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Articles & content - have I got this right?

by Kate Davies
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OK, I've searched this forum and I have read the rules at EZA ... and I think I understand, but want to check with the experts. You guys!

If I write my own, wholly original article, I can submit it to EzineArticles.com (EZA) for publication. Assuming I have an account etc.

Lets assume I have done this and it complies with all their rules and gets published.

If I was foolish enough to resubmit the same or a very similar article myself to EZA, then it would be rejected on the basis of duplicate content. But if I submitted the same article to another directory, that would be okay?

If someone else copied my article and tried to submit it to EZA, their submission would be rejected as duplicate content (because I have already published it there). But if they submitted it somewherelse, where I hadn't, then they might get published, and if I subsequently try to publish in the same place it would be me that would be rejected because although I wrote it I wouldn't be the first on their site.

If my understanding is correct, then that's okay. I can understand and work with it.

Now on to Google. I presume that Google and other search engines cannot penalize duplicate content, because one of the reasons for the existance of EZA and others, is to provide articles that can be used by e-zine editors, newsletter editors and webmasters for content. So by the very nature of publishing an article at EZA, it is there to be used as content by others (although one would hope that the author would be accredited).

Am I right? If not, please explain where I've gone wrong.

Many thanks

Kate
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  • Profile picture of the author joyfulwraps
    Hi Kate

    It is my understanding that ezinearticles is the strictest regarding original content. The first to submit receives the credit for the article. However, if you find someone who has submitted your original article you can appeal to the editor with proof that you authored the article. I did this and ezinearticles reversed the decision and published my article.

    Each article directory has rules that apply to original content and you just have to read them before submitting to know if you can submit articles that have been previously submitted to other directories.

    Hope this helps! Good luck.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kate Davies
      Thank you very much for that reply, JoyfulWraps. That's very helpful, I hadn't thought about being able to contact editors with proof of being the author. That's a very useful tip.

      Is anyone able to confirm or deny the bit about whether search engines penalise duplicate content bearing in mind that if you offer an article to ezine editors and webmasters, via ezinearticles.com, then you actually expect your material to be duplicated elsewhere?

      Many thanks

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      • Profile picture of the author affilcrazy
        Hey Kate,

        Just to let you know...i only live just down the road from you in Pinner!! Woohoo!

        I'm not sure if i have the full jist of your post (but that's just me being dumb!), but i read a thread on here about a month or 2 ago. Where a guy, basically made a landing page with an affiliate product and 25 articles. He submitted all 25 articles to EZA first, waited till they were published and then waited a week. After a week he then submitted those articles to 20 other article directories and linked them to both his site and one of the other ORIGINAL 20 articles submitted to EZA.

        This brought him a truckload of backlinks and visitors to both his site and ezine articles very quickly and it seems there were no issues with duplicate content from any of the other article sites. So in my mind, that means EZA must have a much stricter policy on Duplicate content than any other article directories!

        i have also had an article rejected before by EZA because i copy and pasted about 20 words from a blog post into my 400-word article.
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        • Profile picture of the author Jenni Mac
          My understanding is that Google will give credit to the first publication of the article. So if you are the original publisher, you will automatically get the credit for the article.

          I know this isn't what you asked, but your best bet is ALWAYS to publish your original article on your own site/domain and then after its been indexed as yours, submit the article to EZA. That way you get the full juice and not EZA.

          Now I've heard others say that EZA has asked them to prove the article is theirs and not some ripoff, but I've never had EZA ask me for proof and I've been serving myself first and the article directories second for months now. But if they did ask a simple email would suffice.
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  • Profile picture of the author DominicTFY
    Originally Posted by digileaf View Post


    If I was foolish enough to resubmit the same or a very similar article myself to EZA, then it would be rejected on the basis of duplicate content. But if I submitted the same article to another directory, that would be okay?
    Yes, it's okay. But if you are using an article submitter to submit that one article to several directories at once, the author name has to be the same for EZA to accept and approve

    Originally Posted by digileaf View Post

    If someone else copied my article and tried to submit it to EZA, their submission would be rejected as duplicate content (because I have already published it there). But if they submitted it somewherelse, where I hadn't, then they might get published, and if I subsequently try to publish in the same place it would be me that would be rejected because although I wrote it I wouldn't be the first on their site.
    Yes, that's correct. EZA actually checks if the same article is published elsewhere. If the author name is the same, they will approve it, otherwise, they just reject it.

    Originally Posted by digileaf View Post

    Now on to Google. I presume that Google and other search engines cannot penalize duplicate content, because one of the reasons for the existance of EZA and others, is to provide articles that can be used by e-zine editors, newsletter editors and webmasters for content. So by the very nature of publishing an article at EZA, it is there to be used as content by others (although one would hope that the author would be accredited).
    Maybe. The Google Duplicate Content Penalty is pretty true in most cases.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kate Davies
    Thankyou Afilcrazy, Jenni and Dominic. Great information from you all.

    Afilcrazy, I visit Pinner pretty regularly (usually Cafe Rouge, for a catch up with a business colleague), so if you feel like meeting up any time to swap ideas, discuss business or to chill and chat, just let me know.

    Kate
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      Maybe. The Google Duplicate Content Penalty is pretty true in most cases.
      No - it's not. That is wrong information.

      There are dozens of threads here that clearly spell this out. The duplicate content does not apply to you publishing your articles. If you submit to EZA first - or put the articles on your site first and then submit to EZA, no problem. If EZA questions it, a simple explanation will do.

      If someone else uses your article without your author bio - it is copyright violation if you have published that article elsewhere.

      If you are working with your own articles placed on your site and submitted to directories, etc - duplicate content is not a problem and that term does not apply.

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  • Profile picture of the author tess47
    Kate,

    You can submit the exact same article to every article site in existence and Google will not see it as duplicate content.

    The only place you need to worry about duplicate content is on your sites and blogs. For example, you don't want to put the exact same article on your blog or website more than one time.

    Hope this helps!
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    • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
      If you submit the exact same article to more than one article directory, I would recommend you submit to EZA first, then wait for it to be approved before submitting to the others. If you submit them all at the same time and another directory approves first, EZA may reject it. And EZA is the best, most effective directory out there.

      Re: duplication penalties, there is no reason to fear Google's wrath if you have the same article circulating out there on more than one site. I have a lot of articles that show up in Google SERPs multiple times from various directories and individual sites that have picked them up. In fact, for low-competition longtail keywords, I often find my articles stacked one on top of the other in the SERPs.

      I do think where Google probably works to hinder the widespread occurrence of the same article is in terms of the link juice. In other words, Google probably downplays the weight it gives a link to your site from the same content source. So if you have 10 occurrences of the same article out there, all with the same link(s) to your site, Google probably only treats one of them as significant. I suspect it negates or seriously devalues the importance of the other occurrences. This is not a penalty, per se, just a diminishing of the positive effect of the repeat links.

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  • Profile picture of the author Kate Davies
    Thank you everyone. That's really helped to clarify my understanding.

    Many thanks and warm regards to you all

    Kate
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