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tonycre · 10-29-2010, 10:17 AM

I just got a notice from ezine saying I have excessive anchor text. The article is short about 262 words. Is this why? I am trying to get a backlink for long tailed words. The characters are about 31 letters. Please help in their rules there is no mention of this. It seem like they make up things as you go along.

Thank you for your comments they are really helpful.

John Romaine · 10-29-2010, 10:19 AM

Dude, wouldnt it be easier to just ask them or read their Editorial Guidelines ???

Alexa Smith · 10-29-2010, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonycre

I just got a notice from ezine saying I have excessive anchor text. The article is short about 262 words. Is this why? I am trying to get a backlink for long tailed words. The characters are about 31 letters. Please help in their rules there is no mention of this. It seem like they make up things as you go along.

Their updates are often on their blog, rather than in the "editorial guidelines" as one would expect (and perhaps prefer).

The article length is indeed the problem.

They strongly prefer articles of 400+ words (don't we all?), and will allow you to use 5-word keywords as your anchor text in the resource box, if you go over 400 words. If you're under that, they allow only 3-word keywords. (It's the number of words in the anchor text, not the number of characters, that matters).

An article is either 400+ words, or it isn't. And from their perspective, a different rule applies in either case. It's discussed and explained in some detail in their blog, which is here.

King Shiloh · 10-29-2010, 10:21 AM

Please follow the rules of EZA if you want to succeed in getting your articles approved by them. EZA is still the best as far as article marketing is concerned. Read their rules before you re-submit the article. And it is better to make your article word count up to 300 words, at least.

Nicola Lane · 10-29-2010, 10:55 AM

Theis foud in thier editorial guidelines:

Editorial Guidelines For Submitting Quality Articles To EzineArticles.com

Item F. xii

We do not allow articles which have strategic keyword anchor text links in the body to your domain that do not add informational value to the article. Any use of anchored text links to websites that you own should add value to the article topic rather than stand out as an obvious abuse of anchored text link. The goal with this policy is to be a good net citizen by only allowing articles that add value with the anchored text links rather than for pure SEO reasons. Please limit your anchor text link length to 3 words in an article that is less than 400 words and 5 words in anchor text if your article is more than 400 words.
Note: Common words are excluded from this word count. Those include: to, is, in, on, it, and, at, by, a, an, for, of

shulink · 10-29-2010, 11:09 AM

Your article is kind of short. I usually only include 1 link yet get a lot of traffic. Focus on quality of the article helps boost traffic.

maddydp · 10-29-2010, 11:29 PM

If you have a long tail keyword only use in 2% density in the entire article.

Suka · 10-30-2010, 06:01 AM

For some people the scenario is different.

Maybe we only need the link juice from Ezine?

If thats the case, there minimum requirements are fine! (250words)

(who cares if anybody reads my article, as long as google indexes it and gives me the link so that my money site rises in the SERPS (thats the objective right?) im happy)

Some people want the click through's and others dont.

10-29-2010, 10:17 AM	#1
tonycre Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 72 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	ezinearticles - Excessive Anchor Text I just got a notice from ezine saying I have excessive anchor text. The article is short about 262 words. Is this why? I am trying to get a backlink for long tailed words. The characters are about 31 letters. Please help in their rules there is no mention of this. It seem like they make up things as you go along. Thank you for your comments they are really helpful.

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John Romaine No excuses - Just do it War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,018 Thanks: 990 Thanked 1,773 Times in 890 Posts	Re: ezinearticles - Excessive Anchor Text Dude, wouldnt it be easier to just ask them or read their Editorial Guidelines ???
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King Shiloh Banned War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Port Harcourt, Nigeria Posts: 1,623 Thanks: 503 Thanked 410 Times in 270 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: ezinearticles - Excessive Anchor Text Please follow the rules of EZA if you want to succeed in getting your articles approved by them. EZA is still the best as far as article marketing is concerned. Read their rules before you re-submit the article. And it is better to make your article word count up to 300 words, at least.

10-29-2010, 10:55 AM	#5
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: ezinearticles - Excessive Anchor Text Theis foud in thier editorial guidelines: Editorial Guidelines For Submitting Quality Articles To EzineArticles.com Item F. xii We do not allow articles which have strategic keyword anchor text links in the body to your domain that do not add informational value to the article. Any use of anchored text links to websites that you own should add value to the article topic rather than stand out as an obvious abuse of anchored text link. The goal with this policy is to be a good net citizen by only allowing articles that add value with the anchored text links rather than for pure SEO reasons. Please limit your anchor text link length to 3 words in an article that is less than 400 words and 5 words in anchor text if your article is more than 400 words. Note: Common words are excluded from this word count. Those include: to, is, in, on, it, and, at, by, a, an, for, of
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10-29-2010, 11:09 AM	#6
shulink HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 272 Thanks: 11 Thanked 52 Times in 13 Posts	Re: ezinearticles - Excessive Anchor Text Your article is kind of short. I usually only include 1 link yet get a lot of traffic. Focus on quality of the article helps boost traffic.
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maddydp Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 62 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: ezinearticles - Excessive Anchor Text If you have a long tail keyword only use in 2% density in the entire article.

10-30-2010, 06:01 AM	#8
Suka HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Africa Posts: 118 Thanks: 16 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Re: ezinearticles - Excessive Anchor Text For some people the scenario is different. Maybe we only need the link juice from Ezine? If thats the case, there minimum requirements are fine! (250words) (who cares if anybody reads my article, as long as google indexes it and gives me the link so that my money site rises in the SERPS (thats the objective right?) im happy) Some people want the click through's and others dont.