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A Different Kind of Article Syndication Question

by nellterry
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...at least I think it's different, because I follow most of the syndication threads on here and I haven't seen this issue brought up. If it has and I missed it, I apologize.

I have a "Submit an Article" tab on my new website. How do I word my article submission guidelines to let people know that I accept syndicated work? What do you consider a favorable website to target with your work? I know many of you have been in the game a long time and you target sites with a lot of traffic, but what should I put as my guidelines for a budding site with good potential?

Also, I'm wondering how to handle a piece once I get it. I know about the great duplicate v. syndicated content debate, but this is a question from a webmaster's perspective. How do you know the person submitting the article to you didn't rip it off of someone else? If it is already being syndicated, how do you know the person sending you the article is really the author and not someone who just took an article and changed up the resource box?

Just curious. Again, if this has been discussed already and I'm missing it, kindly direct me to the thread.

Thanks!
#article #kind #question #syndication
  • Profile picture of the author CarlsTips
    This is not an answer to your question, but you really are better off not accepting syndicated work...

    I tried it and got in trouble a few times...

    People try to resubmit other's articles with their own links.
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    • Profile picture of the author tpw
      Originally Posted by CarlsTips View Post

      This is not an answer to your question, but you really are better off not accepting syndicated work...

      LOL

      If you say so... :rolleyes:


      Originally Posted by nellterry View Post

      ...at least I think it's different, because I follow most of the syndication threads on here and I haven't seen this issue brought up. If it has and I missed it, I apologize.

      I have a "Submit an Article" tab on my new website. How do I word my article submission guidelines to let people know that I accept syndicated work? What do you consider a favorable website to target with your work? I know many of you have been in the game a long time and you target sites with a lot of traffic, but what should I put as my guidelines for a budding site with good potential?

      Also, I'm wondering how to handle a piece once I get it. I know about the great duplicate v. syndicated content debate, but this is a question from a webmaster's perspective. How do you know the person submitting the article to you didn't rip it off of someone else? If it is already being syndicated, how do you know the person sending you the article is really the author and not someone who just took an article and changed up the resource box?

      Just curious. Again, if this has been discussed already and I'm missing it, kindly direct me to the thread.

      Thanks!

      As far as on your "Submit An Article" page, I like to see two things:

      1. Approximation of your traffic.

      2. Your Editorial Guidelines.


      I want to know how many people visit your site (low numbers are not always a "deal killer").

      I want to understand who your audience is (Quantcast.com is a good tool to find this information), and what they are interested in reading.

      I want to know what kinds of articles you like to publish, because I want to know if my time will be well spent talking to you.

      I want to know any restrictions you might place on article format, so that I know if I would be wasting your time and mine to sent you a particular article. Not all articles are right for all publishers.


      If you want to know if the person submitting the article is the rightful owner of the content, Google the article and compare author name and resource box information. If the copy sent to you is different from another copy, then you need to make a judgement call.

      Search for the article title in quotes, and it may also be helpful to search the article title in quotes with a negative qualifier on the author name.

      Also search a single phrase from the article body that looks like it might be a unique string. You should use between 6 and 10 words in the phase that you put in quotes into the search engine.

      The author name should always be the same, and the resource box links may change, but you should be able to see quickly whether the author is connected to the other website.
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