Can I distribute the SAME article to many different article directories?

[KatyaSenina]

Ok so I've just finished writing my first article with the purpose to distribute it to many different directories...

Anyway I'm a little worried about duplicated content. I mean, what if the same article is all over the internet, can I get into trouble? I don't feel like tweaking my article. I don't have that much time on my hands.

Anyone knows more about this?

[TimS]

You can submit it to multiple directories, plenty of people do it.

I usually limit my submissions of a single article to just a few (or usually 1) article directory but even then, it might end up on a lot of different websites anyway because of being syndicated.

Tim

[raylm123]

You can't get into trouble if you publish the same articles in multiple directories. Publish away!!!

[KatyaSenina]

Thank you guys. I gave you all thanks. If still anyone thinks there is a chance of getting in trouble, please let me know.

[Tom Harvey]

Go for it. Multiple directories are perfectly fine.

[brettmwindmann]

While you can not get in trouble I would first submit my article to Ezine articles and wait for it to get approved. Once that happens then submit it to many other directories with a link pointing back to your Ezine article and then a link to your website as well.

That way your Ezine article will get backlinks which will help it rank higher in the search engines and you will also be building links for your website.

I hope that helps if you have any other questions just shoot me a PM.

Later

[kylelmoon]

Originally Posted by brettmwindmann

While you can not get in trouble I would first submit my article to Ezine articles and wait for it to get approved.

I have to agree with brett here. Good advice!
If you are planning to post your article to strict article directories like Ezine, as brett mentioned, then you must post it there first. If you have already posted it to multiple directories then your article will most likely be disapproved by Ezine.
After being approved, post your article to as many directories as you want. People may try to steal your article if they find it good and place the credit to them.

[KatyaSenina]

Originally Posted by brettmwindmann

While you can not get in trouble I would first submit my article to Ezine articles and wait for it to get approved. Once that happens then submit it to many other directories with a link pointing back to your Ezine article and then a link to your website as well.

That way your Ezine article will get backlinks which will help it rank higher in the search engines and you will also be building links for your website.

I hope that helps if you have any other questions just shoot me a PM.

Later

Great tip!

Best Advice You Will Ever Get On Article Marketing
Article on site or EZA first ?

James

[KatyaSenina]

Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet

Best Advice You Will Ever Get On Article Marketing
Article on site or EZA first ?

James

Thank you James

[CurtisN]

The one big bad thing about submitting the same article to multiple directories is that you're not really providing additional value by doing so. It would suck if you were searching for info on the net and stumbled upon a dozen copies of the same article, wouldn't it?

[LogoNerds]

People will be using and publishing the exact same articles/content you submit on their blogs, websites, etc. so it makes no difference if the same article is submitted to different directories - except that you increase the amount of back links and exposure to your site

[Naveed Peerzade]

Posting same article to different directories won't put you in trouble because of duplicate content.. after all entire internet is duplicate content isn't it LOL

Well, I would ask you whats the main purpose of posting to different directories?

- If you are talking about only backlinks then its good..

-If you are talking about getting traffic thru different article directories or getting most of them ranked in SEs.. then its not possible..

At this point, I would suggest you to write just 5 versions of this article and submit each one to top 5 directories only.. do not care about rest of them... remember 80/20 ??

As you start getting success, try spinning articles creating 200 variations or so .. then increase it to 300 etc..

All the best..

[KatyaSenina]

Originally Posted by CurtisN

The one big bad thing about submitting the same article to multiple directories is that you're not really providing additional value by doing so. It would suck if you were searching for info on the net and stumbled upon a dozen copies of the same article, wouldn't it?

You're making a point here but my main reason for submitting it to multiple directories is to get traffic and EZA alone will not do it. At the same time tweaking an article just to make it original and unique for every directory takes way too much time! Do you have that time?

[Naveed Peerzade]

Look for powerarticlerewriter, he is a fellow warrior and tool does awesome job..by spinning Articles.

If you do not know whats Spun Articles.. here is the eg. of how you create spin ready articles.

Original Sentence

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Sentence with Spin Tags

The [quick|fast|speedy|slick] [brown|orange|grey] fox [jumped|hoped|leaped|bounded] over the [lazy|sluggish|old|half asleep] dog.

and it would automatically create different versions like

The fast brown fox hoped over the lazy dog.

The quick orange fox jumped over the sluggish dog.

etc..

So yes it takes less time creating these articles compared to rewriting single article for each directory.

Originally Posted by Naveed Peerzade

-If you are talking about getting traffic thru different article directories or getting most of them ranked in SEs.. then its not possible..

This is 100% incorrect information .. You can get traffic through article directories if the article is spun or not. You should be submitting "quality" articles to begin with that are properly SEO'ed. Spun articles does not mean they are junk, It has been proven time and time again spun articles done the proper way will read just like any other high quality article.

Originally Posted by Naveed Peerzade

At this point, I would suggest you to write just 5 versions of this article and submit each one to top 5 directories only.. do not care about rest of them... remember 80/20 ??

This is bad advice and I suggest the OP ignores it. If you are only going to submit to the top 5 (whatever the top 5 is, this is a matter of opinion) then you are losing money.

I can start from scratch and write and articles and have 50 spun versions at 70%+ within 2 hours. If the OP wants to submit spun articles then I would suggest using the proper tools to do so and submit to as mny article directories as you can.

James

[Naveed Peerzade]

James,

Yes.. I should have phrased it properly.. Submitting to different directories will get traffic.. I meant to say getting SE traffic from articles "from all directories" would be difficult.. And there are 1000s of directories.. but most of the traffic comes from the top 8-10 directories.. Well, thats why I experienced.

I initially suggested to write just 5 different versions.. as the OP finding it difficult to write different article for different directories... also mentioned "As you start getting success, try spinning articles"

And if you see, in my next post, I did suggest OP using powerarticlerewriter for creating spun versions.