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Can we use Bibliography, Citations, and Footnotes in our articles?

by Chris Lengley
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Could you please give me any example of it, especially from EZA? And, most importantly, is it good to use Bibliography, Citations, and Footnotes in articles?

Plus, do these things help you in influencing reputable article-publishers?

Thank you!
#articles #bibliography #citations #footnotes
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by Chris Lengley View Post

    Could you please give me any example of it, especially from EZA?
    Who cares about EZA? All EZA is good for is some afterthought passive syndication. :p

    I'm only being semi-facetious: yes, EZA does still have a role to play in article marketing, but it's really only a last-stage afterthought role. The only purpose of using it is for publishers (the ones you haven't already found with your active syndication process) to find that copy of your article when they're looking for content for their sites, and re-publish it. For all the reasons explained here, no article marketer wants to get potential customer traffic coming to their site via an article directory - that's a net loss, not a net gain, compared with the alternative.

    Originally Posted by Chris Lengley View Post

    And, most importantly, is it good to use Bibliography, Citations, and Footnotes in articles?

    Plus, do these things help you in influencing reputable article-publishers?
    It varies from publisher to publisher. Some like this - some don't (more don't than do, I think it's fair to say). But you can see this from their sites (or from their ezines, or whatever) before offering them articles?
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  • Profile picture of the author GuruGazette
    I prefer using references, citations and quotes when creating high quality articles because it creates trust and authority. Five or six years ago, EZA did not allow this. I have no idea if it has changed or not because I stopped using them. Their rules and restrictions made for sloppy writing on my part.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      I don't require a bibliography or footnotes, but I do give extra credit for citations when choosing articles to publish.

      For example, if you quote a statistic, name the source or simply link it like this: (source). If you are quoting or paraphrasing something from another site, cite it like this: "After reading John Doe's article, yada yada yada..." If it's something you read, but your putting your own spin on things, a simple "...according to John Doe on his Whatever site..." works for me, with or without the link.

      If you want to kill your chances of having your article published on one of my sites, put in an affiliate link (yes, I do check them). If you want to kill your chances of ever having something published on one of my sites, try something sneaky like using link shorteners or redirects to get around my requirements. Did I mention I do check links before putting my name behind a piece of content? I'm not the only one who does, either.

      On my own sites, or in my books, I will have a page of credits where I can list citations, links required by licensing (like Flickr images), etc.
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