100 orginal, high quality articles: How to best monetize them?

You said "without SEO", but then you suggested that you are going to do SEO. Lol. Sorry, had to point that out When you post on Squidoo you are SEO'ing your articles. Why? because if they are so great, then people will back link to them. Lol.

Anyway: it's all about traffic, right? And organic traffic is the best kind. So, whatever you want to think of this: SEO or not, you are going to have to build links back to your site. If you believe in the quality of your articles -- then people will SEO it for you.

So, why not do it yourself for a start? It's not black hat if you post 3-4 back links to your article from some other decent sites. It's certainly not a crime. Are you not allowed to post links back to your site as a forum discussion? Of course you can. It's actually natural to tell people about your websites. Google doesn't "penalize" that type of thing.

If you do some SEO that looks organic (do not buy 10000 links to your site in 1 day) you will give an article a chance to gain at least 10-20 visitors per day.

I will say this over and over again... Google looks for the pattern of consistent backlinks. If you were Google, what would you consider authentic?

1) 1000 backlinks to a page in 1 day, or

2) 1 link back to a page every day for 100 days in a row?

Just start with 3-4, add one every week, from forums, some other sites. Don't rush.

Here is how Google thinks: Eventually, if the page is great, someone is meant to post a back link to it. When that happens, they add small % of visibility to your URL that received that backlink. But not all the time.

It is true that even with a small number of well-anchored backlinks to relevant pages, Google will sometimes bump your site up to "test drive it" in search result. That is how they allow new sites to compete with existing ones. A lot of people refer to this as "Google Dance", but really, it is this democratic thinking that is part of why this type of thing happens.

If they didn't do this, then all old sites would always be in #1 spot with thousands of backlinks to them. Apparently Google loves competition, so they let new sites that are well-anchored get to the top every once in a while. Why? Because if the site is truly relevant, then people will organically post even more back links to the site. And who knows? Maybe you have created content that is 2x times better than the other site. Of course it's in Google's interest to offer visitors this better site, than the old one.

So, gradually, build backlinks, to 3-5 of your sites. Don't focus on all 100 of them at the same time.

I have written over 400 articles in 2 years. But I have a site that only has to pages, and it makes over 50% of all of my AdSense income, because it gets the same amount of traffic as 100s of other pages I wrote taken together!

This happened because of what I call "slow-motion" backlinking. I gradually build well-anchored links back to my sites. Once a page's traffic breaks out, then it can be very profitable... And then once you know that 1,000 people see your page every day, it gives you motivation to improve it. At that point people will start linking back to your page on their own... and that is when you have hit a gold mine with that article. Move on to the next. Rinse and repeat. And try not to outsmart Google. Instead, try to help it get the best content to people who search for it. Remember that, essentially, Google makes the entire world work for them by improving the content of their websites.

I would post the articles on your own site, you can schedule the posts. Then spin the articles for WEB 2.0 properties.

how about selling the articles as PLRs? This way you no need to drive traffic to them. Just sell them in the "Wanted - Members Looking To Hire You" thread

Awesomo beat me to it.

I'm wondering WHY you wrote 100 articles? That might give you some clues about how to use them.

Were they written for a potential client in batches, with (say) 10 articles per topic? If so, they are perfect for selling as PLR (provided, of course, that the original client didn't pay you or take delivery of the articles).

Were they written because you enjoy writing and have a particular interest in the subjects? Again, are there batches of articles on specific topics. Again, selling as PLR would be a good way to go.

However, having said that, it sounds as if really you ARE interested in running a site or sites of your own. Start with one site and add all the articles related to a specific topic.

Then start learning seo!

I aggree with the above suggestions! Posting the articles on your own site is the best to get some top search rankings. If your websites are keyword specific to the article then it is even better for back-linking and google results.

A new method I just discovered today.

Place a Facebook comment box at the bottom of each article that already has traffic.

The average Facebook user has 100-150 friends (statistically true, and has been scientifically researched in the past) Try it yourself, see how many friends your FB people have. You'll be amazed at the accuracy of this. Hopefully

So, the point is... when people post a comment on your article all 100-150 friends see that. Imagine if you get a comment every day. That's an extra 100 views per day, or 3,000 per month. Imagine if your content is amazing and those friends tell other friends, and you can get viral and traffic explodes, making you $ on AdSense or Amazon.

Not to mention that builds reputation.

Just an idea.

Good Luck.

A new method I just discovered today.

Place a Facebook comment box at the bottom of each article that already has traffic.

The average Facebook user has 100-150 friends (statistically true, and has been scientifically researched in the past) Try it yourself, see how many friends your FB people have. You'll be amazed at the accuracy of this. Hopefully

So, the point is... when people post a comment on your article all 100-150 friends see that. Imagine if you get a comment every day. That's an extra 100 views per day, or 3,000 per month. Imagine if your content is amazing and those friends tell other friends, and you can get viral and traffic explodes, making you $ on AdSense or Amazon.

Not to mention that builds reputation.

Just an idea.

Good Luck.

I'd publish them on your own website before posting them anywhere else. Bad people could remove your links and post your content as their own, and without it originally published under your website, who would know? Just a thought