Ezine is a Necessary Evil In IM arena am I right?

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Hi Warriors,
I get crazy when I see people making money with my articles published in ezine when am here struggling to write. Is it Right for your Ezine Articles to be Published By Other Websites? As much am new to this system I think I should get more from my articles than am getting. Look at this links to understand my predicament Secrets To Dog Training | Dog Care majority of these articles are mine and I wrote them a week ago and They are highly ranked in Google. Am rather confused I dont know how to monetize them other people are happily doing it publishing them all over! Any ideas?
Let this thread be a good place for warriors to discuss their predicament as regards Ezine.
Thank you all of you for your Resourceful Ideas
#arena #evil #ezine
  • Profile picture of the author Mike Hlatky
    People are allowed to publish Ezine articles on their site. Read the TOS.

    But it looks like the site that you linked to only has the description.
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    • Profile picture of the author smartdoctor
      Originally Posted by Mike Hlatky View Post

      People are allowed to publish Ezine articles on their site. Read the TOS.

      But it looks like the site that you linked to only has the description.
      so is it right for them to just take a part of the article without citing the source
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Hlatky
        Originally Posted by smartdoctor View Post

        so is it right for them to just take a part of the article without citing the source
        No. Like I said, read the TOS.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
    That is one of the things that Ezinearticles is for, to let other people use your articels on their websites. They are supposed to keep your links intact, but I have looked at some of the posts on this site (not all of them) and they are very short, not like articles from EZA.

    Maybe I am misunderstanding your question.
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    • Profile picture of the author smartdoctor
      Originally Posted by JMichaelZ View Post

      That is one of the things that Ezinearticles is for, to let other people use your articels on their websites. They are supposed to keep your links intact, but I have looked at some of the posts on this site (not all of them) and they are very short, not like articles from EZA.

      Maybe I am misunderstanding your question.
      I dont see any links citing me as an author I know it is right to publish the articles but do websites copy and paste your work without any reference to the source? Is that right? am not furious am just wondering !:confused::confused::confused:
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
        Some do copy and paste but probably not too many.What is more than likely happening is that your articles are getting scraped and auto posted by some kind of program.

        Or like someone was saying, just the descriptions are showing, so maybe somebody is scraping those.

        I don't mean to come off sounding snotty, I get irritated when people do this to my articles, but I have never figured out anything to do about it except maybe write some more articles and keep on going.
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        • Profile picture of the author smartdoctor
          Originally Posted by JMichaelZ View Post

          Some do copy and paste but probably not too many.What is more than likely happening is that your articles are getting scraped and auto posted by some kind of program.

          Or like someone was saying, just the descriptions are showing, so maybe somebody is scraping those.

          I don't mean to come off sounding snotty, I get irritated when people do this to my articles, but I have never figured out anything to do about it except maybe write some more articles and keep on going.
          I think it is the only way to win this writing more and more!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
    You know smartdoctor...

    For all the people who whinge about EZA...I love them!

    I may just be lucky but as long as I follow their TOS, they give me FREE traffic, approve my articles generally within 2-3 days and make up decent chunk of the traffic/income I get.

    *shrugs*
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    • Profile picture of the author smartdoctor
      Originally Posted by Ernie Lonardo View Post

      You know smartdoctor...

      For all the people who whinge about EZA...I love them!

      I may just be lucky but as long as I follow their TOS, they give me FREE traffic, approve my articles generally within 2-3 days and make up decent chunk of the traffic/income I get.

      *shrugs*
      Hi Ernie, You need to show me around them more on the conversion of that traffic you can PM me Thank you
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      • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
        Originally Posted by smartdoctor View Post

        Hi Ernie, You need to show me around them more on the conversion of that traffic you can PM me Thank you
        Hi smartdoctor. Unfortunately I cannot show you my articles, well I'm unwilling to

        But if you have any specific questions feel free to PM me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Barry Unruh
    Originally Posted by smartdoctor View Post

    Hi Warriors,
    I get crazy when I see people making money with my articles published in ezine when am here struggling to write. Is it Right for your Ezine Articles to be Published By Other Websites? As much am new to this system I think I should get more from my articles than am getting. Look at this links to understand my predicament Secrets To Dog Training | Dog Care majority of these articles are mine and I wrote them a week ago and They are highly ranked in Google. Am rather confused I dont know how to monetize them other people are happily doing it publishing them all over! Any ideas?
    Let this thread be a good place for warriors to discuss their predicament as regards Ezine.
    Thank you all of you for your Resourceful Ideas
    First off, Did you contact the owner of the site? Did you contact EZA about the violation of the TOS by the site owner?

    Second, You WANT, and should PURSUE getting your articles syndicated. When your articles are syndicated per the TOS of EZA it carries your links with them to a wide variety of sites giving you additional backlinks and traffic. It improve the ranking of your own domains assuming.....

    Hopefully you are sending your traffic to your own site, and not just redirecting to an offer. Having your own domain name and publishing all of your content there first, and getting it indexed before submitting to EZA and other article directories is very important.

    Barry

    P.S. I'm sending you a PM.
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    • Profile picture of the author smartdoctor
      Originally Posted by Barry Unruh View Post

      First off, Did you contact the owner of the site? Did you contact EZA about the violation of the TOS by the site owner?

      Second, You WANT, and should PURSUE getting your articles syndicated. When your articles are syndicated per the TOS of EZA it carries your links with them to a wide variety of sites giving you additional backlinks and traffic. It improve the ranking of your own domains assuming.....

      Hopefully you are sending your traffic to your own site, and not just redirecting to an offer. Having your own domain name and publishing all of your content there first, and getting it indexed before submitting to EZA and other article directories is very important.

      Barry

      P.S. I'm sending you a PM.
      Thank you I will be giving you the feedback
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  • Profile picture of the author jbode
    I agree with Barry - what you should really want is your articles syndicated so that you'll get more backlinks and traffic from related sites.

    I don't see the point in limiting your article submission to only ezine articles you're really missing out on a lot of traffic. Plus it's fairly easy to submit articles to multiple directories, web 2 blogs and wikis all with a little extra effort.
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    • Profile picture of the author inter123
      The OP is making the point that other sites are taking his content and not giving him any credit. There is no link back to his site so what is the point of syndication? These sites are not abiding by the T&C and are breaking the law. He is doing all the hard work and fellow IM Marketers are effectively doing the same as walking into a shop, taking something without paying for it.

      I have had many articles 'published' by other sites. Very very few actually follow the T&C. Majority of them do not bother to provide any sort of backlink at all. If anything about 15% follow the T&C.

      I think you have to publish tonnes and tonnes of useful content to make it worthwhile when it comes to backlinks.


      Originally Posted by jbode View Post

      I agree with Barry - what you should really want is your articles syndicated so that you'll get more backlinks and traffic from related sites.

      I don't see the point in limiting your article submission to only ezine articles you're really missing out on a lot of traffic. Plus it's fairly easy to submit articles to multiple directories, web 2 blogs and wikis all with a little extra effort.
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      • Profile picture of the author smartdoctor
        Originally Posted by inter123 View Post

        The OP is making the point that other sites are taking his content and not giving him any credit. There is no link back to his site so what is the point of syndication? These sites are not abiding by the T&C and are breaking the law. He is doing all the hard work and fellow IM Marketers are effectively doing the same as walking into a shop, taking something without paying for it.

        I have had many articles 'published' by other sites. Very very few actually follow the T&C. Majority of them do not bother to provide any sort of backlink at all. If anything about 15% follow the T&C.

        I think you have to publish tonnes and tonnes of useful content to make it worthwhile when it comes to backlinks.
        exactly this is wrong to use someone else effort without them benefiting
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    • Profile picture of the author smartdoctor
      Originally Posted by jbode View Post

      I agree with Barry - what you should really want is your articles syndicated so that you'll get more backlinks and traffic from related sites.

      I don't see the point in limiting your article submission to only ezine articles you're really missing out on a lot of traffic. Plus it's fairly easy to submit articles to multiple directories, web 2 blogs and wikis all with a little extra effort.
      Can you publish the same article in more than one directory?:confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by smartdoctor View Post

    Is it Right for your Ezine Articles to be Published By Other Websites?
    Not only is it "right", but it's the primary purpose of publishing articles there.

    That's what article "directories" are: sources of free content for people's websites, newsletters and ezines. That's why Ezine Articles is called "Ezine Articles": they're articles for people's ezines (and nowadays more for their websites, too).

    If it helps anyone, here's what I do when people re-publish my work from EZA:-

    Scenario 1: they include my resource box (normal):

    I contact them with a standard, pre-written email (if necessary just addressed to "info" and "admin" and "support" at theirdomain.com), thanking them for re-publishing my work and offering them future copies of related, similar content not yet published in article directories. This is called "syndication" and is the purpose of submitting my work to EZA in the first place, and is obviously something I want to promote as much as possible. I don't write anything specially for their site: I just send them by email copies of future articles after publication and indexation on my own site, of course, at about the same time as I submit them to EZA, or a day before.

    Scenario 2: they don't include my resource box (unusual):

    I send them a different pre-written, standard email alerting them to the fact that they appear to have made a mistake in not doing so, and that I'd be very grateful if they'd please re-instate my resource-box and links, in accordance with EZA's terms of service. This normally resolves the situation and takes me back to the procedure above. If it doesn't, then a week later I send them a pre-written, standard DMCA notice with a copy to their registrar, their host and Google. After which I don't think about it any more.

    End of story.

    It's terribly simple: all you really need, to cover the various contingencies, is three pre-written, standard emails.

    It takes up very little time, and the benefits to an article marketer are enormous.

    Originally Posted by smartdoctor View Post

    Can you publish the same article in more than one directory?
    Yes, certainly.

    To the best of my knowledge, the only article directory that requires previously unpublished content is "Buzzle", which (like many professional article marketers) I never use at all, for that exact reason.
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    • Profile picture of the author smartdoctor
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      s. they don't include my resource box (unusual):

      I send them a different pre-written, standard email alerting them to the fact that they appear to have made a mistake in not doing so, and that I'd be very grateful if they'd please re-instate my resource-box and links, in accordance with EZA's terms of service. This normally resolves the situation and takes me back to the procedure above. If it doesn't, then a week later I send them a pre-written, standard DMCA notice with a copy to their registrar, their host and Google. After which I don't think about it any more.

      End of story.

      It's terribly simple: all you really need, to cover the various contingencies, is three pre-written, standard emails.

      It takes up very little time, and the benefits to an article marketer are enormous.
      .
      thank you for that I find it useful
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  • Profile picture of the author smartdoctor
    Originally Posted by Chris Kent View Post

    Too many a-holes will rip your article off EZA and outrank you as you have seen.

    My advice is to look for the lower search volume keywords. The gold that is buried away. Fewer people down there, higher chance of ranking and less chance of your content being stolen.
    Thank you for this
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