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EzineArticles question: Most viewed articles without using keywords?

by Snow_Predator
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Hey folks. I'm trying to get into Article Marketing (haven't made a penny yet). While reading the most viewed articles under the weight loss category, I realised that none of these articles are optimised for any particular keyword.

My question: How in the world do these guys get their article to be viewed so many times without using on-age optimization? It would be awesome not to have to interrupt the flow of my article with stupid keywords.

Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vivek Narayan
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  • Profile picture of the author affiliated survivor
    Can you give an example. They must have something. Something that makes a weight loss article appear on a weight loss search page.

    The keyword for the reverse phone look up article for instance probably is : Free reverse cell phone lookup.

    I haven´t found an article without a keyword yet.
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  • Profile picture of the author MisterMunch
    All the articles you see that are starting with Fat Loss 4 Idiots are written by one guy. He uses a method to drive a lot of traffic to his articles, to get them listed in the top listed articles. This equals traffic and pagerank for his main website.

    He also uses a lot of web 2.0 properties to link to his articles. Go to yahoo and search link:http://urlofthearticle and see for yourself.

    Backlinks are powerfull in article ranking. This is the new flair of the month right now after Offline gold had its golden period a few weeks back.
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    • Profile picture of the author Snow_Predator
      Hey folks, thanks for your replies.

      Yeh, I figured they were using some backlinking strategy.

      MisterMunch: totally right, some dude called Madison something is ranking for a good number of fat loss 4 idiots articles.

      None of the articles in the most viewed section (affiliated survivor, follow this link: h**p://ezinearticles.com/?Fat-Loss-4-Idiots---Finding-the-Right-Diet-Plan&id=2272689 and scroll down to the most viewed articles section) seem to be optimised for any particular keyword... it's as if on page optimization doesn't matter anymore! I'd be glad if that were true, it'd mean I could write more naturally without having to put in a bloody long-tail keyword in every paragraph.

      Will defo link check out those backlinks MisterMunch, just so I can get my own articles up there.
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      • Profile picture of the author The Great Gordino
        Originally Posted by Snow_Predator View Post

        I'd be glad if that were true, it'd mean I could write more naturally without having to put in a bloody long-tail keyword in every paragraph.
        You shouldn't be doing that anyway.
        Put in in the first sentence, and the last.

        Use parts of it in the article, but the key is that if the article actually is about the keyword phrase, the latent semantic index (LSI) will be fine.

        Putting it in every paragraph will not give a good read for any reader anyway, and that's a vital element to consider, what you give to the reader above what you give to the search engines.
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        • Profile picture of the author Snow_Predator
          Originally Posted by The Great Gordino View Post

          You shouldn't be doing that anyway.
          Put in in the first sentence, and the last.

          Use parts of it in the article, but the key is that if the article actually is about the keyword phrase, the latent semantic index (LSI) will be fine.

          Putting it in every paragraph will not give a good read for any reader anyway, and that's a vital element to consider, what you give to the reader above what you give to the search engines.
          Thanks for the advice Gordino. Methinks I need to focus on the human visitor now. I'm reading Robert Collier's Letterbook atm, need to work on my copy. I'll try adding the main keyword in just the title and first & last paragraphs. It's just that a lot of people advise a 1% keyword density, which is about every 100 words - kinda sucks if you're using very long tail keywords, lol.
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          • Profile picture of the author tmssj2000
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            • Profile picture of the author marciayudkin
              It is very hard to post an article on EzineArticles with keyword density more than 2% as the rules are very strict on this. I remember seeing that the keyword should not repeat more than once for every 100 words or so.
              I ran afoul of this rule in an article on how and why to rank highly in Google News. I could not envision a way to rewrite the article and have it still make sense using the phrase "Google News" way fewer times.

              I was most definitely not trying to game the system. I was trying to explain something that some people need to/want to know.

              I had to retract the article, though. I was able to distribute it through other avenues.

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    • Profile picture of the author Steve Diamond
      Originally Posted by MisterMunch View Post

      All the articles you see that are starting with Fat Loss 4 Idiots are written by one guy. He uses a method to drive a lot of traffic to his articles, to get them listed in the top listed articles. This equals traffic and pagerank for his main website.
      Spot on, MisterMunch. One such method, paid traffic, has already been mentioned here. There are others that are even darker. Use your imagination.
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      • Profile picture of the author ebuyer123
        Originally Posted by Steve Diamond View Post

        ....There are others that are even darker. Use your imagination.
        Hi, Steve

        How much are you going to sell for yours 'the darkest' method for generating traffic in article marketing? Just hope to learn a few things about these tactics.

        Well I don't expect anyone will put up something like this for FREE (e.g. free ebook, reports, mailing list...)

        You know...I am an ebuyer and I will buy whenever the price is right for my needs


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  • Profile picture of the author willzoboy
    It sometimes depends on which editor you get at ezinearticles. Some are a bit over zealous in enforcing the rules. I had an article about coffee rejected because the keyword density was to high. I had to edit it to the point that it lost its flow, but then it got accepted. Its difficult sometimes especially when there aren't any synonyms for the particular word you are targeting.
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  • Profile picture of the author affiliated survivor
    "None of the articles in the most viewed section (affiliated survivor, follow this link: h**p://ezinearticles.com/?Fat-Loss-4-Idiots---Finding-the-Right-Diet-Plan&id=2272689 and scroll down to the most viewed articles section) seem to be optimised for any particular keyword."

    It could be that the author optimized the article for a number of keywords to rank, with the help of many backlinks, on a number of search pages. Keywords: diet, low fat diet , fad diet, diet plan, high protein low carb diet, diet strategy. May be the article is not optimized for a single keyword but more for a lot of synomyms of "diet". With a lot of backlinks one might rank on a large number of these synonyms. Synonyms without sufficient data and only little competition. Since weight loss is quite competitive the author might have thought to make a better chance with this approach.
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    • Profile picture of the author Snow_Predator
      Originally Posted by affiliated survivor View Post

      "None of the articles in the most viewed section (affiliated survivor, follow this link: h**p://ezinearticles.com/?Fat-Loss-4-Idiots---Finding-the-Right-Diet-Plan&id=2272689 and scroll down to the most viewed articles section) seem to be optimised for any particular keyword."

      It could be that the author optimized the article for a number of keywords to rank, with the help of many backlinks, on a number of search pages. Keywords: diet, low fat diet , fad diet, diet plan, high protein low carb diet, diet strategy. May be the article is not optimized for a single keyword but more for a lot of synomyms of "diet". With a lot of backlinks one might rank on a large number of these synonyms. Synonyms without sufficient data and only little competition. Since weight loss is quite competitive the author might have thought to make a better chance with this approach.
      Interesting thought there affiliated survivor. I saw somewhere that when someone optimizes for a few keywords on a page, most traffic turns out to be from keywords they haven't optimized for - random keywords that each on their own would turn up with no results on any keyword tool. What if you were to take random phrases from your article and optimize for some 20++ keywords per article - phrases that just happen to be in your article, and anchor-text em in your backlinks?
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  • Profile picture of the author billaaa777
    Not one person with the correct answer. They buy traffic to the articles. It is suppose to against the rules, but they don't enforce it. 1.8 million views, HA, HA, HA, do you really think that is possible? Of course not, without buying views to pump up there articles and get those links at Ezine.
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  • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
    EZA has been around several years now. I don't think 1.8 million views is ridiculously high if it's an older article and it ranks well for one or more highly searched phrases. Sure, paid traffic is entirely possible, but it's wrong to see 1.8 million views and immediately think somebody's gaming it somehow. Could be done completely on the up-and-up.

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