EzineArticles.com CLOSED DOWN???

[Droopy Dawg]

LOL!! You might wanna rename the thread title... a large number of Warriors had their hearts drop into their stomachs when they read the title.

EZA is just a small pice of the overall puzzle...

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

[kayelex]

Definitely find another platform to publish on.. It is inevitable that another one will take its place. I really don't put all my eggs in one basket now so it would not effect me too much.

[dynameek]

If it did, I'm sure another super power will emerge imediately because everyone else will just flood that one - say GoArticles for example

[David Walker]

It would render the articles I just outsourced for inclusion on Ezine Articles useless for starters...

[Mark-Dickenson]

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

I may be the odd man out but I hate ezine articles. I like Articles Base and GO Articles much better

But I get much better results by building a Niche Site based on a Product Name WidgetSupreme4033.com (that is supposed to be the make and model number so as to be specific)

So I build sites on product names, just like the ole' classic Niche Marketing on Crack taught us...and get organic traffic from Google by building high quality backlinks...then rinse and repeat

I hope this helps

-Mark

[ExRat]

Hi DD (#53),

LOL!! You might wanna rename the thread title... a large number of Warriors had their hearts drop into their stomachs when they read the title.

There probably were a few. I must admit my first impression was that it was written that way deliberately. I had a pre-conceived opinion before opening the thread that the content wouldn't entirely match the message in the title. I don't think the OP ran out of space so maybe he just forgot the 'what if' off the front of the sentence? The sig link wording seems to fit the same profile, although I have no idea what's on the other end of it...

I often wonder about the value gained through controversy based wordplay that might trigger more views and possibly sig views/clicks, versus the negative effects of 'crying wolf' - especially when it occurs in other environments, such as on the wider web. Interesting...(well I think so )

[Allen Graves]

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

I would jump for joy and start teaching people about this wonderful new concept called article marketing! LOL

Allen

[Jag82]

I learnt early that it is never wise to put your eggs all in 1 basket.

EzineArticles is just but 1 site. There are tons of other sites you can publish to.
There are many good automation tools out there...so you do have the power
to scale up quite quickly. It's not as difficult as before.

Paid traffic, alone, such as PPC, PPV, banner advertising and ezine advertising
can generate a ton of traffic fast.

Anyway while I say it's important to not depend on 1 source of traffic,
you don't want to overly diversify.

Why? Remember the 80/20 rule? 80% of the results will come from
20% of your efforts (traffic channels). If you analyze your traffic,
you will know this is quite true.

See what's giving your the most traffic, and focus on the select best few.

Jag

[bgj202005]

Originally Posted by Razer Rage

Switch to video-article marketing and use youtube as the new ezinearticles.

Definitely switch to Video Marketing. It's definitely taking over as the leading medium to get traffic.

[Lance K]

Traffic x Conversion = Sales


Article marketing is only part of the Traffic side of the equation. And while EZA is a big player in article marketing, they're VERY expendable. If EZA ever goes away, you can just divert your article marketing efforts to the next directory that Google, etc. decide to divert their love to.

[kkchoon]

Originally Posted by James Schramko

as a side note - this sort of exercise is something all marketers should be doing.

Eliminate the current reality and see what you would do. When you get an answer you now know how to grow your business. You should be doing it anyway.

Hey James, nice to see you again! Totally agreed, that's why I mix all my links and trying to spread the traffic into more sources, but mostly on SEO.

If ezinearticles.com is down, I will switch to Squidoo, Goarticles and tons of other high PR web 2.0 parasites...

[mikeyman120]

Hey Justin,

I thought about this recently when article dashboard went down for a day. Someone posted it on this forum.

I would say "son of a..."

I am new to article marketing so I haven't given it my all and if was no more I would be like thats another missed opportunity due to procrastination.

Mike

[dmarze]

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

I think we should not thinking about that. Anything could happen. What would you do if Google disappear?

D.Marze

[Lance K]

Originally Posted by turbopugsleylx

LOL u caused many marketers on here to clench their wallets very hard!

I think that's the point of asking the question. To point out that some folks may have cause for concern.

[zoobie]

I will go for web 2.0 I think. You tube, facebook, myspace etc.. what you have a service in mind?

[shirland]

This reminds us that we must always have a backup plan. The old adage of keeping all your eggs in the same basket is so true. If you are only fishing in one pond, then you will suffer the consequences. You must have more than one strategy to generate leads.

[dmail333]

Originally Posted by wwesley

i thought it was some breaking news... goes to show how simple twists of words can spark a frenzy

Same here... Good Hook Justin. I don't use EA for much traffic... I'd be ok. Your one of my favorite marketers Justin... what would be your next move?

[Alex Rich]

If I step into my basement and lock the door and shut off the lights and just sit thinking about "What if this really happened?" several moments later ideas begin to flow. The old saying, "Necessity is the mother of invention/inventiveness" still holds a lot of truth.

My first thought is to focus more closely on exploiting the real strength of sites like twitter and a couple of up and coming social sites that are simmering just below the radar. People are naturally gregarious and these sites have not yet hit the momentum phase in their growth and acceptance.

Ezine is solid, but it's not social enough to really grab the masses like other options that are rising to the surface.

Great emotion trigger and idea jogger.... I Love This Place

Originally Posted by Lance K

Traffic x Conversion = Sales


Article marketing is only part of the Traffic side of the equation. And while EZA is a big player in article marketing, they're VERY expendable. If EZA ever goes away, you can just divert your article marketing efforts to the next directory that Google, etc. decide to divert their love to.

Lance,
Google does NOT direct their love to EZA... The fact that many blindly out of bad advice builds all their backlinks to their articles on EZA is what makes it seem like google is showing the site love.

James

[timer]

I'd go to the other several hundred articles marketing sites, start my own and do loads of videos. Or I'd get on my bike and get a proper job!!

[JAIDEEP2959]

I will start using Press releases for publicity.

It is a good alternative.

Ya Know... I love all these post "I would start doing this or that" - Well I got an idea, why are you not doing this and that NOW!!!!

James

[Steven Carl Kelly]

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down.

Nothing. I've never posted ANY of my articles to EZA.

[Lance K]

Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet

Lance,
Google does NOT direct their love to EZA... The fact that many blindly out of bad advice builds all their backlinks to their articles on EZA is what makes it seem like google is showing the site love.

James

Thanks for pointing that out, James. I didn't word my response quite right.

Originally Posted by Lance K

Thanks for pointing that out, James. I didn't word my response quite right.

Well.. I also do not like their "blackhat seo tricks" either... This may be a personal opinion but to me adding those non-relative links at the bottom of articles is trying to trick the search engines to get higher rankings for that article. It is not done to help the authors though, it is done to drive more traffic to the google ads.

This is what I am talking about

• MLA Style Citation:
  Pretty, Tom "Types of Business Bank Accounts." Types of Business Bank Accounts. 4 Aug. 2009. EzineArticles.com. 7 Aug 2009 <Types of Business Bank Accounts>.

• APA Style Citation:
  Pretty, T. (2009, August 4). Types of Business Bank Accounts. Retrieved August 7, 2009, from Types of Business Bank Accounts

• Chicago Style Citation:
  Pretty, Tom "Types of Business Bank Accounts." Types of Business Bank Accounts EzineArticles.com. Types of Business Bank Accounts

Another reason why I stopped submitting to EZA...

James

[40weeks]

Originally Posted by Nathan Segal

No offense, but that's speculation and IMO, it's a waste of time to think in this way. I only know what to do when a situation presents itself, not before.

Nathan

No offense, but that's a dangerous way to approach a business. If you are reactive, you WILL get hurt. It's only a matter of time. Diversify before that happens.

I'm brand new to this site, but know enough about business to know being proactive is the key to success.

[Hardi Wijaya]

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

Send articles to offline publishers. I've done this before. The benefits over online distribution is that the reputation gain is usually much higher than online counterparts.


Hardi

[Dan Grossman]

Wouldn't change a thing, since pumping out regurgitations not fit for print and spamming them across the web through article directories is not, and never has been, a long term strategy for success of any kind.

[Hardi Wijaya]

Originally Posted by Dan Grossman

Wouldn't change a thing, since pumping out regurgitations not fit for print and spamming them across the web through article directories is not, and never has been, a long term strategy for success of any kind.

Exactly! This kind of reprinting nonsense won't last for long on the net. That's why I only believe in exclusive publishing. If I can't find an ideal spot for my article, I'll go offline searching for it.

Hardi

[Nightengale]

I really take issue with misleading subject lines like this. As a copywriter, I know the importance of getting attention with your subject line and being controversial, as well as shock value. But misleading subject lines only undermind your credibility and the credibility of your post.

Michelle

[Lloyd Buchinski]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

I really take issue with misleading subject lines like this. As a copywriter, I know the importance of getting attention with your subject line and being controversial, as well as shock value. But misleading subject lines only undermind your credibility and the credibility of your post.

Michelle

Just a few minutes ago I read a post of yours where you mentioned you don't like tabbed browsing? If I understood it right, I was thinking along the lines "boy, we just don't think alike." Of course there are not many people who do, but at least on this I completely agree.

When I read the headline, it just didn't seem real because there weren't a dozen other threads on the same topic then I got to the post and it reminded me of someone's comment "we need a wtf button for each post."

Anyway we are all just learning and actually I really do appreciate negative feedback if there is a point to it. If I do have egg on my face let me know so I can take it off. Feel free to straighten me out anytime.

best wishes everyone op included

[Micheallatour]

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

press releases and vlogging

[ExRat]

Hi Michelle/Lloyd,

Someone else agrees with you - post#58.

[Nightengale]

Roger,

I saw.

Going by his subject line, my impression is that he was going for shock value. Which is fine...IF it's not misleading.

As you originally stated, if he'd said "What if..." then it would have been different. But he didn't.

The whole subject line/thread left a bad taste in my mouth.

Does it matter here? Maybe not if it's not something you typically do. But if you pull a stunt like that on your list, you're seriously hurting yourself. Customers take a dim view of stupid stunts like that.

Michelle

[omrid1]

I would be putting more effort in video marketing which I like far better

[RhondaGiarraffa]

Hub Pages is the new little Sweetheart out there. They Rock!

Rhonda Giarraffa

[Doug McIsaac]

The loneliest number is one. Anyone that relies on EzineArticles or any one source of traffic is setting themselves up for failure. Diversification is the only way to be successful.

The really smart marketers are using integrated multi-touch, multi-channel strategies.

Doug

[Olga Schipilow]

It is not very likely that they close down. But if it happens there are lots of others to take that place and I won't miss it.

[opportunites]

This thread shows how much articles marketing is important for us.
Thank to EzineArticles.com and all the other Ezine and articles directories, they help us generate a lot of FREE trafic

[DotComBum]

I will start a similar site to replace ezinearticles if it is closed down.

[TristanPerry]

Laugh since they've been quite bad with me thus far.

And then just focus on GoArticles and the other high traffic ones - at the moment I use about 10 different article directories so losing 1 wouldn't be anything big for me.

I only use it for backlinks so it wouldn't be a major thing for me.

[premiuminvestor]

That Would be something!

But then as always, our God given ability to adapt will kick in, and we will start using other strategies.

Infact another directory greater then EZA may simply rise up!

[Alminc]

I came to know just recently that so many warriors are getting
traffic almost only from EZA. I believed that EZA was more of a place
where you build your reputation as a marketer/writer than a traffic source.

I am not article marketer, so I wander how many articles you must give
them every month in order to get 5000+ visitors a month from them?
I guess it's more than 100 articles per month...

[richnicol.co.uk]

Phew...i thought it was shutting down for a second haha! I find converting them to videos via youtube is an excellent step forward, everyone has said to me they prefer listening to videos than reading an article on Ezine or any other article website.

[Thomas W]

Whoa, you got me really scared for a minute. This more of a hypothetical subject

[dizen]

If IM game field change , we change too . If Google change we change too

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

[CmdrStidd]

Originally Posted by Michael Oksa

Hi Justin,

Excellent question.

I don't mean to highjack your thread, but I think you could replace EzineArticles with any number of sites IMers frequently use.

Such as...

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and AdWords/PayPal/Warrior Forum/ClickBank/Google/YouTube/Blogger/YOUR hosting provider was closed down?

Or...

What if you woke up tomorrow and all of the free resources you now use started charging a substantial monthly fee?

Probably a good idea to have a few backup plans in place.

All the best,
Michael

With regards to Paypal, I would throw a week long celebration entitled "Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish!!"

As to the original question, I would switch to video or audio marketing and run like the wind.

[Glenn Leader]

I own a network of blogs that I can instantly post spun articles on.
Whilst it's nowhere near as powerful as EZA, it gets the job done.

Glenn

[raymagnetic]

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

Were you having a premonition when you thought of this thread? Ezinearticles is down as I type this.

[Randy Bheites]

"what if article marketing didn't exist anymore?"

bwaaaahahahahahahaaaa!!

The Internet would disappear into the ether *pop*