Number of Articles: which one if better?

aneel90 · 07-23-2009, 06:07 AM

I was just wondering which is the better option, to have 10 articles that rank well with SE or 100 articles that don't?

gskesavan · 07-23-2009, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by aneel90

I was just wondering which is the better option, to have 10 articles that rank well with SE or 100 articles that don't?

Who knows? Really, who knows? None of us here know. I know most of them will go with the former option but I'm telling you, if you're able to optimize for 10 articles to rank well, why not do it 10 more times? Just my thought.

Anyways, it depends on the niche. Writing 100 articles will give you good sales and great credibility.

This is how it should work - Write 30 articles and optimize 15 of them. If you get good sales, then optimize for the rest. If you don't get good sales, wait for a week, relax and then start optimizing the rest 15 and I'm sure you'll make at least 6 - 8 sales.

Good luck

I would like to hear experts' opinions

thanks in advance

rapzet · 07-23-2009, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by aneel90

I was just wondering which is the better option, to have 10 articles that rank well with SE or 100 articles that don't?

10 that rank

sf_Imtiaz · 07-23-2009, 07:21 AM

one article in top ranking with low competition long tail keyword will bring more traffic than those 100 articles that don't rank for any keyword, but this doesn't mean that those 100 articles are completely useless, as gskesavan said they do add to your credibility. And writing an optimized article that has a chance of ranking top in SERPs is not same as writing 100 random article even if in the same niche. Articles that rank well are usually written with properly researched contents both for readers and for search engines

wwesley · 07-23-2009, 08:56 AM

definitely 10 that rank well, imo, it is just a little more effort on your part. if you are willing to do 100 articles, 50 articles that rank well should not be an issue.

dsmpublishing · 07-23-2009, 11:33 AM

it has to be ten that work well and provide you with decent positions. They you write another top ten posts.

kind regards

sam
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Zeus66 · 07-23-2009, 11:57 AM

No contest. Even 1 top-ranking article will pull more traffic than 100 that are not ranked well in a lot of niches. Real world example... on one of my EzineArticles accounts I have about 40 non-ranking articles that have gotten around 40,000 views. Roughly 1,000 apiece on average. Most of them have been there for a year or longer. Then I have exactly ONE article using a pen name under that account that ranks on the first page of Google for a decent keyword, and it has almost 3,000 page views since April of this year. I'm sure you can do the math there. It's no contest.

The way to do it is to build a keyword list first, then drill down it and write articles around each of them. Then go out after the article is posted and get backlinks pointing to the article page with anchor text that is the same as the keyword you've targeted. As long as you didn't pick keywords with a lot of competition, you'll get Page 1 rankings without a lot of backlinks. That's the way to do article marketing, short and sweet.

John

jacksonlin · 07-23-2009, 12:49 PM

It depends on why you are writing articles.

If you are creating articles for long tail keywords, then I'd go for articles that rank well for SEO.

But my question is, why would you want to write articles that suck in terms of SEO traffic? That means no one cares about the topic!

07-23-2009, 06:07 AM	#1
aneel90 That marketing guy War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dubai Posts: 107 Thanks: 16 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts Contact Info	Number of Articles: which one if better? I was just wondering which is the better option, to have 10 articles that rank well with SE or 100 articles that don't?

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sf_Imtiaz HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 213 Thanks: 45 Thanked 31 Times in 29 Posts Contact Info	Re: Number of Articles: which one if better? one article in top ranking with low competition long tail keyword will bring more traffic than those 100 articles that don't rank for any keyword, but this doesn't mean that those 100 articles are completely useless, as gskesavan said they do add to your credibility. And writing an optimized article that has a chance of ranking top in SERPs is not same as writing 100 random article even if in the same niche. Articles that rank well are usually written with properly researched contents both for readers and for search engines

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wwesley HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 160 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Number of Articles: which one if better? definitely 10 that rank well, imo, it is just a little more effort on your part. if you are willing to do 100 articles, 50 articles that rank well should not be an issue.

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dsmpublishing Banned War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,738 Blog Entries: 209 Thanks: 104 Thanked 228 Times in 161 Posts Social Networking	Re: Number of Articles: which one if better? it has to be ten that work well and provide you with decent positions. They you write another top ten posts. kind regards sam X

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Zeus66 John Schwartz War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Near Dallas, TX, USA Posts: 3,691 Thanks: 1,620 Thanked 3,245 Times in 1,140 Posts Social Networking	Re: Number of Articles: which one if better? No contest. Even 1 top-ranking article will pull more traffic than 100 that are not ranked well in a lot of niches. Real world example... on one of my EzineArticles accounts I have about 40 non-ranking articles that have gotten around 40,000 views. Roughly 1,000 apiece on average. Most of them have been there for a year or longer. Then I have exactly ONE article using a pen name under that account that ranks on the first page of Google for a decent keyword, and it has almost 3,000 page views since April of this year. I'm sure you can do the math there. It's no contest. The way to do it is to build a keyword list first, then drill down it and write articles around each of them. Then go out after the article is posted and get backlinks pointing to the article page with anchor text that is the same as the keyword you've targeted. As long as you didn't pick keywords with a lot of competition, you'll get Page 1 rankings without a lot of backlinks. That's the way to do article marketing, short and sweet. John
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jacksonlin Up & Coming Internet Guru War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 511 Thanks: 4 Thanked 48 Times in 38 Posts	Re: Number of Articles: which one if better? It depends on why you are writing articles. If you are creating articles for long tail keywords, then I'd go for articles that rank well for SEO. But my question is, why would you want to write articles that suck in terms of SEO traffic? That means no one cares about the topic!