Submit to multiple article directories or no?

[spectrefax]

I'm going to be writing articles to publish on my site.

Is it better to submit to...

• Only publish on my site so that the content remains unique?
• Submit to one or two of the top directories?
• Submit to as many directories as you can find?

[Alexa Smith]

What matters in the long run is to publish your articles on your own site first and have them indexed there before submitting them anywhere else.

After that, it makes comparatively little difference.

Personally I normally then submit the exact same article (from my site) to Ezine Articles and to a couple of other article directories as well (I admit I get very little back from the "couple of others").

Every additional article directory to which you submit it (and on which it's accepted and published and indexed) is one extra backlink, but they're all non-context-relevant, PR-0 backlinks, and in link-juice terms that's just about "the lowest of the low". One would typically need tens of thousands of those backlinks to confer the link-juice equivalent to a backlink from one good, relevant authority-site. Opinions will differ, but for me, it's not worth my while mass submitting to directories: I'd need to be really short of other things to do, to consider it.

The value of the backlink itself, in each case, of course, is exactly the same whether the content to which it's attached is identical or slightly different or indeed very different from what was previously published elsewhere, so don't imagine that altering/re-writing the content will somehow improve the link-juice of the backlinks: it won't.

This post gives a little more information.

[Kurt]

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

What matters in the long run is to publish your articles on your own site first and have them indexed there before submitting them anywhere else.

After that, it makes comparatively little difference.

Personally I normally then submit the exact same article (from my site) to Ezine Articles and to a couple of other article directories as well (I admit I get very little back from the "couple of others").

Every additional article directory to which you submit it (and on which it's accepted and published and indexed) is one extra backlink, but they're all non-context-relevant, PR-0 backlinks, and in link-juice terms that's just about "the lowest of the low". One would typically need tens of thousands of those backlinks to confer the link-juice equivalent to a backlink from one good, relevant authority-site. Opinions will differ, but for me, it's not worth my while mass submitting to directories: I'd need to be really short of other things to do, to consider it.

The value of the backlink itself, in each case, of course, is exactly the same whether the content to which it's attached is identical or slightly different or indeed very different from what was previously published elsewhere, so don't imagine that altering/re-writing the content will somehow improve the link-juice of the backlinks: it won't.

This post gives a little more information.

Alexa...Would you mind also linking to the posts where you wrote you're not an SEO expert?

And one more time...It isn't either/or concerning high quality and low quality links, it's both.

Sure it takes about a day to set up and learn AMR, but after that it will take about as much of your time to post to 1000's of directories as it did to make your post above...Depending on possible strategies, that's a couple of thousand links, so we're closing in quickly on your goal of 10,000 to equal your high quality link.

Plus, some of those directories/blogs allow us to post CONTEXTUAL LINKS in the content, which I like a lot for SEO. I even told you how to find them in a previous post, yet you haven't adjusted your comments based on this new info you learned.

It isn't all about the individual links, it's also about the IP diversity of all the links AND the ratio of high value to low value links, which I consider essential in all my SEO/linking strategies. In other words, if I have a lot of high quality links in a campaign I then seek low quality links and vice versa.

Article directories are just one small part of the bigger linking mix...Their main purpose is to add diversity, not direct power and are only a fraction of the total possible links.

I also explained that getting traffic from a variety of IPs will increase your "traffic quality score" and could result in being paid more for the same Adsense clicks, so those using Adsense should be even more inclined to get links from everywhere possiblem, including article directories.

While being published on a high quality site is nice, it's beyond our control and I don't want all my eggs in someone else's basket. Don't you recommend not counting on other businesses in much of your advice? Yet another reason to diversify...And diversity is the key, not either/or.

[myob]

And round and round it spins with the factious onslaught for spinners in protracted, interminable, crabby, lackluster, stale, uninspiring, counterproductive, dysfunctional, feckless, fruitless, futile, idle, tendentious, ineffectual, meaningless, pointless, profitless, purposeless, good-for-nothing, calumnious, rancorous, querulous, maligning, sniveling, sulky, pompous, supercilious, begrudging, emulous, invidious, unmitigated crusty blustering.

[KenThompson]

Speaking of pointless, Paul...

But I see you've attracted the usual crowd...


Ken

[myob]

Great writers.

"We are so very 'umble."
- Charles Dickens

[KenThompson]

Legends in their own minds...

Churchill


Ken

[myob]

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

- John Steinbeck

[KenThompson]

Originally Posted by myob

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

- John Steinbeck

"Clearly, Mr Steinbeck never surfed the internet."

~ Churchill


I'll wait patiently, Paul.


Ken

PS - Or spent much time on forums. lol

PPS - Do what you like and make it your business. Clearly,
Mr Gates has done all that...

[myob]

"Lakukan apa yang kamu suka dan jadikan itu bisnis"
— Bill Gates

Clearly, Bill Gates has done all that.

[Jeremy Morgan]

Originally Posted by spectrefax

I'm going to be writing articles to publish on my site.

Is it better to submit to...

• Only publish on my site so that the content remains unique?
• Submit to one or two of the top directories?
• Submit to as many directories as you can find?

Only publish on my site so that the content remains unique?

I think you should do separate articles. The articles you put on your site should remain unique. I too used to write an article on my site, then put it out for distribution, but lately I tend to make my site more "exclusive" by having content that can't be found elsewhere. Google and other search engines value unique content, so you probably shouldn't take the risk.

Submit to one or two of the top directories?

Sure, if you're after quick traffic or don't want to spend a lot of time doing it, this is fine. Pick 10-15 of the biggest sites and submit and you'll probably be just fine. Personally I like to submit to the tons of smaller directories, because not only do you get a backlink from them, but you'll get more people using your articles on their site too. It's an aggregate strategy and it's worked well for me. Get 10 or so people to republish on 200 sites, and you have 2000 republished articles. Yes it takes more time, but you'll get more backlinks from it. The value of said backlinks is arguable for sure, but I haven't seen the harm in it.

Submit to as many directories as you can find?

This all depends on the time you want to spend. History has shown those who are the most detail oriented succeed, and there are those people out there who will submit to every single directory they can find, and they do well. But the amount of time they spend is more than most people have. You have to find that proper balance.

[mrozlat]

go nuts and get as many backlinks as you can!

[celente]

Mrozlat is correct. Would you rather have 20 backlinks to your site.

Or would you rather 200,000 backlinks to your site.

I know which I would rather.

More backlinks = more traffic, and traffic is the lifeblood of the internet.

[Brad789]

I strongly agree with the post - put your article on your blog first. My information, confirmed with the Chris Farrell Membership training program is that you can definitely post the same article to multiple article sites. The one absolute rule is that the article must be yours and original.

The blog aspect, in my opinion is critical because almost all sites require a waiting period and have a screening process. Someone "decides" if your writing is worthy. That may be useful or may not be - you will have to decide.

Nonetheless, you can run a google search on any particular article topic. You will most likely find multiple articles with the same or similar titles on different sites.

Post away - each new article site will multiply your own exposure. Your blog can be the "home" link for your readers. Bring them back to your blog and explain the value of your writing in detail with additional materials.

Best of luck - you can really enjoy this over time.

Cheers !

[Alexa Smith]

Originally Posted by celente

Would you rather have 20 backlinks to your site.

Or would you rather 200,000 backlinks to your site.

It depends where they're from.

I'd FAR rather have 20 context-relevant, authority-site backlinks than 200,000 PR-0 article directory backlinks. No comparison at all. I'd even rather have 5 context-relevant, authority-site backlinks than 200,000 PR-0 article directory backlinks. I've tried both, and compared many times, you see - and one thing's for sure: people who switch from quantity to quality backlinks aren't switching back.

And when you look in any one of many rightly acclaimed books like this one , and read the explanations of why one approach is so far superior to the other, you just wish you'd switched yourself at an earlier stage than you did. But there's very little quality-control of "online information", in general, and it's actually harder to learn these things than one might expect. Some online "information providers" have their own agendas.

[davidstar]

Hi,

That right but you do not want to limit just few backlinks.

[O0o0O]

It should be fine to submit to multiple article directories. Google will pick one article (hopefully the one on your site) and then treat all other articles as backlinks to your site.

[purplelacie]

Submit to as many directories as you can find?

Yes. As long as your article includes high-quality educational content, then your website will receive more traffic as you submit the same content to more directories.

I help customers everyday at Content Crooner to increase traffic to their website by doing this. It really works!!!

[drvosjeca]

I allways put quality article on my site, then i create some or outsource and get more articles for directory submission.
Long term HQ content on your site and no duplicate content will bring best results.

[dirtyhair]

why bother, there are much better ways to spend your time. instead of trying to make those "articles" rank why now spend the time on your main site seo/search for good authority links or even find a few high pr sites in your niche in other towns, give them a call and spin a line to get a link or two

[Justinpage]

You can submit it to different article directories. But better to spin it before submitting so that Google will not consider it as duplicate content.

[purplelacie]

Spinning creates low quality content. Be careful!!!! Also, if you submit the same article to several different article directories, Google does NOT consider that duplicate content. Think of Associated Press news stories. Those pieces are informative and posted all over the web every single day. Google does not punish the Associated Press.

[cybernac]

I just watched a recent video of Matt Cutts saying that article submission is NOT a good idea. Now I am very confused...