Are EzineArticles.com backlinks more powerful now?

[dminorfmajor]

I can't tell you how long ago this happened because I stopped writing articles around Nov of 2010 but EzineArticles.com now requires only relevant links in their articles now. So if I want a backlink to my automotive site, I can't write a movie review anymore.

Would this make backlinks from them more powerful now in Google's eyes? Less links = More juice?

[orvn]

Ezine was hit hard as a content farm following Panda. The only two articles I had up there that were ranking in the top three positions for my keywords dropped, despite being helpful and eloquently written (I don't spin).

Both dropped off of page one and to positions 72 and 39 I think. About 3 weeks later they were back up, one is at the very bottom of page one (9) and the second one is on page two, near the middle (26).

Based on my (albeit limited) trail-and-error, I'd say Ezine is working it's way back up but is still recuperating from the post-panda penalty.

Your hypothesis on their new policy increasing ranking is probably correct. Hopefully in the months to come they will re-establish themselves and even surpass their previous authority ranking.

[dminorfmajor]

Yeah I don't spin either. All 30+ of my Ezine articles are all unique but most do not have relevant links. I just hate writing about niches that I have to do research on. I guess I'll have to get used to it now though.

[misterkailo]

They seem to get less and less effective to me.

[thebitbotdotcom]

Yes. Their power has increased form 0.000000000000001 in value to 0.000000000000002...

[netw6000]

Yeah... those links are LESS powerful now. And rightly so - way too many spammy articles over there.

[eyedsign]

yeah i think its not that powerful much now unlike before.

[NicoleBeckett]

The backlink you're getting from them is the same that it's always been. EZA's homepage might have a PR 6 (or whatever they're at now), but your article wasn't being published on the homepage. Instead, it was (and still is) being posted on its own individual page. Before Panda, your article was published on a page that had a PR of 0. Today, your article is still being published on a page that has a PR of 0.

Of course, you can work to build links to your article's page (just like you could before) to try and increase its PR.

The only effect you may be seeing on EZA due to Panda is fewer article views. EZA's traffic dropped significantly after Panda (not sure what it's at right now, but I would imagine it's still lower than it was pre-Panda). If EZA can right its ship and get back into Google's good graces (hence, the reason for all of their new guidelines), their traffic will go back up. Nevertheless, your article will still be published on a PR 0 page.

[LinkMasters4All]

I'm successfully submitting my articles at Ezine. I'm surely getting amazing results.

[orvn]

Originally Posted by NicoleBeckett

The backlink you're getting from them is the same that it's always been. EZA's homepage might have a PR 6 (or whatever they're at now), but your article wasn't being published on the homepage. Instead, it was (and still is) being posted on its own individual page. Before Panda, your article was published on a page that had a PR of 0. Today, your article is still being published on a page that has a PR of 0.

Of course, you can work to build links to your article's page (just like you could before) to try and increase its PR.

The only effect you may be seeing on EZA due to Panda is fewer article views. EZA's traffic dropped significantly after Panda (not sure what it's at right now, but I would imagine it's still lower than it was pre-Panda). If EZA can right its ship and get back into Google's good graces (hence, the reason for all of their new guidelines), their traffic will go back up. Nevertheless, your article will still be published on a PR 0 page.

Pagerank is updated infrequently and isn't the only measure of authority. I'd wager eZine has lost some authority (not relevance) in Google's eyes, hence the reduced search results.

This suggests that backlinks from eZine don't carry the same weight as before. I mean, it isn't all about the pagerank algo, you know?

[dminorfmajor]

I agree their "juice" isn't as strong as they once were but I think eventually they will be better thanks to their new posting guidelines.

[Psykryph]

I have no doubt that after the MASSIVE 90% hit ezinearticles took from the Panda update that backlinks from them are not as strong as before. However, I still have several dozens articles on ezinearticles and continue to submit to them, because I have still found much success with them in Google rankings.

I do not however, publish articles on any other article site anymore. They are all either too low in value due to no screening methods (they post any piece of crap submitted to them) or have far too strict rules (like buzzle and suite101).

[simonbuzz]

They are not much powerful as they were before the panda update...

[randhawa]

The ezine articles backlinks are more powerful because they have alot of visitor and the basic reason is it can't accept article which is pasted with spinning and avoid alot duplicate contents.

[D3t0x]

yeah enzine has gotten less effective for me as well after the panda update, goarticles.com and enzine are now about equal only goarticles articles get approved more easily