Article writing vs adding more content for improved ranking position?

carlos123 · 02-03-2010, 12:47 AM

I have dutifully written articles and submitted them to ezine and GoArticles without much of any movement in the sites I have targeted with them. I am talking about over the course of almost a month.

But, I have noticed that if I add more quality content to the sites, I mean text content that Google loves to chew on, they move up little by little.

One site that started around 22 is now at position 11 and even made it to 10 earlier today. Another one that started out at 53 has made it up as high as 12.

The biggest jumps in ranking have coincided with rewriting the content (that was written by someone else) to be much better quality.

To be sure all the sites I am working on have varied a bit in position but hardly ever more than just a few positions either up or down.

But in all cases it seems that quality content has had a bigger impact on the rankings than any number of ezine type articles.

I was discussing the use of ezine articles on Google's Webmaster Forum and they said that Google pretty much ignores backlinks from such articles these days.

I am inclined of course to not believe everything I am told on Google's forum but my own experience has led me to believe that there might be something to that.

Has anyone else noticed this? Where ezine articles don't seem to do much of anything at all with respect to obtaining an improvement in ranking? Vs just putting up more content and quality content at that?

I do not mean to say that ezine articles are entirely worthless. I believe they ARE good for syndication (I've change my mind on their value for this from an initial stand against it) and for speeding up an initial indexing but they don't seem to be very good for ranking purposes.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of thing? Just curious.

Carlos

affiliated survivor · 02-03-2010, 02:13 AM

You need both. Don´t forget, your competitors pages may have hundreds of backlinks. That means writing hundreds of articles. Don´t submit articles to EZA only. Spread them over as much domains as possible. Domains where the link counts.

Nicola Lane · 02-03-2010, 03:15 AM

Threads asking how to do Article Marketing come up quite often here - so I have a standard reply - I hope this helps:

Two brilliant threads to read about article marketing are these:

Tips For Better Results From Your Article Marketing

Article on site or EZA first ?

Read them both - all the way through - and take notes.

For further information I recommend the following directory - It is education in article marketing - a guide book and monthly newsletters - with a directory thrown in! You can read what Warriors think about it here: Allen Graves Walks The Walk

Article Directory - Article Marketing Community

I can also recommend the WSO's from this guy:

View Profile: Zeus66

This guy also has some good stuff - some article marketing some on other things

View Profile: Steven Wagenheim

Hope this helps.

02-03-2010, 12:47 AM	#1
carlos123 Advanced Grasshopper War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: At the Library :) Posts: 825 Thanks: 30 Thanked 54 Times in 41 Posts	Article writing vs adding more content for improved ranking position? I have dutifully written articles and submitted them to ezine and GoArticles without much of any movement in the sites I have targeted with them. I am talking about over the course of almost a month. But, I have noticed that if I add more quality content to the sites, I mean text content that Google loves to chew on, they move up little by little. One site that started around 22 is now at position 11 and even made it to 10 earlier today. Another one that started out at 53 has made it up as high as 12. The biggest jumps in ranking have coincided with rewriting the content (that was written by someone else) to be much better quality. To be sure all the sites I am working on have varied a bit in position but hardly ever more than just a few positions either up or down. But in all cases it seems that quality content has had a bigger impact on the rankings than any number of ezine type articles. I was discussing the use of ezine articles on Google's Webmaster Forum and they said that Google pretty much ignores backlinks from such articles these days. I am inclined of course to not believe everything I am told on Google's forum but my own experience has led me to believe that there might be something to that. Has anyone else noticed this? Where ezine articles don't seem to do much of anything at all with respect to obtaining an improvement in ranking? Vs just putting up more content and quality content at that? I do not mean to say that ezine articles are entirely worthless. I believe they ARE good for syndication (I've change my mind on their value for this from an initial stand against it) and for speeding up an initial indexing but they don't seem to be very good for ranking purposes. Has anyone else experienced this kind of thing? Just curious. Carlos

02-03-2010, 02:13 AM	#2
affiliated survivor HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 343 Thanks: 0 Thanked 22 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Article writing vs adding more content for improved ranking position? You need both. Don´t forget, your competitors pages may have hundreds of backlinks. That means writing hundreds of articles. Don´t submit articles to EZA only. Spread them over as much domains as possible. Domains where the link counts.

02-03-2010, 03:15 AM	#3
Nicola Lane Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: , , United Kingdom. Posts: 593 Thanks: 719 Thanked 287 Times in 172 Posts Social Networking	Re: Article writing vs adding more content for improved ranking position? Threads asking how to do Article Marketing come up quite often here - so I have a standard reply - I hope this helps: Two brilliant threads to read about article marketing are these: Tips For Better Results From Your Article Marketing Article on site or EZA first ? Read them both - all the way through - and take notes. For further information I recommend the following directory - It is education in article marketing - a guide book and monthly newsletters - with a directory thrown in! You can read what Warriors think about it here: Allen Graves Walks The Walk Article Directory - Article Marketing Community I can also recommend the WSO's from this guy: View Profile: Zeus66 This guy also has some good stuff - some article marketing some on other things View Profile: Steven Wagenheim Hope this helps.
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