Article marketing - Should I submit to 1 website, or many?

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I've not done article marketing before... Should I submit my article to 1 website (e.g. EzineArticles), or should I submit to many?

I've found different resources on the web say different things. SEO agencies tend to say they only submit 1 article to 1 website, whereas there is 'software' and submission agents that say they'll submit your article to 1,500+ websites!

Help please!

Should I submit to 1 website, or many?
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  • Profile picture of the author ArticlePrince
    Many, without question. You are syndicating that article, and each place that it gets published is a backlink to your site.
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    • Profile picture of the author justinknightley
      Thanks for the reply Sean. One more question.. (as Columbo would say!)

      What if I plan to do 15 articles in the next couple of months, all with different Keywords?

      Should I still submit to all, or should I do a different keyword for each article submission site?

      Apologies in advance if this is a really simple question!
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  • Profile picture of the author ArticlePrince
    Each keyword should (ideally) have its own article, and 15 in a few months is a very small amount. Not to be mean, but just to warn you; I'd say one a day is the minimum for good success. The more the merrier.

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    • Profile picture of the author justinknightley
      Thanks v much for the advice - so I should submit all the articles to all the sites?

      If I'm going to be doing this regularly, would you recommend any submission software to save time? Or is it best to do it manually myself on each site?
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  • Profile picture of the author stevecane
    I would only submit to many directories if my articles were spun, that is completely different text in each one. Google doesn't like duplicate content.

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    • Profile picture of the author justinknightley
      I'm not worried about natural traffic from the Articles, just backlinks to improve my website's SERPS.

      Even though it's duplicate content, would the backlinks on the other sites still hold the same value?
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      • Profile picture of the author niffybranco
        Originally Posted by justinknightley View Post

        I'm not worried about natural traffic from the Articles, just backlinks to improve my website's SERPS.

        Even though it's duplicate content, would the backlinks on the other sites still hold the same value?
        As long as the articles are accepted and listed on the site ...YES
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    • Profile picture of the author theemperor
      Originally Posted by stevecane View Post

      I would only submit to many directories if my articles were spun, that is completely different text in each one. Google doesn't like duplicate content.

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      :rolleyes::confused:
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    • Profile picture of the author niffybranco
      Originally Posted by stevecane View Post

      I would only submit to many directories if my articles were spun, that is completely different text in each one. Google doesn't like duplicate content.

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      He Obviously works for google :confused::rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author Vishal Burns
    I would submit my main article to the Top article directories. Then after its been published I would spin the articles and publish it to as many sites as possible to get as many backlinks as possible.
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    • Profile picture of the author justinknightley
      Thanks for the advice. There are soooooo many lists of 'Top article directories'. What would be your top 5?

      Also, Why do people spin articles? Is this for Google/SEO reasons, or just so that the article publishing site publishes the article? (do article publishing sites try to avoid dupliate content themselves?)
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      • Profile picture of the author niffybranco
        Originally Posted by justinknightley View Post

        Thanks for the advice. There are soooooo many lists of 'Top article directories'. What would be your top 5?

        Also, Why do people spin articles? Is this for Google/SEO reasons, or just so that the article publishing site publishes the article? (do article publishing sites try to avoid dupliate content themselves?)
        Ezine articles will not accept duplicate content and i think GO articles as well if there are others please share.

        Spinning articles to submit just for google is a waste of time as google indexes duplicate content the only risk is that some of the articles will fall into their supplemental index but this does not mean they will not give you any back link juice.

        My advice is submit unique articles to the top article directories, once they have been accepted you can submit the same articles to the rest.

        One thing to remember is article directories allow other webmasters to publish your articles and they are not allowed to change it in anyway.
        So if you are worried about duplicate content you might as well not publish any articles.

        The duplicate content penalty is a MYTH the only time duplicate content is a problem is when you publish the same content over and over on your website in order to try and influence your ranking.
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          • Profile picture of the author niffybranco
            Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

            Not so.

            I have hundreds of articles on EZA all of which had been published and indexed elsewhere online prior to EZA-submission. So do many of my clients. So do countless other professional article marketers.

            The only article directory I'm aware of which will accept only original content (though I dare say there may be others I don't know of) is "Buzzle".
            Whoopee thats another myth busted thanks for letting me know this .
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            • Profile picture of the author theemperor
              Originally Posted by niffybranco View Post

              Whoopee thats another myth busted thanks for letting me know this .
              If I had $97 for each time that particular myth was busted on this Forum ...
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  • Profile picture of the author mbacchi
    I would submit many article as possible. At least one everyday. If you do not want to write them you can outsource. You can use elance.com or guru.com. In my opinion I prefer to spend some money and have good quality articles being approved everyday then writing them myself.

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  • Profile picture of the author chandan_dutta
    If you are thinking only about backlinks, then there is no need to submit 15 articles to a single directory. Google counts backlinks in terms of Unique IP and one backlinks from a domain is equal to 100 backlinks from the same domain. More over you can spin article instead of submitting same article. Article Marketing is good way to get backlinks but spending all time in article marketing is not a good idea. I am saying if you are only thinking about backlinks. Regards Chandan
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    • Profile picture of the author Colin Theriot
      Originally Posted by stevecane View Post

      I would only submit to many directories if my articles were spun, that is completely different text in each one. Google doesn't like duplicate content.

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      Wrong. Submit the exact same article to every directory. Then if you want to spin it, do so, and then submit THAT article to every directory. Google doesn't like duplicate content available from multiple URLs on the same DOMAIN. They don't care HOW many copies there are out in the wild. They will all get indexed, and ranked, and send you backlink juice (if you are linking to a web property you own, which you should be.

      Now Google will try not to show multiple copies of the same article on different sites for the same search results. BUT all of the directory sites are ranked differently, and submitting the same article to all of them actually maximizes your incidental traffic because certain sites will rank better than others for incidental long-tail terms.

      Originally Posted by Vishal Burns View Post

      I would submit my main article to the Top article directories. Then after its been published I would spin the articles and publish it to as many sites as possible to get as many backlinks as possible.
      Kind of - I'd submit the main article to all directories AND spin it and THEN do it again.

      Originally Posted by niffybranco View Post

      Ezine articles will not accept duplicate content and i think GO articles as well if there are others please share.
      As Alexa pointed out, this is not true. They want your articles to put ads on. They my pretend like they want unique ones, but I promise they will take what you give them.

      Originally Posted by chandan_dutta View Post

      If you are thinking only about backlinks, then there is no need to submit 15 articles to a single directory. Google counts backlinks in terms of Unique IP and one backlinks from a domain is equal to 100 backlinks from the same domain.
      This is completely and utterly incorrect. Every link counts. Some count more, but they still all count. Every single one, even multiple ones from the same domain.
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      • Profile picture of the author justinknightley
        Originally Posted by Colin Theriot View Post

        Wrong. Submit the exact same article to every directory. Then if you want to spin it, do so, and then submit THAT article to every directory...
        Thanks for the advice Colin, one more question

        My site is new and only listed a couple of weeks in Google (not in DMOZ yet). Very few backlinks yet.

        Should I start writing and distributing lots of articles every day to lots of article directory sites? I'm worried Google might see this as 'inorganic' growth... or should I start small (1 article to 1 site per day) and slowly ramp up the distribution to other sites?
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        • Profile picture of the author Colin Theriot
          Originally Posted by justinknightley View Post

          Thanks for the advice Colin, one more question

          My site is new and only listed a couple of weeks in Google (not in DMOZ yet). Very few backlinks yet.

          Should I start writing and distributing lots of articles every day to lots of article directory sites? I'm worried Google might see this as 'inorganic' growth... or should I start small (1 article to 1 site per day) and slowly ramp up the distribution to other sites?
          It's not that you have to start at any particular rate, you just have to be able to maintain it. The curve has to move generally upward to look organic. Spikes are okay, but when they level off you need to still be moving up.

          My recommendation is to not overdo it. Just keep adding links at the rate you think you can comfortably maintain forever. The curve will keep moving up as long as you keep adding more and more content to your own site, and keep building more and more links to it.

          It's got a snowball rolling downhill effect to it, where eventually, your repeat audience and inherent organic rankings are enough to sustain the growth curve without your help. But why stop?

          Just make it easy on yourself, and then it'll be easy on whoever you outsource it to later.

          Remember, it's not how big you go - it's that it has to always grow, not spike and then drop off completely. Because that's how Google can tell it's a junk site, and it's why a lot of people's sites sift out of the index after a little while.
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    • Profile picture of the author justinknightley
      Originally Posted by chandan_dutta View Post

      If you are thinking only about backlinks, then there is no need to submit 15 articles to a single directory. Google counts backlinks in terms of Unique IP and one backlinks from a domain is equal to 100 backlinks from the same domain. More over you can spin article instead of submitting same article. Article Marketing is good way to get backlinks but spending all time in article marketing is not a good idea. I am saying if you are only thinking about backlinks. Regards Chandan
      Thanks Chandan but I'm confused! Are you suggesting someone should only ever submit one article to each article directory?

      Why then are people writing articles & submitting to the same directory every week?

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    Originally Posted by justinknightley View Post

    I've not done article marketing before... Should I submit my article to 1 website (e.g. EzineArticles), or should I submit to many?

    I've found different resources on the web say different things. SEO agencies tend to say they only submit 1 article to 1 website, whereas there is 'software' and submission agents that say they'll submit your article to 1,500+ websites!

    Help please!

    Should I submit to 1 website, or many?
    You're doing the right time at this moment by submitting your articles to EzineArticles (EZA) since EZA has the potential of driving targeted traffic to your website.

    Similarly submitting articles to various article directories could drive traffic to your website but not as much as EZA. Most people submit articles to different article directories for backlink building purpose.

    At this moment, focus on submitting good content articles to EZA if you want to increase traffic to your website as well as getting your website indexed in Google as soon as possible (if your website is new).
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    • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
      In a word - MANY!

      Just make sure you follow the TOS for each. Some sites require unique articles and others have stricter linking rules. Be careful not to get your account suspended or banned for disobeying them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Colin Theriot
    Also, don't forget to post your articles on your own website also. Big big big. Don't forget.
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