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Rufus Steele · 08-09-2008, 03:00 PM

Don't know if this has been heard of before but I just got the following email for two articles recently submitted:-

"We would like to help you get this article approved but there is an issue which needs to be resolved first.

Your article does not adhere to our Editorial Guidelines, Section 2.f. xii.
http://EzineArticles.com/editorial-guidelines.html#2-f-xii

We will allow your Anchor Text Link descriptions to include a maximum of (3) words as the description text.

Please edit your anchor text link so that the link description is 3 words or less, and resubmit for review."

Anchor text of only three words????

There goes providing EA good quality content in return for targetting long tail keywords then!

Anyone else ever seen this? Any way round it?

Regards

Rufus

Michael Dominic · 08-09-2008, 04:10 PM

The last batch of articles I had approved had a few 4 and 5 word anchor texts for my links. I usually keep them in the 3 word range anyways though, so the transition won't be a problem for me...

I wonder when they updated these guidelines?

Andrew Dillon · 08-09-2008, 04:40 PM

you will find that it is much better to use and include keywords in your article rather than in your anchor text. This is something I do and it gets better results and means you also get your articles published.

nRehman · 08-09-2008, 04:46 PM

There are thousands of good article directories, submit your articles on others too..

carik42 · 08-09-2008, 04:47 PM

There was a discussion on this back on the old forum.

I contacted them a few weeks ago about this and they only "advised" to stick to a max of 3. I understand that over 3 is still possible, but it's heavily dependant on the quality of the article and landing page.

Michael Dominic · 08-09-2008, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Dillon

you will find that it is much better to use and include keywords in your article rather than in your anchor text. This is something I do and it gets better results and means you also get your articles published.

I try to be as subtle as I can with a clear call-to-action in the anchor text. I rarely use keywords in it. This, in my opinion, gets me a high click through rate.

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Rufus Steele IMing's Jack Sparrow War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hants, United Kingdom. Posts: 276 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 19 Thanked 38 Times in 21 Posts Social Networking	Sheesh - More EzineArticle restrictions Don't know if this has been heard of before but I just got the following email for two articles recently submitted:- "We would like to help you get this article approved but there is an issue which needs to be resolved first. Your article does not adhere to our Editorial Guidelines, Section 2.f. xii. http://EzineArticles.com/editorial-guidelines.html#2-f-xii We will allow your Anchor Text Link descriptions to include a maximum of (3) words as the description text. Please edit your anchor text link so that the link description is 3 words or less, and resubmit for review." Anchor text of only three words???? There goes providing EA good quality content in return for targetting long tail keywords then! Anyone else ever seen this? Any way round it? Regards Rufus
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Michael Dominic Internet Marketer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cleveland, OH, USA Posts: 577 Thanks: 12 Thanked 27 Times in 11 Posts	The last batch of articles I had approved had a few 4 and 5 word anchor texts for my links. I usually keep them in the 3 word range anyways though, so the transition won't be a problem for me... I wonder when they updated these guidelines?