how not to rely on google...

I add new content about once or twice a week? Is that enough? I will continuously build backlinks. I do this some, but probably not enough. Does the content have to be re-written to be submitted to the article directories? I have heard so many mixed things about that. All my content is unique, I write every word of it. So, is there a reason I could not submit it as is? Thanks.

My business is structured to be 90% (probably higher) not reliant upon Google for its traffic.

This has been achieved by building a substantial list of syndication partners who take my written material and publish it on their websites/blogs and in their subscription ezines and newsletters.

In the beginning I launched my syndicates by publishing all my new content first on my own blog, and then on Ezine Articles, in the likelihood that it would be picked up and republished by niche relevant webmasters.

Later, I realized that I could speed the process up by proactively seeking out and approaching these webmasters myself. On most days I set aside an hour or so to searching for new sources.

For most of my writing, the process I now follow is:

1. Publish on my own website/blog
2. Wait for Google to index
3. Send it to the appropriate syndication list I have accumulated
4. Publish on Ezine Articles

Every week or so, I reinforce this by searching to discover new webmasters who have picked my articles up from Ezine Articles. I then contact them to ask if they would like to be added to my circulation list. Many of them agree.

As I said, this method accounts for at least 90% of my traffic, the remaining percentile arrives through my pinging and social bookmarking to the articles published on my own real estate.

Google can change its algorithms as often as they wish, my traffic wont be affected.

You are absolutely right Nicole - a grave omission on my part; I did only tell half the story..

As Nicole has said, you can and will acquire some excellent backlinks from authority, highly relevant websites when they publish your content on their blogs/websites. In some instances, this may be lost if they only publish your content in newsletters circulated by email, more and more newsletters are being published online with an email sent to subscribers whenever a new edition goes live- hence the link juice continues.

You need somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 PR-0 backlinks to equal one backlink from an authority, context relevant website! And just to put things further into perspective, if you follow the train of thought which promotes article spinning and article mass-submitting to thousands of completely worthless article directories, for every thousand directories you mass-submit to, maybe only one or two hundred (often far less), will actually publish your submission. Do the math--how many submissions will it take to achieve the low estimate 50,000 PR-0 backlinks?

Thanks again everyone! I emailed numerous blogs in my niche yesterday and I have not heard back from any of them so far. What can I do or say to make people more likely to let me guest post or use my content? Thanks again!