Comments on: Can I Quote Other Sources In My Blog Posts? http://www.asktheblogger.com/can-i-quote-other-sources-in-my-blog-posts/ Online Blogging Tips & Strategies For Being Successful Online. Got A Question? Ask the Blogger! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BloggerTests http://www.asktheblogger.com/can-i-quote-other-sources-in-my-blog-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-362 BloggerTests Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:46:21 +0000 http://www.asktheblogger.com/?p=69#comment-362 Most sites will actually be happy if you copy down 1-3 sentences as a quote and provide a back link. An alternative will be to summarize a paragraph or two in your own words and provide the source with a link. Not only does it speak well of their content but also provides some traffic. Some people go as far as copying an entire post and placing a link back to the original site, but that's pushing it and I wouldn't recommend as it looks illegal to me. If you're doing a fitness/health blog, you may be interested in submitting your blog to medheadlines Most sites will actually be happy if you copy down 1-3 sentences as a quote and provide a back link. An alternative will be to summarize a paragraph or two in your own words and provide the source with a link. Not only does it speak well of their content but also provides some traffic.

Some people go as far as copying an entire post and placing a link back to the original site, but that’s pushing it and I wouldn’t recommend as it looks illegal to me.

If you’re doing a fitness/health blog, you may be interested in submitting your blog to medheadlines

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