In Dec 2024 I generated 1.5k views on Medium doing parasite SEO

Here is how I did it and why I continue to post there. My approach to posting on Medium: * review my LinkedIn posts and think about by which keywords I can rank such content; * publish the same LinkedIn post with more images and details. * sometimes I make a big guide aggregating 2-3 posts. **Why I do this** 1/ Copying information is always easier than creating a new one, so with one piece of content, I get organic traffic from LinkedIn in 1 week and will get organic traffic from Google for years. 2/ I build backlinks to all my websites from pages with traffic. 3/ I see in web analytics that my posts on Medium generate high-intent traffic. 4/ I can publish the post on any theme there. On my own websites, I always have a chance that Google will decide that some pages are non-related to core topic of the website. 4/ The most important reason - for many topics I can rank in the top 10 the next day after publishing a post. Sometimes it's even easier than publishing a blog post on Sitechecker which has 78DR and 300K+ monthly organic traffic. And this is the most interesting. **Why does Medium content rank so well?** I think this is for a couple of reasons: 1/ Huge Domain Rating and huge traffic. Yes, it's important, but not the only one. 2/ Medium has a better UX for reading content than 80% of blogs on corporate websites. This impacts user satisfaction. 3/ Medium is still perceived as a platform for independent writers. If you see a page from a brand you know that 100% it will be biased. With a Medium article, you have at least some chance to read non-biased thoughts. This gives a huge boost to the CTR of Medium articles in SERP among other pages. This is the same reason why people so often choose Reddit in SERP and use the word "reddit" in their search terms. But remember it is worth it only if there is no content by your target keywords. If such content exists it's harder to explain to Google why your page is better. You need to build internal and external backlinks and send traffic from external sources to beat the competitor in the cannibalization fight. What do you think about my hypotheses?