Posting articles

by Bob Ford

Posted: 13 years ago 19 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Question: If I'm going to post articles for the purpose of creating backlinks to my site, is it better to post to several article directories, or to post several articles on the same directory?

BF

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Kerryrus 13 years ago

Hi, really you want as many articles out there as you can to really get those links out. I use a service called SubmitYourArticles.com

It's a service rather than a software and your content gets spread to thousands upon thousands of sites/directories including all the high pr ones

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vampiro

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Bob Ford

Question: If I'm going to post articles for the purpose of creating backlinks to my site, is it better to post to several article directories, or to post several articles on the same directory?

BF

It is best to post to several article directories than posting it in the same directory. If you do this manually, You need to apply article spinning. For some sites do not accept posting similar or duplicate content. The secret is to have a quality content posted in the site.

Good luck!

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Rozanne 13 years ago

If you publish one article on multiple directories so they might attract 3 or 4 links but it will decrease value they might have if they were published in one place, that is on your website and you then promoted them individually; it would be more beneficial for site. However, if you want to do article submission anyhow, they try to submit unique article on each directory. But this is just form my point of view...
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mungai 13 years ago

well,i like that approach. you have a lot of writing to do man.
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Jeff@AcuMarketing 13 years ago

Based on experience, posting to different article directories works best. Its like spreading your information through out the internet but you just need to make sure your articles are original or you re-write your articles so
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HeySal 13 years ago

Post a few articles in several directories and see which directories people are taking the articles from for their own sites and newsletters. That (or those) is the directory that is getting you the most backlinks - so keep posting there. The people who are using your articles probably will want more from you. Directories themselves only give a few insignificant backlinks - but when people repost your articles you get many.
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Alexa Smith

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Bob Ford

If I'm going to post articles for the purpose of creating backlinks to my site, is it better to post to several article directories, or to post several articles on the same directory?

Realistically, Bob, the value of either/both is so small as not to be worth bothering with. This isn't what article directories are for, and their backlinks are all non-context-relevant, PR-0 backlinks. As the saying goes, "100,000 of those backlinks and $3.50 will get you a cappuccino at Starbuck's".

"Article directories" and "link-juice" are more or less a contradiction in terms.

Here are three threads which will explain/clarify in much more detail, if they help ...

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-articles.html

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-articles.html

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-articles.html

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WBO

13 years ago

I think posting to several article directories is the way to go but like others have said make sure you have quality content and don't duplicate content as google will spam this.

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AnniePot

13 years ago

Originally Posted by WBO

I think posting to several article directories is the way to go but like others have said make sure you have quality content and don't duplicate content as google will spam this.

This is absolutely wrong. The term "spam content" is an urban myth, which has been perpetuated by, unfortunately, people who don't have a clue what they are talking about.

EDIT: Interesting... someone replied in a very rude context to my post, but it was removed before I had time to respond. Oh, well :rolleyes:

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danr62 13 years ago

Originally Posted by AnniePot

This is absolutely wrong. The term "spam content" is an urban myth...

I disagree. Spam content is any low quality, useless, and/or spun crap used just to try to force Google to like you.
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james1986 13 years ago

I am not sure but i guess it is enough one to post same article in top 20 sites raither than more other sites.
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Bob Ford 13 years ago

Thanks for all the input.

I never planned on posting the same article in multiple directories, and writing/posting quality content goes without saying, or it should at least.

I've been taught that backlinks are a helpful PART of ones overall program to get ranked higher by the engines. Not the be all and end all, just part of the overall process.

What I was thinking about doing is rewriting some plr aticles (most of them need rewriting badly anyway, but that's another subject), and posting them around here and there.

Any suggestions for good article directories?

BF
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- NicoleBeckett 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Bob Ford
  
  Any suggestions for good article directories?
  
  Bob, go through this list. It is updated just about every day, so you will always have access to the latest information.
  
  When I first started, I chose 10 or 12 of the top directories and submitted to them. Some of the directories I loved, some I hated, and some were so slow to approve things (we're talking weeks and months, here, not days!) that they weren't worth my time. Now, I've got 3 or 4 that I submit to on a regular basis.
  
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autumnsmith 13 years ago

For my approach, I have been focus on creating great quality contents and submitted them to many but reputable directories. while it is an opportunity to obtain juice links from those sites, we should take necessary precaution to where we post them.
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webcontent 13 years ago

It's better to post article on several directories rather than posting articles on just one directory.
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2012Cashflow 13 years ago

No set rules, mix it up and see what works best imo.
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- Joseph Robinson Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by webcontent
  
  It's better to post article on several directories rather than posting articles on just one directory.
  
  Not always true. If publishers in your niche are not visiting a certain directory, there is no benefit to posting in that directory. It's as cashflow says:
  
  Originally Posted by 2012Cashflow
  
  No set rules, mix it up and see what works best imo.
  
  If you can get consistently syndicated from a certain directory in a certain niche, then it is worth posting to. Otherwise, you're just wasting time you could be using to do something productive.
  
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DavidWincent 13 years ago

It is always better to post an article to several directories. You will get some backlinks for sure. But if you post all articles to a single directory then the chances of getting backlinks is very less. Most of the sites do not accept duplicate content. There are lots of sites out there where you can submit articles so make use of them.
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Synastute Banned 12 years ago

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- Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Synastute
  
  It is best to submit articles to different article directories. It gets more exposure.
  
  Exposure to be found by whom? :rolleyes:
  
  No article marketer wants to get traffic coming from an article directory to his own site, because we wouldn't want potential customer traffic finding an article directory copy at all (that's not who those articles are there for!): we'd want them finding the copy originally published and first indexed on our own site, every single time, for all the reasons explained in this post.
  
  The principle is further discussed and explained here: How do Article Directories work?
  
  Articles in article directories are there for potential publishers to find them, not for potential customers to find them. The idea that submitting to many different article directories somehow "increases exposure" is missing this very fundamental point.
  
  For this reason, one should be submitting them "where the publishers look". And that means in Ezine Articles, the most well-known one, where the most publishers go in search of content.
  
  Originally Posted by DavidWincent
  
  But if you post all articles to a single directory then the chances of getting backlinks is very less.
  
  That has nothing to do with the purpose of article directories. And nothing to do with how you should use them. http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post5068872
  
  Originally Posted by DavidWincent
  
  Most of the sites do not accept duplicate content.
  
  Multiple copies of the same article on different websites are NOT "duplicate content".
  
  They're syndicated content.
  
  Article Marketers – Lay the Duplicate Content Myth To Rest Once and For All - Internet Marketing and Publishing
  
  Incidentally, what you're saying, even allowing for the fact that you meant syndicated content, is completely wrong, anyway: article directories do not require content that hasn't previously been published.
  
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