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Good News From Go Articles for Those Who Had Their Articles Deleted

by ikelove
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A little over a week ago, I read on Warrior Forum that people had their articles deleted from Go Articles that were less than 300 words. Apparently many people weren't informed from Go Articles that they were going to be taking such a measure. I'm new to this, so I was thankful that I caught wind of this so I didn't make the same mistake.

Either way, I received a newsletter from Go Articles. Here's an excerpt that may interest those of you who had their articles deleted:

Removal of Articles Under 300 Words


Articles under 300 words have been removed to reduce article spam and to improve the quality of the GoArticles article index. A number of authors failed to see, or to receive, the notices sent out on this issue.

In select cases, articles were restored, allowing authors to edit their submissions and exceed the 300 word count. Articles deemed to contain no useful content were not, and will not be, restored.
What this means is that if the articles that were deleted by GoArticles were legitimate articles and not spam, you can appeal to Go Articles, and have it "reinstated" provided that you add the difference of words to make the articles at least 300 words.

Just wanted to shoot this out to those who may not have been notified by GoArticles and want to get their articles back.

Hope this helps.
#articles #deleted #good #news
  • Profile picture of the author Paul Barrs
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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      Originally Posted by Paul Barrs View Post

      I've got a better idea for all the "we-write-articles-with-no-effort" people out there -

      Put some effort in and start writing better articles and they won't get scrapped!

      Simple.

      - Paul Barrs
      It's that simple, Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Kelsall
      Originally Posted by Paul Barrs View Post

      I've got a better idea for all the "we-write-articles-with-no-effort" people out there -

      Put some effort in and start writing better articles and they won't get scrapped!

      Simple.

      - Paul Barrs
      Junk articles pay well.

      300 word articles with no info have proven to have a better CTR than a 800 word masterpiece. You can't argue with results or facts.
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      • Profile picture of the author Floyd Fisher
        Originally Posted by cjmo75 View Post

        That's absolutely right. I used to write articles of 500-700 words and when I stopped doing that and started to write articles that were 300-350 words, my CTR rate shot up 17% in less than a week. That's all I needed to know.
        Sounds like an attention span issue.

        Maybe we should just learn to cut the crap, and get to the point?
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        • Profile picture of the author Crew Chief
          Originally Posted by Paul Barrs View Post

          I've got a better idea for all the "we-write-articles-with-no-effort" people out there -

          Put some effort in and start writing better articles and they won't get scrapped!

          Simple.

          - Paul Barrs
          Thanks Paul, your words inspired me so much that I decided to improve your post. Same message. Different words... the only thing is... it still didn't require any effort at all...

          I'm going to present what I believe to be a more rewarding approach for the individuals who engage in writing articles with virtually any real effort or brain power. Try starting from the very onset to present better content that will not get deleted!

          Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall View Post

          Junk articles pay well.

          300 word articles with no info have proven to have a better CTR than a 800 word masterpiece. You can't argue with results or facts.
          Any true IMer, who analyzes results will not argue with that point.

          When I first got into IM, one of my mentors sat me down at his computer and showed me over three dozen of his top producing articles. After I read the 3rd one, my statements were, "You're not saying anything and you keep repeating nothing in each article!"

          He response to me was, "That's the point!"

          He went on to explain what the purpose of the article WAS NOT.

          It's not to teach, train or educate; the purpose of the article is to elicit the reader to click through. BAM! Got that?

          The more words you need to accomplish that object, the lower your CTR and that's a fact Jack! On the other hand, sales letters are the total opposite so know your IM terrain.

          Of course, it goes without saying that we are talking about articles posted in ADs and not the articles posted on sites like the Wall Street Journal or Web MD.

          Originally Posted by Floyd Fisher View Post

          Sounds like an attention span issue.

          Maybe we should just learn to cut the crap, and get to the point?
          Floyd, how could you say that? Didn't you check his sig? This dude is getting Click-Through Rates Of 40%-50% and, he's giving away a Free 5 Part Article Marketing Course to show others how to stop writing crappy articles. Who else can boast of having a 50% CTR?
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        • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Kelsall
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          They have indeed - quite right. But 800 word masterpieces with lower CTR's have been proven to make more sales as well as being more widely re-published.

          Not only is there almost no correlation between CTR and income, but under some circumstances, there can even be an inverse correlation.

          You can't argue with results or facts.


          Not true Alexa....

          Well, I guess it depends on what your promoting. In my case, I do quite a bit of direct linking to 6 or 7 specific CPA offers and then convert anywhere from 1:15 - 1:45 depending on the exact offer. So, the CTR plays a huge part in exactly how much money gets sent to us every week.

          Here's another example (3 really)...

          In the reverse cell phone, reverse email, and criminal background niches (clickbank products) I would be willing to bet that I have in excess of 1000 articles published for each of the 3...

          For the reverse email and reverse cell they all say the same exact thing:

          "your tramp of a wife is cheating on you and this is how you find out who the guy is"

          In addition, each of the articles is never more than 350 words. And these niches have paid HUGE profits over the past year and a half or 2 years.....cha-ching.

          To be fair, if you are writing in a niche such as Internet Marketing, How to build rocket ships, or some other niches that escape me at the moment (just woke up) there is no doubt that the longer more authoritative articles are probably the way to go...but, in my experience, no so much so for products on clickbank, or CPA networks.
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          • Profile picture of the author JayXtreme
            Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall View Post

            Not true Alexa....

            Well, I guess it depends on what your promoting. In my case, I do quite a bit of direct linking to 6 or 7 specific CPA offers and then convert anywhere from 1:15 - 1:45 depending on the exact offer. So, the CTR plays a huge part in exactly how much money gets sent to us every week.

            Here's another example (3 really)...

            In the reverse cell phone, reverse email, and criminal background niches (clickbank products) I would be willing to bet that I have in excess of 1000 articles published for each of the 3...

            For the reverse email and reverse cell they all say the same exact thing:

            "your tramp of a wife is cheating on you and this is how you find out who the guy is"

            In addition, each of the articles is never more than 350 words. And these niches have paid HUGE profits over the past year and a half or 2 years.....cha-ching.
            You really shouldn't discuss this kind of thing in public, Jeremy....
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            Bare Murkage.........

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        • Profile picture of the author Kay King
          I think she meant exactly what she said. I've had short articles get high CTR and make some money - and longer articles (not just words - but more complete information) have a lower CTR much a much longer "shelf life". They didn't make big CTR splash to begin with - but for me they surpassed the short articles over time.

          It's the longer articles that got picked up by other sites in the niche - and they keep bringing targeted traffic for a LONG time.

          But - I'm not targeting CPA offers which may be time limited. If I were I'd be going for the highest CTR I could get. Selling a long term product - I want long term, targeted traffic - and I get that with longer articles.

          When someone says "this works for me" and when two people have different results - it's only proof that you have to test for yourself in your niche.

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  • Profile picture of the author la dominatrix
    Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill View Post

    Well, sure, adding more words to an article makes it better.

    Sure it does.
    Why you can 550 words of crap just as easily as 300 words of crap!
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  • Profile picture of the author Groovystar
    Don't they realise that spam articles can easily be more than 300 words? Seriously. I see it all the time.
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  • Profile picture of the author theperfectstrategy
    How can a word length decide the quality of content?
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      • Profile picture of the author ikelove
        Wow, it's funny, my original intent for starting this thread was just to give back a bit of the value I received from all the helpful people on here, but I never knew this thread would go in this direction and provide SO MUCH value. What a pleasant surprise!

        I officially jumped into this thing (IM) a month and a half ago, writing 40 articles in the span of a month, and had a very poor CTR. I finally see that I went about the whole article writing thing wrong. I treated my articles as if I were writing a term paper or a blog, and not as a method to get people to click onto my site from the resource box. My articles tended to be wordy and packed with info, but now I see that articles are generally just the appetizer and not the main course to get the reader to click to your site.

        I plan to go back to writing 2 articles a day next week, and this thread has really helped open my eyes as to what type of articles I should be writing.

        Thank you very much!
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