Article submission: Should I rewrite my site's articles before submitting to article directories?

[damenchoy]

Does it make any difference using the same article to be submitted to article directories like EzineArticles.com or should we re-write a article before submitting it to article directories?

I usually rewrite the articles before submission because I don't want people re-print the same article on my website. But it takes time and effort to rewrite the article so I am thinking if I should simply go straight submitting the same article to the directories instead.

Any comment?

Damen

[MouseandMice]

Send it to Ezine first, then just shoot it to everyone else.

[RebeccaL]

Always keep your site's articles unique. So yes rewriting or submitting different articles to directories is the best way to go.

[TheRichJerksNet]

Hi Damen,
It is not a demand that you re-write but it is suggested by many. Change the title, summary and such.. You do not need to do a massive re-write but changing it some is a good thing..

James

[macknox]

I try to keep articles for Ezinearticles unique and slightly re-jig it my own sites. 5 minutes job.

Ezinearticles is the golden goose... so look after it!

[dmarze]

Absolutely, you have to rewrite them. Ezinearticles will check your articles and if they are not original they will not approve them. Unique articles are way to go if you want to be successful with article marketing.

[Emmanuel Betinis]

Please refer to SHOCKING: Is it just a ploy or not?!

[damenchoy]

Originally Posted by dmarze

Absolutely, you have to rewrite them. Ezinearticles will check your articles and if they are not original they will not approve them. Unique articles are way to go if you want to be successful with article marketing.

Are you sure? I did submit the same article (but that was two years ago) from my websites to ezinearticles.com and they approved it without problem.

And as far as I can recall from their editorial terms and conditions, they do not have the terms restricting you to post the same article from your websites.

Have you got your articles rejected because of what you have said?

Damen

[damenchoy]

Thanks anapest. It is a very useful link.

After reviewing the discussion from your link in particular to the topic

"Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Demystifying the "duplicate content penalty" that appears in your link above,

I have the conclusion that submitting the same article to the article directory runs the risk of

Making the search engine consolidating the results of duplicating contents and that could cause your original site buried behind the search results unless you site has some sort of other unique contents on the same page of your article that make it looks different from other sites.

But this is not a kind of penalty as discussed in the Google Webmaster Central. Search Engines are just trying to do the job of not repeating the same content to the search users.

Am I correct to have this conclusion?

Damen

[kishorem]

Originally Posted by damenchoy

Are you sure? I did submit the same article (but that was two years ago) from my websites to ezinearticles.com and they approved it without problem.

And as far as I can recall from their editorial terms and conditions, they do not have the terms restricting you to post the same article from your websites.

Have you got your articles rejected because of what you have said?

Damen

I don't have this problem as well. My articles get approved by ezinearticles after submitted to other article directories

[Emmanuel Betinis]

Originally Posted by damenchoy

Thanks anapest. It is a very useful link.

After reviewing the discussion from your link in particular to the topic

"Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Demystifying the "duplicate content penalty" that appears in your link above,

I have the conclusion that submitting the same article to the article directory runs the risk of

Making the search engine consolidating the results of duplicating contents and that could cause your original site buried behind the search results unless you site has some sort of other unique contents on the same page of your article that make it looks different from other sites.

But this is not a kind of penalty as discussed in the Google Webmaster Central. Search Engines are just trying to do the job of not repeating the same content to the search users.

Am I correct to have this conclusion?

Damen

You got it.

[babarapho]

Submit first to ezinearticles, then after approval tweek it a little-the tittle, first and last paragraphs and submit to other directories. 3-5 minutes to tweek an article.

[damenchoy]

Originally Posted by babarapho

Submit first to ezinearticles, then after approval tweek it a little-the tittle, first and last paragraphs and submit to other directories. 3-5 minutes to tweek an article.

Okay. Thanks. I agree to this tactic. But do you use the same one on your website when you submit the article to ezinarticles at first place?

Damen

[Emmanuel Betinis]

You're over-analyzing.

P.S. You DID refer to SHOCKING: Is it just a ploy or not?!, right?

Perhaps referring to http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...h-results.html would help you as well (as far as submitting same articles to different directories).

[damenchoy]

Originally Posted by anapest

You're over-analyzing.

P.S. You DID refer to warrior........com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/40559-shocking-just-ploy-not.html, right?

Perhaps referring to warrio.........com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/40960-3-weeks-old-blog-70-daily-ranks-1st-11-million-google-search-results.html would help you as well (as far as submitting same articles to different directories).

Thanks again for referring another good piece of discussion. I even have left a question there for Ivancho.

Yes, I think he is submitting the same article to different directories (it seems interesting that people kept on repeating the same question to him) but those articles submitted are DIFFERENT from the stuff on his blog. I am very interested in his writing technique of creating Clickbank product related promotion articles to be submitted to the directories and that is the reason I have left a message there.

It is a pity that he is reluctant to show his blog and his articles. It will be a great help if he does so.

Damen

[ch3712]

I've never seen any issues with "duplicate content" by having articles on other sites. The duplicate content issue is grossly misunderstood and blown out of proportion.

[drgreg]

Hi

Article submissions are my main line of work for most clients and I would just like to add my feedback based on experience. I have written about Article Directories and Dispelling the Myth on other webmaster forums so I will not get into too much of detail here.

But here are a few points that are worth mentioning.

Yes, your submission to a directory should be a unique article. Once that article is indexed by Google, you will receive PR juice for that backlink on that article directory.

You can then resubmit that same article to other directories. This is called cross posting or cross submission. You will NOT get PR juice for the cross posted article.

Many will tell you that the backlink is now credited to their website and yes, it may show up when they are verifying their domain links. But a cross post will not give you PR.

Here is what I do for clients and I would reccommend you do the same. I have seen it work time and time again.

Write 20 unique articles on a topic. Post each unique article to a different directory. Wait for a few days for Google to index it. The start cross posting. Ultimately from your 20 unique articles, you will get 400 article submissions (cross posting + unique).

Remember that the first 20 unique posts will bring you the PR juice. The 380 cross posted submissions will not bring your PR but it is handy for traffic and awareness of your website or product.

Editing your author resource or bio box at the bottom can be useful BUT unless the number of words in you author resource/bio box exceeds about 30% of the total word count of that article, it will not be sufficient to make Google 'clock' the article as unique.

I hope this information proves useful.

[emigre]

I think it depends on your luck...you get a stickler for details checking your article and you're done. I had my article rejected because some sentences were similar.

[ricsale]

Originally Posted by drgreg

Hi

Write 20 unique articles on a topic. Post each unique article to a different directory. Wait for a few days for Google to index it. The start cross posting. Ultimately from your 20 unique articles, you will get 400 article submissions (cross posting + unique).

Remember that the first 20 unique posts will bring you the PR juice. The 380 cross posted submissions will not bring your PR but it is handy for traffic and awareness of your website or product.

I totally agree with this strategy for getting the best out of articles for the long term.

I also use Google Alerts with the unique title names so that I can see how they are propagating.

Rich

[ElectricEye]

The discussion is going well.....its great to hear from the top notch webmasters......technical part has been cleared, but I just want to tell about the purposes.

When you submit the articles in your own site......they have a different purpose and tone.......suppose you are selling a weight loss product, your site's contents must have a sales tone.

But when you are submitting articles to the directories........the tone should be different......not the sales tone actually.......so the articles should be different.

So it is always better to rewrite you site's content..........than using them again.

Hope I am cleared.

[damenchoy]

Originally Posted by ElectricEye

The discussion is going well.....its great to hear from the top notch webmasters......technical part has been cleared, but I just want to tell about the purposes.

When you submit the articles in your own site......they have a different purpose and tone.......suppose you are selling a weight loss product, your site's contents must have a sales tone.

But when you are submitting articles to the directories........the tone should be different......not the sales tone actually.......so the articles should be different.

So it is always better to rewrite you site's content..........than using them again.

Hope I am cleared.

Thanks a good point for rewriting. Thanks

Damen

[FrediDoo]

Originally Posted by drgreg

Hi

Article submissions are my main line of work for most clients and I would just like to add my feedback based on experience. I have written about Article Directories and Dispelling the Myth on other webmaster forums so I will not get into too much of detail here.

But here are a few points that are worth mentioning.

Yes, your submission to a directory should be a unique article. Once that article is indexed by Google, you will receive PR juice for that backlink on that article directory.

You can then resubmit that same article to other directories. This is called cross posting or cross submission. You will NOT get PR juice for the cross posted article.

Many will tell you that the backlink is now credited to their website and yes, it may show up when they are verifying their domain links. But a cross post will not give you PR.

Here is what I do for clients and I would reccommend you do the same. I have seen it work time and time again.

Write 20 unique articles on a topic. Post each unique article to a different directory. Wait for a few days for Google to index it. The start cross posting. Ultimately from your 20 unique articles, you will get 400 article submissions (cross posting + unique).

Remember that the first 20 unique posts will bring you the PR juice. The 380 cross posted submissions will not bring your PR but it is handy for traffic and awareness of your website or product.

Editing your author resource or bio box at the bottom can be useful BUT unless the number of words in you author resource/bio box exceeds about 30% of the total word count of that article, it will not be sufficient to make Google 'clock' the article as unique.

I hope this information proves useful.

What makes you believe this? Astounded at the "no PR juice" bit. Where are you sourcing your information from?

[TheRichJerksNet]

Originally Posted by dmarze

Absolutely, you have to rewrite them. Ezinearticles will check your articles and if they are not original they will not approve them. Unique articles are way to go if you want to be successful with article marketing.

This is a false statement, I submit my article to my site first and then to EZA without chnaging a thing and it is approved with no issues.

No everything does not have to be unique, you should write your own articles or hire someone but they do not have to be unique for each site you submit them to. This is a myth and nothing more. I suggest you change it but it is not required that you do.

James

[Emmanuel Betinis]

I've been holding 4 spots on the first page of Google for quite some time now for a certain keyterm.

All 4 spots are the exact same article - just hosted on different IPs (Different directories). Moreover, they have had "PR Juice" passed along to them as well.

[Party Plan Pat]

Originally Posted by damenchoy

Does it make any difference using the same article to be submitted to article directories like EzineArticles.com or should we re-write a article before submitting it to article directories?

I usually rewrite the articles before submission because I don't want people re-print the same article on my website. But it takes time and effort to rewrite the article so I am thinking if I should simply go straight submitting the same article to the directories instead.

Any comment?

Damen

Stay away from article submission software! Yikes! cause they distort your article, put it their own links! Get real people who can submit your articles. It is a better option for you!

[Ben Roy]

Originally Posted by drgreg

You can then resubmit that same article to other directories. This is called cross posting or cross submission. You will NOT get PR juice for the cross posted article.

This is definitely NOT true.

[TheRichJerksNet]

Originally Posted by drgreg
You can then resubmit that same article to other directories. This is called cross posting or cross submission. You will NOT get PR juice for the cross posted article.

Originally Posted by Ben Roy

This is definitely NOT true.

Hi Ben,
I was wondering when someone would correct that ..lol If that was the truth then everything we do with article marketing would be useless..

James

[angie thom]

hello,

shippinginternational(DOT)com
bench-tek(DOT)com
soundandalarm(DOT)com
msmart(DOT)com

Can anyone read my one article and let me know, do i need to rewrite articles??

Thanks,
Angie Thom

[Mr_Julian_S]

It is advisable to keep your website content very unique and original. Never submit the exact article to any article directory. Before submitting you can surely edit the article as you are doing right now.

But if your concern is in how many directories you can submit your same article. The answer would be, if you wrote the article, it's yours, and you can do anything you'd like with it. You can post it to 100 sites if you want to. The trouble is, all of those sites will be publishing duplicate content, and this is pretty worthless to search engines, so all but 1 of those 100 articles will be filtered out of the search indexes. You won't get any more benefit for the other 99 submissions than you will for the 1, in terms of link popularity.

Regards

[Emmanuel Betinis]

Originally Posted by Mr_Julian_S

The trouble is, all of those sites will be publishing duplicate content, and this is pretty worthless to search engines, so all but 1 of those 100 articles will be filtered out of the search indexes. You won't get any more benefit for the other 99 submissions than you will for the 1, in terms of link popularity.

Apparently a few of you did not read my post a few up from this one. I highly recommend doing so.

I've been holding 4 spots on the first page of Google for quite some time now for a certain keyterm.

All 4 spots are the exact same article - just hosted on different IPs (Different directories). Moreover, they have had "PR Juice" passed along to them as well.

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[ShazLeghari]

Its a good idear to rewrite, it will prevent people from stealing your ideas of your article, but always submit your article to enzine articles as this is one of the top article site, I always use it, then you can go on submitting to many more article site but try to pick top quality article sites so your article can get more noticed and better ranking in google.

[dsmpublishing]

i would just change the title and sumary if the rest is of good quality

[wizzymi]

I think you have to modify the articles because someone else might have submitted something similar to yours as a result your articles might be rejected.