Is there difference w/ submitting 1 article and 100 article to same directory?

[aaron655]

For the benefit of SEO, would it make a difference if I write and submit 1 article for example to ezine, compared to like 100 different articles to ezine of the same keyword and anchor text?

[Alexa Smith]

Originally Posted by aaron655

For the benefit of SEO, would it make a difference if I write and submit 1 article for example to ezine, compared to like 100 different articles to ezine of the same keyword and anchor text?

Yes, it'll make a very big difference indeed.

You'll get 100 times as many backlinks from 100 articles as you will from 1 article.

Don't imagine that the extra ones somehow don't count because they're from the same site: they're all on different pages.

Bear in mind, though, that all article directory backlinks are non-context-relevant, PR-0 pages (i.e. they're not good backlinks at all. You'll need many thousands of them to give you the link-juice equivalent of one decent, context-relevant, higher-PR blog comment).

Article marketing is a lot more than "article directory marketing". And the main purpose of using article directories shouldn't be to get their backlinks, anyway.

[John Romaine]

Youre best off diversifying for multiple keywords.

EDIT - Sorry, that is of course if you submit multiple articles.

[Adie]

Big difference.

100 articles means 200 different keywords or more.

[gittar1122]

If you submit 100 articles to the same site these will be considered as 100 backlinks although from same domain. Every backlink has a value even it is from same site, one of my site has more 15K backlinks from same site in Google Webmaster, it means Google consider such backlinks. So submitting 100 articles to same directory will be more powerful than single article.

[JulianKane]

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Article marketing is a lot more than "article directory marketing". And the main purpose of using article directories shouldn't be to get their backlinks, anyway.

Agreed, well said.

[Jonny Mulroy]

100 different articles is going to be alot more effective for you, as long as each article is unique content. You will see better results for SEO

[JustinDupre]

Originally Posted by gittar1122

If you submit 100 articles to the same site these will be considered as 100 backlinks although from same domain. Every backlink has a value even it is from same site, one of my site has more 15K backlinks from same site in Google Webmaster, it means Google consider such backlinks. So submitting 100 articles to same directory will be more powerful than single article.

15k backlinks from the same site? That's awesome. Yeah, I think 100 articles to same site is much better than 1 for SEO purpose.

[Chri5123]

Also I feel if you WERE going to do this you could benefit more by writing 100 articles targeting different keywords not just one.

However that said, you should focus on publishing all of those articles on YOUR own site and not build someone elses business for them.

Just my 2 pence.

Chris

[Matt Ausin]

As far as backlinks go..

Always remember that Google ranks pages, not sites, and Google counts backlinks from pages, not from sites.

I agree with Alexa Smith though that non ranked pages won't give you much backlink juice - you really would need crazy amounts of them.

However, in time they will rank. Especially if you choose a low competition, long tail RELEVANT keyword and rank in the 1st page on Google - the backlink you have will start carrying some weight. Which will not happen with other mass links, like profile links or, I don't know, spam blog comments (note that quality, relevant comments on relevant blogs is quite another thing, you DO want these).

But don't go all crazy about keywords when using article directories.. It is just as well about the traffic.

So use keywords, but also make a catchy headline and make sure your article is worth reading.

And yeah.. First, absolutely first thing.. Publish your valuable content to your own site first. Wait. Then submit to article directories. Don't give away your good stuff to a site you don't own.

[gittar1122]

Well that's not from any article directory, my link is there on home page of a website.

Originally Posted by JustinDupre

15k backlinks from the same site? That's awesome. Yeah, I think 100 articles to same site is much better than 1 for SEO purpose.

[OKFarmgirl]

Originally Posted by gittar1122

If you submit 100 articles to the same site these will be considered as 100 backlinks although from same domain. Every backlink has a value even it is from same site, one of my site has more 15K backlinks from same site in Google Webmaster, it means Google consider such backlinks. So submitting 100 articles to same directory will be more powerful than single article.

So just to clarify:

Every post I make on the WF is an awesome backlink. If I create a Squidoo Lens, HubPage, etc. and create multiple links from those pages, even though they are mine and they are all coming from the same place, that's great too? This backlink thing has me stymied. I just made a Squidoo lens to compliment my farm site, but I don't really get what the heck they are for. Seems like just a super easy way to put together a website.

[Heavenstorm]

besides having 100 backlinks compared to 1.... you also increase your chance of having more people read your article and thus clicking the link to your site.

[byronhbrown]

Originally Posted by aaron655

For the benefit of SEO, would it make a difference if I write and submit 1 article for example to ezine, compared to like 100 different articles to ezine of the same keyword and anchor text?

Submitting 100 articles is better than 1 article. Just make sure these 100 articles are not duplicates. Or, else, you will be penalized by Google.

[Alexa Smith]

Originally Posted by OKFarmgirl

This backlink thing has me stymied. I just made a Squidoo lens to compliment my farm site, but I don't really get what the heck they are for. Seems like just a super easy way to put together a website.

It's mostly that, yes.

The problem is that Squidoo is never "a website of your own" because you don't own it. Squidoo does. And you don't control it. Squidoo does. And they get to delete it if they suddenly change their terms of service (as they have done once in the past!) and it's no longer welcome. And they put advertising on it, too.

But, as part of a backlinking strategy, it's not bad. A backlink to your "real site" from a decent Squidoo lens is worth a whole lot more than an article directory backlink. So think of it as "something you can use/exploit for its backlinking value" to your main site. Definitely not as your "main site".

HubPages similarly.

But both of these things have some "ifs", "ands" and "buts" about them, too, and you need to read their terms of service and guidelines really carefully to get the most out of them. In fact, to get anything much out of them. There's a learning-curve (but probably worth it for the backlinks, which can be pretty good?).

Originally Posted by byronhbrown

make sure these 100 articles are not duplicates. Or, else, you will be penalized by Google.

This is completely wrong. There's no "penalty" from Google for submitting duplicates of articles to directories at all, and there never has been: that's just one of the "urban myths of internet marketing". Article directories (good ones, anyway) obviously won't accept articles that are duplicates of other articles already submitted in that same directory, but there's no problem at all with them being copies of articles from your own site (or elsewhere), as explained in such detail in this thread.

That isn't duplicate content, anyway: it's "syndicated content".

Like countless professional article marketers, I have over 1,200 articles in EZA and every one of them is an exact copy of an article previously published and indexed on one of my own sites. EZA welcomes those and invites them, and I make a very good and increasing living by having them there. This myth that "you'll be penalized by Google" - it's simply ... a myth.