Ezine Articles Problem

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

Any ideas why they are like this?

Yes.

They employ a large number of different editors, whose editorial decisions are not as consistent as one would ideally like.

They've also become, overall, a lot stricter over the last couple of months.

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

My website is promotion of get-paid-to websites

I'm only guessing and I may be wrong, Frank, but I suspect it may become not so easy for you to get articles accepted there, in the long run. I'm not suggesting that they specifically prohibit the promotion of GPT sites, but one can kind of glean from the general sort of attitudes expressed on their blog that it'd not a subject which particularly endears itself to them, perhaps?

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

If you want to take a look at my blog and give me an idea of what I'm doing wrong according to them feel free.

I looked. Please don't take this the wrong way, or as a criticism at all, Frank, but I think it's possible that it's just "the kind of site" that EZA doesn't really like very much, these days, and that that's the direction in which they're gradually moving, overall. :p

A suggestion: you could do a lot worse than simply asking Chris Knight directly. He's very approachable indeed and will doubtless reply.

His opinion is surely worth a lot more to you than those of a selection of article marketers here? :confused:

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Frank_The_Tank

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Yes.

They employ a large number of different editors, whose editorial decisions are not as consistent as one would ideally like.

They've also become, overall, a lot stricter over the last couple of months.

I'm only guessing and I may be wrong, Frank, but I suspect it may become not so easy for you to get articles accepted there, in the long run. I'm not suggesting that they specifically prohibit the promotion of GPT sites, but one can kind of glean from the general sort of attitudes expressed on their blog that it'd not a subject which particularly endears itself to them, perhaps?

I looked. Please don't take this the wrong way, or as a criticism at all, Frank, but I think it's possible that it's just "the kind of site" that EZA doesn't really like very much, these days, and that that's the direction in which they're gradually moving, overall. :p

A suggestion: you could do a lot worse than simply asking Chris Knight directly. He's very approachable indeed and will doubtless reply.

Thanks for checking it out. I know my site isn't the best, but I'm low on funds to make a good site, and they did accept an article for it two weeks ago which I'm stunned as to why my recent one got denied.

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Alexa Smith Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

I know my site isn't the best, but I'm low on funds to make a good site

Sorry, Frank, I didn't mean it that way! I don't think it's "how good it looks" that might be giving them the problem ... I suspect it's more "what you're promoting".

But, again, I may be wrong. And it is worth asking them openly.

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

they did accept an article for it two weeks ago

Unfortunately, editorial consistency has never really been their forte. :p
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ReachOneMedia

13 years ago

The following text have been taken from the ezinearticles.com editorial guideline...
MUST NOT contain information that promotes: Term papers or essays for sale to college students, PLR (Private Label Rights) articles as a good thing (it's not), the promotion of email Safe-Lists as a good thing (it's not) or bulk email spamming as a good thing (it's not), advocacy for paid auto-surf programs as a good thing (it's not), advocacy of click fraud or clicking on Adsense ads as a good thing (it's not), advocacy of creating MFA's (Made For Adsense) sites as a good strategy (it's not), or advocacy of Adsense Arbitrage (this policy is created to protect our advertisers interests).

while your site might not be what they think it is... Those people may not have the required experience to make the difference...

So if you sites looks like it... it's because it is! (From their position)
You could write a 500 word article put it on your blog so when ezine is reviewing your site they'll see that you have what they want to see on your site

hope this help!

Anyone else?

J

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Frank_The_Tank

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ReachOneMedia

The following text have been taken from the ezinearticles.com editorial guideline...
MUST NOT contain information that promotes: Term papers or essays for sale to college students, PLR (Private Label Rights) articles as a good thing (it's not), the promotion of email Safe-Lists as a good thing (it's not) or bulk email spamming as a good thing (it's not), advocacy for paid auto-surf programs as a good thing (it's not), advocacy of click fraud or clicking on Adsense ads as a good thing (it's not), advocacy of creating MFA's (Made For Adsense) sites as a good strategy (it's not), or advocacy of Adsense Arbitrage (this policy is created to protect our advertisers interests).

while your site might not be what they think it is... Those people may not have the required experience to make the difference...

So if you sites looks like it... it's because it is! (From their position)
You could write a 500 word article put it on your blog so when ezine is reviewing your site they'll see that you have what they want to see on your site

hope this help!

Anyone else?

J

I already gathered that the person who read it may not understand what I was promoting, but what I wanted to know if there was anything in my blog to make them think that.

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ReachOneMedia

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

I already gathered that the person who read it may not understand what I was promoting, but what I wanted to know if there was anything in my blog to make them think that.

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Check this one...
We do not knowingly allow any URLs in any of our articles that are banned by Google or if your website engages in questionable SEO practices -- we may reject your articles.

So in order word if google won't accept your website we don't want your website.

At first glimpse it's very clear that you are targeting some keyword "Make money" this might be the problem.

hope this help!

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Frank_The_Tank

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ReachOneMedia

Check this one...
We do not knowingly allow any URLs in any of our articles that are banned by Google or if your website engages in questionable SEO practices -- we may reject your articles.

So in order word if google won't accept your website we don't want your website.

At first glimpse it's very clear that you are targeting some keyword "Make money" this might be the problem.

hope this help!

Google has accepted my website

I'm on the first page in several different keywords

They've accepted at least 15 articles for my website, and this one wasn't much different. I don't have any URLs that engage in questionable SEO practices, all I do is promote get-paid-to sites (not click fraud, and not paid to autosurf). I think it was just an editorial who didn't understand what I was talking about. Maybe the problem lies at what section I was putting the article in. I read in their guidelines MLM based businesses are usually put in the Home Based Business category, maybe that's where I need to go. I used the Paid Surveys category, and that has worked for several different articles, except the latest. So I think I'll try the Home Based Business category in the future and maybe give them a rest for a couple of weeks and try again.

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ReachOneMedia

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

Google has accepted my website

I'm on the first page in several different keywords

They've accepted at least 15 articles for my website, and this one wasn't much different. I don't have any URLs that engage in questionable SEO practices, all I do is promote get-paid-to sites (not click fraud, and not paid to autosurf). I think it was just an editorial who didn't understand what I was talking about. Maybe the problem lies at what section I was putting the article in. I read in their guidelines MLM based businesses are usually put in the Home Based Business category, maybe that's where I need to go. I used the Paid Surveys category, and that has worked for several different articles, except the latest. So I think I'll try the Home Based Business category in the future and maybe give them a rest for a couple of weeks and try again.

It's not about being accepted in the organic results... but in the paid advertising... I don't think your site would be accepted being promoted in google adwords or on the network content per example...

I have nothing against your site personally but I think ezinearticles.com just simplified their reviewing task... if it's not good enough for google... it's not good enough for them...

Also posting in a related category would certainly helps you out..

good luck with it!

J

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Frank_The_Tank

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ReachOneMedia

It's not about being accepted in the organic results... but in the paid advertising... I don't think your site would be accepted being promoted in google adwords or on the network content per example...

I have nothing against your site personally but I think ezinearticles.com just simplified their reviewing task... if it's not good enough for google... it's not good enough for them...

my opinion

I understand, it's cool. I know you were trying but it wasn't the answers I was looking for, I was more in the lines of what I wrote in my blog what made them think that way is what I was trying to get at. I did have my site on adwords for awhile too, then they almost banned me, which I ended up just removing my ad anyway. I don't have the time to do business like how Google wants. So I'm using Bing and it seems to be working fine

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myob 13 years ago

Frank,

It appears you answered your own question. Just go with what has worked for you. Obviously EZA is not a fit for your model.
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JamesGw

13 years ago

EZA doesn't really like get-paid-to websites. I'm not sure you'll have much luck promoting that type of content on EZA at all.

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Ged3

13 years ago

Frank,
as pointed out by other members, sometimes it depends on the editor.
Ezinearticles seem to have quite a lot.

You asked about other directories to get links from.

I always find articlebase one of the best. I think all of my articles
have been accepted by them.

Another good point is that you can submit articles from just 250 words
in length, so it is quite easy to do this as it only amounts to about
five paragraphs.

Another good option is to use Isnare.
They have a programme where you pay a small fee
and they will promote your articles in their directory and
to hundreds of others.

It is well worth paying this fee to get some great exposure
and backlinks.

Another good directory is Ideal Marketers. You will get
lots of backlinks from this one.

Hope this helps.
Ged

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Wills

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

Any idea on other good article sites to use for backlinks? I use them and Amazines... which works pretty good so far

If it is just backlinks you are after, there are loads of article sites you can use. Remember though, that there are far better backlinks to be found elsewhere, that will be higher quality, than those from article directories.

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Frank_The_Tank

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Wills

If it is just backlinks you are after, there are loads of article sites you can use. Remember though, that there are far better backlinks to be found elsewhere, that will be higher quality, than those from article directories.

Well right now I use programs like G-Lock Blog Finder & Blog Commenting Demon 2 to build backlinks, I just liked using Ezine because I always got decent amount of traffic with them. Why does anything Google related always have to put a damper on us Internet Marketers? Ever since I've started this stuff, everything I've used with Google have attempted to stop me. Not other sites. Bing has been most cooperative... and they have an 800 number service that actually helps you when you need help... not Google...

Most stuff I've researched about online marketing always takled about how highly rated Google is when to making money, but it seems like that's not really the case. Well, if google doesn't want our business, there are plenty of others who do

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Wills

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

Well right now I use programs like G-Lock Blog Finder & Blog Commenting Demon 2 to build backlinks, I just liked using Ezine because I always got decent amount of traffic with them. Why does anything Google related always have to put a damper on us Internet Marketers? Ever since I've started this stuff, everything I've used with Google have attempted to stop me. Not other sites. Bing has been most cooperative... and they have an 800 number service that actually helps you when you need help... not Google...

Most stuff I've researched about online marketing always takled about how highly rated Google is when to making money, but it seems like that's not really the case. Well, if google doesn't want our business, there are plenty of others who do

EZA and google generally do not like certain types of sites, or low quality sites (not saying your site is low quality). It is maybe unfair for every site to be tarred with the same brush in some niches, but such is life.

Just move on and use what works.

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calfred

13 years ago

Well, that's the problem with EzineArticles.com

They are way too strict.

I once wrote a high quality 1,000 word article straight from my head.

Even used the HTML writing box they provide at their site to do it.

Result?

Rejected due to duplicate content! Say what?

Is my brain an autoblog software?

PS: And at that time, I had over 600 over articles with them already.

PSS: I also had their mugs, tote bags, coffee, mouse pads, certificates of achievement, etc. Man, I think it's time to drink that kona coffee!

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WebsiteDeck

13 years ago

I heard Ezine got a lot more strick about their standards. This news is about 2 -3 weeks old. Right about the time your last article got approved and this one go rejected. So they might remove your old one due to some stupid reason if it comes to their attention.

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Frank_The_Tank

13 years ago

Well I finally got a response back from Ezine. They told me I had a couple of lines in my blog they didn't like...

"...... ......." sends what they call “paid emails” to your inbox (do
not worry, they will not send spam), and you can click on them and
get paid."

This is more of a constructive way to say what's wrong rather then just come out and give me a random reason why the article got denied. The thing is what's funny about this is they wanted me to edit all my articles with the link to my site and re-submit them for further review. I'm thinking, no way am I going to do that... they were approved in the first place and I don't think I need to do that. It takes them a week or more before they approve anyway, and I'm getting good traffic with these articles. I guess I'll just have to edit that line/post some how where I don't talk about "paid emails". This is just really weird since they already approved my article from two weeks ago {confused}

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Alexa Smith

Banned 13 years ago

Thanks for the update.

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

It takes them a week or more before they approve anyway, and I'm getting good traffic with these articles.

Not just to edit a link, Frank. That's a different approval process.

They've changed the way they do that, now. Under their new system:-

(i) Your articles are no longer taken offline pending the edit (so no need to worry about loss of traffic), and ...

(ii) They do them within one business day (they say).

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

This is just really weird since they already approved my article from two weeks ago {confused}

Yes ... they lack consistency, which is a nuisance. Good luck!

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Frank_The_Tank

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Thanks for the update.

Not just to edit a link, Frank. That's a different approval process.

They've changed the way they do that, now. Under their new system:-

(i) Your articles are no longer taken offline pending the edit (so no need to worry about loss of traffic), and ...

(ii) They do them within one business day (they say).

Yes ... they lack consistency, which is a nuisance. Good luck!

Approval in one business day? Is that for paid-members? Because it took them 10 business days or so to approve my last article! I had to email them twice to get an answer about it and finally it was approved. With that line included.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank_The_Tank

Approval in one business day? Is that for paid-members? Because it took them 10 business days or so to approve my last article! I had to email them twice to get an answer about it and finally it was approved. With that line included.

No, not paid members.

Frank, with respect, you're confusing two different things, here.

We're not talking about how long it takes them to approve an article.

We're talking about how long it takes them to approve the editing of a resource-box link only in an article that's already been approved and published. I don't work for them but Chris Knight himself told me a few months ago that they normally do this within one business day, and that they don't take the article offline while they do so. Try them and see if they live up to it.

(I admit it was a few months ago!).

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Frank_The_Tank

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

No, not paid members.

Frank, with respect, you're confusing two different things, here.

We're not talking about how long it takes them to approve an article.

We're talking about how long it takes them to approve the editing of a resource-box link only in an article that's already been approved and published. I don't work for them but Chris Knight himself told me a few months ago that they normally do this within one business day, and that they don't take the article offline while they do so. Try them and see if they live up to it.

(I admit it was a few months ago!).

Okay, I got you now

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sdbagley 13 years ago

I saw a similar problem with e-zine being inconsistent in their accepting or rejecting an article.
I submitted some content on the benefits of outsourcing, and all were accepted with no problems, but when a friend of mine tried to submit articles on the same topic, all 8 were rejected.
He is awaiting a reply from them to see why they rejected his 8 submissions.
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