Using Wikipedia Articles On My Site

[thadeadlyspider]

Hi,
I'm a little new to all this so am unaware what is and isn't allowed. Is it okay to copy and paste articles from Wikipedia? Do I have to inform somebody or reference?
Thanks.
tds.

 

[temi]

You can use Wikipedia articles under GNU license (details here) but you are not likely to get any SEO benefit from it unless you modify the article substantially.

 

[thadeadlyspider]

thanks

Thanks, just needed to explain something on my website and found that wikipedia was a great source to use.

 

[Mattlav]

just make sure you linkback to them ie tell where you sourced it from and you should be all legal

 

[rsseosolution]

my personal suggestion is you should consider hiring a content writer. that way you will get orignal content and will always remain safe.

 

[angie828]

I like the idea of hiring a content writer. They are often pretty cheap to hire and should produce good results.