Is traffic from article directories of good quality?

[jan roos]

I am wondering if traffic from article directories such as Ezinearticles are of decent quality vs traffic coming from the search engines to the same article and then on to your website.

I have quite a few articles on EZA for a new site I am working on and I have been getting some traffic but not any conversions. I also noticed that my articles are not on the search engines for the keywords I chose so most of the traffic has to come from the directory itself which might explain why I haven't made any sales?

Cheers

[Matt Jutras]

Too many variables...what's the offer? What's the landing page like? You should be getting at least a few sales from the resource box...but without knowing all the pieces of the puzzle who can say.

[sbp8610]

I would assume that the traffic from the search engines would be of higher quality since you're getting traffic from specific search times.

-Scott

[jan roos]

Originally Posted by sbp8610

I would assume that the traffic from the search engines would be of higher quality since you're getting traffic from specific search times.

-Scott

Thats what I'm thinking. In all my other campaigns I make sales from EZA traffic but those articles are also on page 1 for targeted keyword.

[GeorgR.]

you must be doing something significantly wrong since article marketing works very well for me.

And...google traffic and EZA traffic is related - some articles of mine are #1 in Google for certain search terms.

[jan roos]

Originally Posted by agentsully

I think article traffic is of he highest quality. Many people will find you article through google and the article acts like a presell. The ones who click through are some of the best visitors possible

I understand what you are saying but I think that visitors from the article directory itself vs visitors landing on the same article from the search engines are different when it comes to the quality of the visitor, I might b wrong. Just a theory

[Alex Williams]

Ezinearticles traffic can convert well for some niches. It also depends on what you are sending traffic to (what page I mean). Ezines traffic converts well for me, linking to a squeeze page. However, I`ve also had some sales when linking to my review-style landing pages.

But again, it does not work well for all niches. And the thing that your articles are not ranking on Google is known for me as well. Those articles keep on jumping up and down, and if you build no links to your articles, they drop eventually.

[claytons]

Ezine, IMHO...is the ONLY place that gives quality traffic...everything else isn't even on the playing field.

One primary reason...we did a study of 60k keywords and looked at the SERPS (top 10) and ezine was there 15% of the time! that's pretty amazing....article dashboard and goarticles were each about 1/10 of that.

study is here: Don’t use Squidoo and HubPages! | The Internet Marketing Blueprint

This mainly depends upon what article directory you are dealing with... For EZA much of that traffic is going to be other marketers, competition, publishers and those that wish to steal content. Other will argue this but I am sorry it is something you can not argue when you have 8 out of 10 marketers saying you must submit to EZA and then you have 3 out of 10 saying to use EZA for your "research".

Traffic from an article directory can be just as good as traffic directly from a search engine. Again though this depends upon the article directory. How many of those top article directories as people call them actually advertise "your" article ??? I can answer that for you ... None! They may market their site (main page) but they in no way, shape, or form advertise "your" specific article for you.

There are also a great deal of factors involved here, some may see better results directly from search engines whiles others may see better results directly from the article directory. This is why people are always told to test for themselves and not follow what someone else has done even if they do have a so-called study done.

James

[claytons]

"For EZA much of that traffic is going to be other marketers, competition, publishers and those that wish to steal content. "

That's just silly...when ezine shows up in such a high percentage of searches...(see our "so called" study! :-) how can it be that only other marketers are looking at this to "steal" the content...obviously consumers do these searches (a heck of a lot more than IM'ers) and click on the articles...

You can't argue with facts...we looked at 60k keywords...that had some kind of commercial value...and there was a 15% penetration by ezine in the top 10 serps...that is a large enough population sample to draw a conclusion...the conclusion is...people search, and people visit ezine...simple as that.

Consumers don't search article directories...frankly THAT's the place IM'ers go to look for content...

The only way an article is going to drive consumer traffic is to show up in the SERPS somehow...

Originally Posted by claytons

"For EZA much of that traffic is going to be other marketers, competition, publishers and those that wish to steal content. "

That's just silly...when ezine shows up in such a high percentage of searches...(see our "so called" study! :-) how can it be that only other marketers are looking at this to "steal" the content...obviously consumers do these searches (a heck of a lot more than IM'ers) and click on the articles...

You can't argue with facts...we looked at 60k keywords...that had some kind of commercial value...and there was a 15% penetration by ezine in the top 10 serps...that is a large enough population sample to draw a conclusion...the conclusion is...people search, and people visit ezine...simple as that.

Consumers don't search article directories...frankly THAT's the place IM'ers go to look for content...

The only way an article is going to drive consumer traffic is to show up in the SERPS somehow...

LOL ... For one thing dude a top listing today could mean page 10 tomorrow. It can change within the blink of an eye and the fact that there are millions upon millions of keywords, 60k is very small to compare.

As for EZA shwoing up in a high percentage of top listings, LOL .. I see very few top listings for EZA because it is so easy to kick them out of top listings.

My comment above was not directed towards you but you have seem to have taken it that way and since you have mentioned these things I will have to correct you...

" Consumers don't search article directories...frankly THAT's the place IM'ers go to look for content... "

I am glad you have access to all article directory stats and you know what IM'ers do. A article directory is NOT the place to go looking for content for research purposes.

" The only way an article is going to drive consumer traffic is to show up in the SERPS somehow... "

Again you do not have access to article directories stats and you have no way to know this but yet you are stating it as fact. I am sorry your fact is wrong.

Traffic can be driven to articles by other methods besides search engines.

You seem to state a great deal of "facts" without having any "facts".. you should be careful on using that word. Fine you did a study, good for you. The FACT that search results change constantly and also the FACT that search results are NOT the same for everybody could change that study drastically.

This is why people are told to test instead of listening to someone else even if they did do a study...

James

[claytons]

You've changed the argument now..you're original post spoke about ezine articles not being good for consumer traffic...now it's all about...sure, but we can knock them out of the serps...

sigh...ok...not going to argue...let's just hear from anyone at all...who's making decent money getting traffic solely from article directories...and not ezine.

and I mean someone besides people who have an article directory they're promoting.

"Traffic can be driven to articles by other methods besides search engines."

Of course that's true...I agree...but I think we can also agree...that the biggest traffic is gained from the serps...and that's probably what people were talking about when they started this thread.

Anyway....don't want to argue about this either...I think that all I'm trying to say is that Ezine is certainly a great place to get consumer traffic...and , as far as the SERPS go...we could find no other "article directory" that had anywhere near the impact that ezine had (again..in the SERPS)...Hope we can just agree on that much...and leave it at that.

[peetred]

Article traffic, if done right, is some of the most highly targeted and relevant traffic... second probably only to organic search engine traffic. Of course, you need to have specific, relevant, and good quality articles... as well as a good converting resource box.

edited to add that I don't think anything tops Ezinearticles.com . I make MOST of my money from article directory traffic... namely ezinearticles.com

That being said, I am new to this and I havn't got a website that is very old. I am sure that EZA is just a jumping off point to better search engine rankings and traffic.

[jan roos]

Originally Posted by peetred

Article traffic, if done right, is some of the most highly targeted and relevant traffic... second probably only to organic search engine traffic. Of course, you need to have specific, relevant, and good quality articles... as well as a good converting resource box.

edited to add that I don't think anything tops Ezinearticles.com . I make MOST of my money from article directory traffic... namely ezinearticles.com

That being said, I am new to this and I havn't got a website that is very old. I am sure that EZA is just a jumping off point to better search engine rankings and traffic.

Does your articles rank in the serps for their keywords? If so, then you are probably getting targeted traffic from the search engines to your article and it converts. But if your aticles doesn't rank and you are still making money then that means the traffic comes from the article directory itself and converts as well which makes that traffic good quality.

Cheers