Is Ezinearticles really that important?

[roganthoney]

I've been doing article marketing for a while now and have posted a number of articles on ezinearticles(dot)com with pretty good results.

However i've had problems with many of my articles being approved, articles that have been approved on other article directories with no problem. It's starting to get rediculous, one of my articles was denied because I mentioned "traffic exchanges" in the article body.

How much of a difference as far as traffic influx and back-link quality do you think I will experience If i stop using ezinearticles as one of my article directories?

Roger.

[Mike Long]

I would continue using them, and try to give them what they want.

This is a concept I'm trying to push as far, and as wide as I possibly can.

When Google released their Florida update in November 2003, the whole of internet marketing was up in arms.

Several years of fighting Google, and trying to "beat the system" ensued.

After that came resignation, and the concept that maybe we should just give Google what they want, with them being the 900lb Gorilla of the SE world and all.

What I'm failing to understand though, is why there is SO much resistance to seeing EZA in the same light. For better or worse, they are the 900lb Gorilla of the article marketing world.

Chris Knight has made his vision for EZA crystal clear - he wants it to be a place where authors who are experts in their one chosen niche can place their articles for distribution. (Note the emphasis on the bolded words above.)

Many may not like his chosen direction, but it's his site to do with as he pleases. On top of that, unlike Google, Chris is telling us exactly what he wants - no need for educated guessing. And what he is asking for is really pretty simple.

It took me a long time get my head around this, and I fought EZA pretty hard for awhile too. But once I finally embraced the concept of "giving EZA what they want", I haven't had a single article turned down, my business is growing, and my status as a person of knowledge in my one chosen niche is growing.

This probably isn't what you wanted to hear, but I've seen so many of these kinds of threads lately, that it seemed like the right place to get this out.

~Mike

[Zeus66]

EZA is the big daddy for one major result: you can score a Top 10 ranking at Google in a matter of days (sometimes hours) after your article goes live - IF you choose a good longtail keyword that gets decent number of searches but isn't fighting against a lot of competition. I have not found any faster way to get traffic going to a new site. Period. I simply find a few keywords that have low competition, write an article for each using that keyword in the title and a few times in the body, submit to EZA, get approved in 48 hours or so (I'm Platinum there), and within a couple days at most, it's in Google and ranked nicely.

The last one I did was for a keyword getting 1,600 monthly searches and with very low competition. In fact, it had ZERO competition in EZA and only a few thousand (broad search) in Google. Sure enough, about 30 hours after showing up live at EZA, it was Top 10 at Google. After I linked to it just a few times (took about 20 minutes total to get some links), it shot to #5. It's been live about two weeks now and has a few hundred views and some URL clicks already.

That's why EZA is still a major piece of the puzzle, in my opinion.

John

[Roy Carter]

Yep. I wouldn't drop them Roger. You'd be limiting yourself to lesser directories if you did that. Keep them as part of your traffic mix and, as Mike said, just try to give them what they want. Be worth it in the long run.

[countonuspr]

EzineArticles is the big dog and will get you the best results. There is a reason they are great and that is because they have strict requirements like that. If it was super easy to get articles approved there more people would submit to it. I would give them what they want because many of your competitors may just give up because they don't think it is worth the hassle. It gets you all of the traffic and everything you will ever need. It is well worth checking out more.

[Rod Cortez]

All I'm going to write is that I wouldn't let their editorial guidelines and rules keep me from using them, they're an important part of any content-marketing strategy this year and in the near future.

[packjack]

Today submission of articles to ezinearticles is very imp as their artciels rank high easily.. They have a lot of google love..
Another directory that I prefer is goartciles directory. They also have better rankings for lot of articles.

[Paul Hooper]

EZA really is the 'Big Daddy' of the article sites, so don't stop using them, you will only be harming your own business. Yes they are strict, but it keeps the quality up, that is why so many people trust what is being said on there.
Plus, from my own personal experience anyway, my articles from there get indexed so much higher and quicker than any other directory site.
My advice is just to read their guidelines carefully and stick to their rules, but you will definitely be better off staying with them.

Cheers,
Paul

[redrossero]

You may try articlesbase also.

[igorhelpsyousucceed]

Hey Roganthoney,

In order to realy rip the benefits with
the EZA you will need to submit quality
content but with no promotion inside.
All you have for promotion purposes is
the Author Box and I think it really is enough.

EZA has a huge authority with Google due to
their strict guidelines, therefore, it is really
important to give them what they want if you want
to benefit from submiting articles at EZA

~Igor

[raydp]

Whilst I agree with the previous posts, I have noticed less EzineArticles results in the listings. This could just be the niches I'm in (and therefore an opportunity) or my imagination!

Any thoughts?

[Diver's]

Originally Posted by Zeus66

EZA is the big daddy for one major result: you can score a Top 10 ranking at Google in a matter of days (sometimes hours) after your article goes live - IF you choose a good longtail keyword that gets decent number of searches but isn't fighting against a lot of competition. I have not found any faster way to get traffic going to a new site. Period. I simply find a few keywords that have low competition, write an article for each using that keyword in the title and a few times in the body, submit to EZA, get approved in 48 hours or so (I'm Platinum there), and within a couple days at most, it's in Google and ranked nicely.

The last one I did was for a keyword getting 1,600 monthly searches and with very low competition. In fact, it had ZERO competition in EZA and only a few thousand (broad search) in Google. Sure enough, about 30 hours after showing up live at EZA, it was Top 10 at Google. After I linked to it just a few times (took about 20 minutes total to get some links), it shot to #5. It's been live about two weeks now and has a few hundred views and some URL clicks already.

That's why EZA is still a major piece of the puzzle, in my opinion.

John

Ahh..this is a good one John.. Thanks for sharing

[lilydab]

Ezinearticles have guidelines to follow,initially until you get used to them you will get some articles rejected but eventually you will get it right,it is worth it in the end.

[affiliateinfo]

Ezine Articles is a very good place to get high google rankings. But if you do not want to use ezine, you can also try using goarticles and articledashboard, they also get you good ratings with search engines.

[profitgenie]

I've been using ezine articles because that's where everyone says to go. however I checked a couple of articles I have done and found that with articlebase I was ranked higher than with ezine articles even though I had a link from article base article going back to ezine articles.

PG

[enet_marketer]

Originally Posted by profitgenie

I've been using ezine articles because that's where everyone says to go. however I checked a couple of articles I have done and found that with articlebase I was ranked higher than with ezine articles even though I had a link from article base article going back to ezine articles.

PG

You are right. My articles submitted on articlebase ranked higher than ezinearticles. Infact my article submitted on ezine was put to problem many times but anyway I figured it out the mistake that Im using my domain name as my keyword and mentioned it thrice. However after ezine will approve my articles submitted those articles I have has now been popularized by articlebase.

[Zeus66]

Sometimes it depends on which iteration of your article gets picked up first by Google. For example, if you write an article and submit it to EZA, Articlebase, GoArticles, etc. at basically the same time, Google might "see" it at any of those directories first and thus show it in the SERPs primarily. I know EZA is pretty good at knowing if an article is already in another directory's database and will reject it as unoriginal. But I've seen some articles I got approved at EZA and then within minutes submitted to GoArticles and some others that then showed up in Google from those other directories above my EZA submission.

John

[Guitarnut]

Here's something that's worked for me numerous times.

If a particular article doesn't rank in Google from EZA, I always submit it to Articlesbase and can usually get it ranked highly. What you have to keep in mind is that the level of competition is much, much higher at EZA in some niches. So not only are you dealing with Google but you're also competing against the constant influx of new articles being submitted, not to mention the articles from EZA that are alredy ranked with lots of back links pointing to them.

That's my 2 cents.

[Simontherrien]

First time I hear about ezinearticles. I'm new to this internet thing so I guess I'l start
writing some.

thanks

[Les Blackwell]

Don't ever discount Ezine it's the main one just give them what they ask for.
I also use GoArticles but, always use the main one IMHO.

[productforever.com]

I get the majority of sales from EZineArticles, I think EZineArticles is very important for marketing.

[jaeburnham]

I have noticed that EZA has gotten really arbitrary with their editorial guidelines as well. I had written over 20 articles with them, and rarely did the articles rank well in Google. I found writing and submitting to other article directories and blogs provided more traffic and higher rankings.

I agree that they are the big daddy of the article directories, but they are slowing down based on their stats.

I pulled all my articles from EZA and I haven't noticed a drop at all in my traffic to my sites.

Jae

[Stevecyr]

Ezine Articles is really like a godfather of the article sites...juz explore it Man...u will find tonnes of articles related to various categories...

U can get good ideas of rewriting and writing new articles...juz Use it to the extent u can..

[JeffDeanBiz]

You just need to read the terms and conditions of Ezine articles to find out what they want and abide by those rules, theres really no getting around that.

[anuj291]

Well if its me i will keep posting atleast 1 article every month on ezine...
Big G considers ezine as a very special site and the link from that site is very usefulll...
Just remember write good content put your link in Authors box > DONT SPAM
and you will be just fine...

[Stevecyr]

Yeh u r absolutely right...Dont Spam in Ezine Articles...there Rules and Restriction are not even so Harsh...u just need to post 1 article in every 10 days...or ur account will be terminated...thts it,,,Explore it for what u actually require from it..

[ExceedStandard]

Have you tried articlebase?