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Holy Crap! One of my GoArticles articles got 464 requests!

by Ofthemix
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Sorry guys, I just had to tell someone about this considering that I've never seen these kinds of numbers from GoArticles before. This one article has 464 requests. My runner up article for most requests only has 11. That just . . . blowed my mind.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    And when are you writing that article for me ....

    Congrats Marla!!

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
    lol James. It's an article that any guy would want to read . . . it's about girls kissing. XD
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  • Profile picture of the author sf_Imtiaz
    Congrat!

    Would be good for you to find out if the article is ranking for any keyword, look for the difficulty score of that keyword then and just replicate the process using other keywords.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
    I wish I could replicate that with all of my other articles. It even got more views than when I submitted it to EZA. The website it's posted on is doing great for it's purpose. It's a hobby site though so I'm not really concerned with cranking out tons of articles to get views. My time is better spent focused on my money sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author chateauRedunet
      Originally Posted by Ofthemix View Post

      I wish I could replicate that with all of my other articles. It even got more views than when I submitted it to EZA. The website it's posted on is doing great for it's purpose. It's a hobby site though so I'm not really concerned with cranking out tons of articles to get views. My time is better spent focused on my money sites.

      Perhaps this is a simplistic question, but with a hobby site/article receiving that much traffic would it not be an idea to a least do some monetization?
      Simple and direct type?

      Thanks,
      chateauR
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      • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
        Originally Posted by chateauRedunet View Post

        Perhaps this is a simplistic question, but with a hobby site/article receiving that much traffic would it not be an idea to a least do some monetization?
        Simple and direct type?

        Thanks,
        chateauR
        This site is actually my big adsense generator. Other than that, there's not much of a way for me to monitize it considering that the niche isn't really one where there are a ton of products for. Plus, the target audience is fairly young.

        lol to everyone else. Aside from the numbers, this really wasn't a phenomenal task. The article itself is barely over 250 words . . . and I'm the type that writes an article and doesn't even go back to read it for proper grammar, spelling, ect before I post it. In fact, after rereading the article I discovered 2 type-os in the last paragraph.

        The link to the article is http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1861068

        I can picture my WSO for it now "How to Monetize by Writing Articles that Give Guys Hardons" Instant best seller.
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        • Profile picture of the author Thorleifur Reynisson
          Originally Posted by Ofthemix View Post

          This site is actually my big adsense generator. Other than that, there's not much of a way for me to monitize it considering that the niche isn't really one where there are a ton of products for. Plus, the target audience is fairly young.
          You could put a CPA offer for ringtones or something. That pays out nicely if you get good traffic.

          Just a thought.
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  • Profile picture of the author Richnana
    Congratulations. Those are pretty high numbers. Think my highest for an article was 65 and I thought I was doing great.

    Sounds like you might want to do a little ebook or report on that subject.
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  • Profile picture of the author leekhinc
    Congrats. Think my highest for an article is only 64 and I posted it almost 1 year ago.
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  • Profile picture of the author randywood
    Wow, that's huge. Congratulations!!! I would like to read it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Aitor Astobieta
      Ofthemix,

      You should do a video series building upon your article, showing footage of proper sensual kissing.

      I know that a lot of guys would buy your product without even blinking an eye!
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  • Profile picture of the author Jhf14
    wow, that is great... do you have a link to the article, i would like to read it... if you don't feel comfortable pasting the link in this forum, send me a PM

    congrats, keep up the quality writing!
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  • Profile picture of the author Marhelper
    I know EZA shows your stats but how did you get them with GA?
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    • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
      Originally Posted by Marhelper View Post

      I know EZA shows your stats but how did you get them with GA?
      It says "requests" at the bottom of the votes box to the left of your article title in the GoArticles author panel. As far as I know, article requests is the closest you can come to getting stats of how many times your article was viewed. As per Go Articles FAQ section:

      "A frequent question asked by authors is what the number of "requests" under each article title represents. A "request" is the number of times an article has been read online or requested via email. GoArticles, however, cannot tell you who requested an article or where the article might be used."
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  • Profile picture of the author AvidAZ
    Nice work. Have a link to it?
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    • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
      Originally Posted by AvidAZ View Post

      Nice work. Have a link to it?
      http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1861068


      To Richelle123: Yeah, I know what you mean. I actually just submitted an article today that has already received 12 requests. That one just took second place to the now 466 request bread winner. I've never really looked at GoArticles as a great source of traffic, even though it's second to EzineArticles. I guess they've finally proven me wrong.
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      • Profile picture of the author Blade Runner 77
        Haha, very good, nicely written too. sex sells, it should be in giant neonlights around here.
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  • Profile picture of the author acedalright
    Originally Posted by Ofthemix View Post

    Sorry guys, I just had to tell someone about this considering that I've never seen these kinds of numbers from GoArticles before. This one article has 464 requests. My runner up article for most requests only has 11. That just . . . blowed my mind.

    Congratulations on the quick traffic boost. It always feels good when an article goes bananas.


    Now build 20-30 more links to that goarticle and boost the PR of it and totally dominate.

    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Richelle123
    Good for you! I thought I'd never hear that kind of news about goarticles. I've submitted several articles on several niches, but I only end up with no more than 10-12 requests. I'm glad someone pulled off a better score.
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  • Profile picture of the author entrepreneurjay
    figures its sexual all guys got their heads in the gutters lol. But that's really good congrats...
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    Wow, Awesome!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Doctor Article
    Fantastic

    I'm a full time writer and I've never come close to that number. Are you sure you can't turn it into a money spinner? The reason I ask is because lately the site that I write for has received quite a few requests for kissing related articles, and this could of course suggest that there are some products out there which you could promote. Of course this is only speculation, as I'm not really involved with affiliate marketing, other than promoting the site I write for.

    Anyway, great work
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    • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
      lol I think the only thing I could really promote with that article, aside from my website, is maybe lesbian pornography. It's starting to sound like a profitable niche to me. :p
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnHuizinga
    You're on the first page of Google for Emo Girls Kissing. I don't know if you were already there before you got backlinks from this thread but I suspect you were. That might explain the number of views.

    Edit: 33,100 searches a month on EXACT in Google's keyword tool. Yep, that'll do it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
      Originally Posted by JohnHuizinga View Post

      You're on the first page of Google for Emo Girls Kissing. I don't know if you were already there before you got backlinks from this thread but I suspect you were. That might explain the number of views.

      Edit: 33,100 searches a month on EXACT in Google's keyword tool. Yep, that'll do it.
      Ohhh, you're right. I'm a bad article marketer. I admittedly never even check to see if my articles make it on Google's first page. Now I'm just wondering why my EzineArticle (same article) didn't make it to Google's first page. :confused: Oh well, I'm not going to complain. A win is a win.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tomwood
    Yes the numbers are impressive but I think the subject matter say's it all I have several articles on female sexuality ( under a pen name) with the following results
    1022
    347
    345
    239
    47
    These were published in June

    This is not to distract from your achievement just to underline the impact subject matter can have
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  • Profile picture of the author yommys01
    My last article on goarticles which is just about 1 week has over 100 requestes and it is page one for about 3 keywords.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
    Indeed, Tom. I agree that it's all about the subject matter. I don't think many people would deny it given that we've all written articles in different niches without near as great results. Still, it was an unexpected surprise when I logged into my GoArticles account. I never expected to see such high numbers there. Congratz on the 1022.

    Congratz Yommy. I read your thread about how well you've been doing lately. Good job. You deserve the success for working so hard for so long.
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  • Profile picture of the author cragar
    Good job Marla. Want to right for me?
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    • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
      Originally Posted by cragar View Post

      Good job Marla. Want to right for me?
      Ironically, I offer just about every internet marketing service accept for writing articles. I'm broke as a joke though so I might be persuaded. :p
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason_V
    I gave you a thanks because it is nice to know that goarticles can pay off if you pick the right keywords/niche. I read more and more people complaining about ezine articles and I often wonder why they don't take the article they submitted to ezine and re-write it some and submit it to goarticles too. They are extremely hassle free in comparison to ezinearticles in terms of submission.
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  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    I've just gone back to GoArticles to re-title all my articles to

    "Girls Kissing - A Guide To { { insert keyword here } }

    KA-CHING!!!
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    • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      I've just gone back to GoArticles to re-title all my articles to

      "Girls Kissing - A Guide To { { insert keyword here } }

      KA-CHING!!!
      *watches your click through rate sour* Sounds like a winning strategy to me.:p
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  • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
    There's really not much to tell. As was mentioned earlier, I think the success of the article really had to do with the subject matter. Sex sells . . . and a lot of guys tend to fantasize about two girls kissing . . . add a fetish factor in and you get an instant best seller. The keywords were low competition, the subject matter was appealing. I think that's all any article really needs for a lot of views. Truly there was nothing special about the article.
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  • Profile picture of the author acrasial
    Hello,

    What does "requests" mean...?


    Regards,
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    • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
      Originally Posted by acrasial View Post

      Hello,

      What does "requests" mean...?


      Regards,
      As per Go Articles FAQ section:

      "A frequent question asked by authors is what the number of "requests" under each article title represents. A "request" is the number of times an article has been read online or requested via email. GoArticles, however, cannot tell you who requested an article or where the article might be used."
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      • Profile picture of the author acrasial
        Originally Posted by Ofthemix View Post

        As per Go Articles FAQ section:

        "A frequent question asked by authors is what the number of "requests" under each article title represents. A "request" is the number of times an article has been read online or requested via email. GoArticles, however, cannot tell you who requested an article or where the article might be used."

        Ok, thankyou

        About how long was your article? how many keywords etc...?
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        • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
          Originally Posted by acrasial View Post

          Ok, thankyou

          About how long was your article? how many keywords etc...?
          The article is 265 words. The keyword was "emo girls kissing". Since posting this thread it's gone up to 630 requests.
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  • Profile picture of the author maggie2
    Nice going! Congrats.

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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Faber
    That's pretty good! I have one on GA with a little over 400 and another with a little under 400 requests, but they were both published there in 2005. The one over 400 requests has 900 words. (They are technology related and have nothing to do with girls kissing, although it sounds like it may be a niche worth pursuing - LOL) Nothing recent has much over 100 or so.
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  • Profile picture of the author acrasial
    wow, Well congratulations!... do you know that your keyword has also driven traffic? Presumably it has, that's a funny keyword!
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    • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
      Originally Posted by acrasial View Post

      wow, Well congratulations!... do you know that your keyword has also driven traffic? Presumably it has, that's a funny keyword!
      lol I would assume that it has. If guys want to see pictures of hot emo chicks or emo girls kissing . . . all they have to do is click on the link. And I think it's pretty safe to assume that if they read the article, they'll also be interested in seeing the pictures that go with it. :p
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