DOCSTOC links are no longer active

[JamesAggie]

Hello,

Now you can add docstoc to a the list of document sharing sites where they don't have outbound links. I understand you've gotta control spam but do these people really think people are going to submit content just for a pat on the back.

You've got to have a relationship to make it work. Right now, it's one sided if you can't link to your website.

It looks like the document sharing sites have ran their course for seo.

I guess I can see why though, after checking out a lot of the niche stuff it's all just one big affiliate advertisement. This is why you gotta get in quick before someone else screws everything up.

[subse7en]

Hey James, what do you mean when you say they won't no longer allow us to have outbound links? Are you saying that they won't allow the links (within our PDFs/eBooks) to be clicked on/searchable anymore?

[JamesAggie]

I am saying that you can no longer click on the links. Any link in the document is now inactive. I am sure you can still put links in but if no one can click on them it doesn't do much good.

[subse7en]

Yeah, that sure does suck bro'! However, even though the link won't be "clickable", can't we put a link (to our site's) in the more info/description section that describes what the eBook/PDF is about? Sure, we won't be getting any "link love" and visitors will have to MANUALLY copy/paste the link, but at least we could get *some* visitor's to our site's, right?

[paulgl]

If docstoc wants to remain viable in a google-plexed
world, why would they not change?

Now it may not have anything to do with google, but
many sites like this are spam farms. If they want to keep
their adsense ads up, maybe something did happen.

Paul

[jkovats]

So...back to Scribd?

[Spot the Ball]

Originally Posted by jkovats

So...back to Scribd?

Yeah, untill they get sick of every Tom, Dick and Sally putting crap on there without so much as thinking about the word effort.

[JamesAggie]

I agree. It seems like I always show up a little late to the party. By the time I start to use a service it gets shut down or affiliates get banned because of the shotty work they do.

Hell, you can go to scribd and see actual salesletter being copied and turned into a .pdf. These are the same people that can't figure out why they can't make a sale.

[paulgl]

People, you really need to stop relying on the other
guy. Rely on yourself, your own domains, your own
content. It's up to you to quit thinking that programs
and sites like those are going to make your business.

Stop thinking of the next site that you can exploit.

Think of ways to sell and promote yourself.

Paul

[Spot the Ball]

Originally Posted by paulgl

People, you really need to stop relying on the other
guy. Rely on yourself, your own domains, your own
content. It's up to you to quit thinking that programs
and sites like those are going to make your business.

Stop thinking of the next site that you can exploit.

Think of ways to sell and promote yourself.

Paul

You make a very valid point Paul,

Im a baby to this Im world but learning fast, Im already going back over my sites to correct what I think is crap and try to offer real value.

I want people linking to me because I offer valued information.

[brendanwenzel]

Originally Posted by paulgl

People, you really need to stop relying on the other
guy. Rely on yourself, your own domains, your own
content. It's up to you to quit thinking that programs
and sites like those are going to make your business.

Stop thinking of the next site that you can exploit.

Think of ways to sell and promote yourself.

Paul

Great point! While good to leverage them to build your own brand and promote yourself, it's not good when all you're looking to do is exploit them.

[Biggy Fat]

So it looks like the WSOs on Document Sharing will be rendered useless.

[Charles Huber]

This is why you should always have multiple doc sharing sites to use.

In case one goes south, you haven't lost your entire efforts because not all your eggs are in one basket.

This is the down side to leveraging your content on other authority sites, be it doc sharing or even article directories or video sites. Yes they rank well but it's never for certain that you'll always have the benefit you went there for in the first place.

No reason to not use them though. Just keep a few in rotation.

[Marakatapolis]

Here is a list of file sharing sites:


Docstoc ? Documents, Templates, Forms, Ebooks, Papers & Presentations

Http://www.slideshare.net
Http://www.authorstream.com (powerpoint only)
Http://www.scribd.com
Http://www.slideboom.com (powerpoint only)
Http://www.issuu.com
Http://www.yudu.com
Http://www.empressr.com (powerpoint only)
Http://www.edocr.com
Http://www.docshare.com
Http://www.calameo.com
Http://www.esnips.com (multi-media)
Http://www.4shared.com
Http://www.keepandshare.com
Http://www.zoho.com
Http://www.slideserve.com (powerpoint only)
Http://www.docuter.com
Http://www.twidox.com
Http://www.member.thinkfree.com

[Mike Anthony]

Where did they announce this?

[Margaret Arumugam]

They haven't announced it. It's something that simply happened in last 2-3 days.

I have over 100 documents on Docstoc and none of the pdf links function. (You can click on them, but they don't go anywhere).

I guess they want visitors to click on the surrounding Adsense ads rather than the document links. Well, scratch Docstoc from your list.

[Mike Anthony]

Originally Posted by Margaret Arumugam

They haven't announced it. It's something that simply happened in last 2-3 days.

I have over 100 documents on Docstoc and none of the pdf links function. (You can click on them, but they don't go anywhere).

I guess they want visitors to click on the surrounding Adsense ads rather than the document links. Well, scratch Docstoc from your list.

Could be a technical issue. Do they take pdfs with embedded Flash?

[Margaret Arumugam]

Originally Posted by Mike Anthony

Could be a technical issue. Do they take pdfs with embedded Flash?

I doubt it's a technical issue. More of a "revenue preservation" move. Like Ning, twitter and other networks starting to bring in paid options, online businesses are realizing the value of monetization to survive.

I've got close to 200 documents on Docstoc and all of the doc links are inactive. Lesson learned.

[anwar001]

Originally Posted by Margaret Arumugam

I doubt it's a technical issue. More of a "revenue preservation" move. Like Ning, twitter and other networks starting to bring in paid options, online businesses are realizing the value of monetization to survive.

I've got close to 200 documents on Docstoc and all of the doc links are inactive. Lesson learned.

Very sad indeed!

[jazbo]

The march to an unlinked, nofollowed internet wasteland by 2012 continues....

[Texjd]

I just looked and it appears that all documents are now displayed using flash. Never noticed that before but the links are dead.

I'll give them a week to see what happens since there's been no anouncement about it.

But if it remains no links, I'll pull every document I have on there asap. There's no reason to give them any adsense income if they don't want to play fair. And although I do get 50% of the clicks money, they can forget it.

It's getting to be an adventure getting links to stay in place anywhere these days.

[Texjd]

OK, I sent Docstoc a note asking why links are no longer live in articles. Here's their response:

Dear John,

Thank you for your email. Docstoc no longer enable live links in the previews of document that may be downloaded from the site.

Best regards,

The Docstoc Team

Well, that says it all. Goodbye Docstor. What a drag, they were good links while they lasted.

[Randy Daugherty]

dang that it not good, time to use an alternative

[Mukul Verma]

Links are now live again

[subse7en]

Originally Posted by Mukul Verma

Links are now live again

Thanks Mr. Mukul for letting us know! BTW, have you been uploading video's (at YouTube) lately? I *love* your video's bro', as they're VERY inspirational and also informative...!

[Mukul Verma]

Originally Posted by subse7en

Thanks Mr. Mukul for letting us know! BTW, have you been uploading video's (at YouTube) lately? I *love* your video's bro', as they're VERY inspirational and also informative...!

Thank you, I need to do another blog post soon

Mukul

[kbs]

Good to hear that the links are live again. I'm sure it didn't take them long to realize that if they disabled the links the article submissions would go down and fewer articlew submissions means less adsense exposure and revenue.

[Kwerk]

Docstoc links in the previews of submitted documents don't seem to do anything for me. They flash when clicked, but nothing happens. Did Docstoc render them live again last summer (see the posts above), then decide to make them not clickable anymore later on? Trying to figure out if doc sharing websites like Docstoc are even worth bothering with to create backlinks and boost traffic.

[Mukul Verma]

Originally Posted by Kwerk

Docstoc links in the previews of submitted documents don't seem to do anything for me. They flash when clicked, but nothing happens. Did Docstoc render them live again last summer (see the posts above), then decide to make them not clickable anymore later on? Trying to figure out if doc sharing websites like Docstoc are even worth bothering with to create backlinks and boost traffic.

They were clickable, then stopped for a month, then made it clickable last spring. Then end of 2010 made it unclickable.

Is it worth it? I get a double thousand visitors a month constant for the last 2 years (I got a WSO somewhere on this). So yeah I would say its worth a try.

Cheers,
Mukul

[theseoguys]

It "might" depend on the account holder. One of my very active accounts got an email survey from someone at Docstoc in the Summer of 2010. I said I left because of unclickable links. A few days later, they replied back and said they were clickable now. I have a few pdf's for different accounts to upload today, I'll test this theory and see if it depends on the account holder.

[theseoguys]

I'm calling their bluff. I just uploaded, and the links are not clickable. One less bookmark I need.

[KatyaSenina]

Originally Posted by theseoguys

I'm calling their bluff. I just uploaded, and the links are not clickable. One less bookmark I need.

Not clickable? I was thinking of submitting to them, not anymore. I guess Docstoc will lose its popularity fairly quickly if they continue this nonsense.