacker Noon profile (i.e.: Your profile picture, name, and bio refer to a human, and not a brand) every now and again, provided you don't make a habit of posting backlink-stuffed branded content that adds no value.
(P.S.: You can still use your Customizable Profile CTA to drive traffic to your aforementioned for-profit places!)
HACKER LOOPHOLE: You are permitted to republish brand, business, startup, personal blog, or newsletter content on a personal and unbranded Hacker Noon profile (i.e.: Your profile picture, name, and bio refer to a human, and not a brand) every now and again, provided you don't make a habit of posting backlink-stuffed branded content that adds no value.
(P.S.: You can still use your Customizable Profile CTA to drive traffic to your aforementioned for-profit places!)
3. You Can Insert a Canonical Link Back to the Original Content.
Look for the ‘First Seen At’ field in your story settings.
IMPORTANT: While this may contribute to your site authority, it also means it won't be picked up by all of our content distribution channels.
4. If you are overly promotional about inserting “this was originally published here” links everywhere, you risk getting rejected.
Just saying.
It’s unnecessary.
We got you.
Check your stats page in a week.