Bylines & Getting People to Publish Your Distributed Articles

I know a lot of forum members here concentrate on getting their articles into directories and getting their bylines clicked. Or they just want to get the keyword text into their bylines and aren't necessarily thinking about much else.

But I wonder what people have noticed for the other purpose of article marketing - getting targeted publishers to pick up their content (so you can get further reach, more incoming links, etc).

I'm using a WordPress plug in from Unique Article Wizard, so I've been sifting through a lot of content lately. Most of it, I don't approve because it's written by a man (GASP! I know...some of them are really good, but for the website I'm using it for, the content is all by women. Makes one want to consider "generic" names for bylines.) or it's just not very good.

But then out of the ones leftover that are good, I find myself refusing to publish quite a few only because of the byline. If the bylines don't contain a person's name or they are just simply written for keywords, I am less likely to publish.

Another strange phenomenon is people who use multiple pen names - who are clearly the same person, promoting the same site. Now, in some cases, I can see the use for this, but if you want targeted websites to regularly publish your content - some consistency will go a long way.

Again, I know that I have different requirements than other publishers, but it's something to think about...what could keep you from being published on other sites? Or if you regularly publish submitted content, what do you look at when it comes to bylines?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Alice