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14 years ago

I can recommend an article and link submission site per your request. But because it just launched it may not bring you direct traffic very fast. But by time it hopefully will, and content are content so google will index it.

Content=traffic!

The name of the site is: www dot fastbutter dot com

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mikkosant

14 years ago

Yes indeed ezinearticles is a bit overrated... I think the best article directories are buzzle, articlebase, and ezine..especially articlebase..But, the reason most people do a lot of ezine is because they may make a few sales or something from the direct traffic, but when sites like articlebase and goarticles let you put links wherever you want, there isn't much of a choice...20% ctr at ezine(adsenseland) or 60% somewhere else like goarticles or articlebase...

Make sure to link to your articles though because they can rank really quick now.

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bhuff85

14 years ago

Originally Posted by mikkosant

Yes indeed ezinearticles is a bit overrated... I think the best article directories are buzzle, articlebase, and ezine..especially articlebase..But, the reason most people do a lot of ezine is because they may make a few sales or something from the direct traffic, but when sites like articlebase and goarticles let you put links wherever you want, there isn't much of a choice...20% ctr at ezine(adsenseland) or 60% somewhere else like goarticles or articlebase...

Make sure to link to your articles though because they can rank really quick now.

Buzzle is definitely starting to look like another great option, and I haven't even come close to really giving that a full run. After looking over some stats for the last year, I've generated a hell of a lot of traffic from Buzzle off of just 11 articles (and those aren't all in the same niche, either). So, I think I'll give it another test run to see what Buzzle can really do when used consistently.

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markreed757

14 years ago

Have you thought about turning your articles into pdf files then uploading them in to places like docstoc. Plus, you can put as many links in there as you want.

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thebitbotdotcom

14 years ago

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Have you thought about turning your articles into pdf files then uploading them in to places like docstoc. Plus, you can put as many links in there as you want.

Now that is a great idea. I have had e-books get downloaded like crazy from places like that.

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bhuff85

14 years ago

Originally Posted by markreed757

Have you thought about turning your articles into pdf files then uploading them in to places like docstoc. Plus, you can put as many links in there as you want.

I've done that, but didn't see very good results. I created roughly 30 to 40 PDF's to test and submitted to Docstoc, Scribd, SlideShare, Calemeo and others. Not much traffic. Downfall to Docstoc is that when you click on a link it opens as a pop-up and not a new browser window. For those who have pop-up blockers on their browsers, chances are, you just lost a visitor.

I may consider creating more out of all of my articles down the road. We'll see. Also going to work on more article to video conversions as well.

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Ehsan_am

14 years ago

Articlebase is definitely great. I see more and more articlbase articles ranking in the search engines.

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SEHIan

14 years ago

In addition to ezine articles, try HubPages, and also try turning your articles into videos too and putting on youtube, or multiple sites, using tubemogul or trafficgeyser

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TruisticMedia

14 years ago

I think article marketing in general is overrated, but that's just me. I mean, if you have no money you can get traffic from articles, but if you've got any money whatsoever it would be easier to buy backlinks or PPC traffic.

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NicoleBeckett

14 years ago

Originally Posted by TruisticMedia

I think article marketing in general is overrated, but that's just me. I mean, if you have no money you can get traffic from articles, but if you've got any money whatsoever it would be easier to buy backlinks or PPC traffic.

Sorry, but this is absolutely untrue. Buying backlinks can land you in some seriously hot water with Google. And, when it comes to PPC, only 14% of searchers actually click on paid advertisements. That means 86% of searchers are ignoring your ads. Organic results are considered much more "legitimate". Plus, PPC can be incredibly expensive.

As for the OP's question - yes I do think that EZA is overrated. The content on there has gone downhill fast. However, there are plenty of other great article directories out there. Personally, I've seen alot of success with Go Articles, Amazines, and the American Chronicle. (American Chronicle is a little more upscale than the traditional article directories, but it's well worth the day or so that it takes to get articles approved)

And, whenever I publish an article anywhere, I Tweet it, then submit it to 5-6 social bookmarking sites. Every little bit of exposure helps!

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bhuff85

14 years ago

Originally Posted by NicoleBeckett

Sorry, but this is absolutely untrue. Buying backlinks can land you in some seriously hot water with Google. And, when it comes to PPC, only 14% of searchers actually click on paid advertisements. That means 86% of searchers are ignoring your ads. Organic results are considered much more "legitimate". Plus, PPC can be incredibly expensive.

As for the OP's question - yes I do think that EZA is overrated. The content on there has gone downhill fast. However, there are plenty of other great article directories out there. Personally, I've seen alot of success with Go Articles, Amazines, and the American Chronicle. (American Chronicle is a little more upscale than the traditional article directories, but it's well worth the day or so that it takes to get articles approved)

And, whenever I publish an article anywhere, I Tweet it, then submit it to 5-6 social bookmarking sites. Every little bit of exposure helps!

I agree. I've always made my money using free traffic. I went through and had my trials with all sorts of paid methods, but things like PPC and PPV just aren't my thing.

You've had results with Amazines? Hmm....I've always used them as more of a place to gain a backlink from. Same with GoArticles. ArticlesBase has always been good for distributing articles after they are placed on EZA (and after they've went on my websites, of course). Although Buzzle requires unique content, rewriting older articles and submitting them couldn't hurt (and again, not junk rewrites but high quality rewrites - same ideas, different words and presentation). With how much success I've had with 11 articles there, I only imagine what could be done with 100. You never know until you find out, and that's what I'm doing now

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oadvantage 14 years ago

Great thread guys, am analyzing data right now on referrers.

From what I have:

Ezinearticles ranks top.

It is best to space your content out though and not concentrate just on one avenue(article directory)
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kloker007

14 years ago

If Ezine marketing is overrated what other option are there except, twitter facebook and social bookmarking?

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Mangozoom

14 years ago

I really like EzineArticles and not fully sure what you are trying to say to be honest.

Their staff are professional and make sure standards are maintained. As a result Google still loves them and articles up on their still get ranked.

I think that other directories will emerge but personally do not think this will mean a decline for EzineArticles just other options which is great.

Maybe they will decline if their standards fall or if Google make some sort of policy decision against them. So it is always good to have eggs in other baskets as well.

John

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bhuff85

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Mangozoom

I really like EzineArticles and not fully sure what you are trying to say to be honest.

Their staff are professional and make sure standards are maintained. As a result Google still loves them and articles up on their still get ranked.

I think that other directories will emerge but personally do not think this will mean a decline for EzineArticles just other options which is great.

Maybe they will decline if their standards fall or if Google make some sort of policy decision against them. So it is always good to have eggs in other baskets as well.

John

If you check out my blog post, you'll see that I'm not bashing the staff at EzineArticles by any means. I think they are great and I think Ezine as a whole is a decent site.

What I AM saying is that it's just not as "powerful" as it used to be. Nearly every internet marketer has saturated the site. Sure, Google DOES love EZA, but that doesn't mean it loves the articles that YOU write and submit. All I'm saying here is that in order to get any rankings using EZA these days, you have to backlink the hell out of your articles, and that still may not be enough, whereas with other web 2.0 properties that aren't widely used but rank well (such as Buzzle) can get easier rankings with a little less effort.

There isn't much to say more than that. I just think that it's lost some gusto as the time has went on.

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kloker007

14 years ago

To be honest isn´t the content you are writing the most important when getting traffic?
I mean even if you submit your link or article at Digg/Ezine, you won´t get much traffic if your article/content/headline isn´t interesting enough.

I tested this a while ago:
1)Write something that the whole world wanted to read about: My subject were wikileaks: the content had more quality feeling
2) Write something that the whole world wanted to read about: My subject were wikileaks: the content had less quality feeling and not as interesting as the one above

The result: I got almost twice as much hit with the one with quality content based on only getting links from Google.

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RossChops

14 years ago

I use article base mainly because its pages always seem to get to page four of google no matter what and with a little bit of link building can easily reach the second page.

I also use Squidoo as it has dofollow links which are a nice addition to my lowly ranking blog!

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Mangozoom

14 years ago

Originally Posted by RossChops

I use article base mainly because its pages always seem to get to page four of google no matter what and with a little bit of link building can easily reach the second page.

I also use Squidoo as it has dofollow links which are a nice addition to my lowly ranking blog!

Ross are you not interestesd in page 1 though?

I have written articles in insanley competitive niches that have got great postions on Google really quickly. I do a little backlinking to some of them, but not alway.

On EzineArticles I have got articles with no backlinking that have done really well on Google. Not tried Squidoo or Hubpages so cannot really comment on them.

John

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Shaunman 14 years ago

Ezinearticles.com is probably the best article site around. Some people say Buzzle is better but I've never tried it.

I know I'm going to get my butt chewed out here, but what is overrated is just submitting articles to a few big directories and assuming that it is the most effective way to build links.

It's effective but every article you write for ezinearticles loses some of its power because of lack of link diversification. That's why you have to submit to a lot of different places, not just ezinearticles and goarticles.
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bhuff85

14 years ago

Originally Posted by pradiprg

I personally agree with your opinion on ezine article directory. It is unnecessarily overrated. I would suggest same pr directory alternative and that is - Articlesbase.com. It is very fast, just within a day or at the most two articles are published. They respond well with the writers. Even though I am new in this field i tried many, my experience with Articlesbase.com is just superb.

As many have said, ArticleBase is definitely good. I've put a lot of my EzineArticles over there and have had more views on a lot of articles (and these are EXACT copies, no rewrites).

I'm becoming more and more drawn to Buzzle though. Plus, I use the article reviser tool from Article Traffic Pro (it's free, BTW), and it's awesome. No spinning garbage or anything. Helps you break down each article sentence by sentence and you just go through and rewrite it. I'm going to do this with 10 to 20 of my EzineArticles and submit to Buzzle to test it out (not without researching more keywords and checking out competition, of course), but I think it will bring some interesting results.

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Mangozoom

14 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

As many have said, ArticleBase is definitely good. I've put a lot of my EzineArticles over there and have had more views on a lot of articles (and these are EXACT copies, no rewrites).

I'm becoming more and more drawn to Buzzle though. Plus, I use the article reviser tool from Article Traffic Pro (it's free, BTW), and it's awesome. No spinning garbage or anything. Helps you break down each article sentence by sentence and you just go through and rewrite it. I'm going to do this with 10 to 20 of my EzineArticles and submit to Buzzle to test it out (not without researching more keywords and checking out competition, of course), but I think it will bring some interesting results.

Hi

Do you have a link for the article revise tool please ... would like to check that out.

John

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wcbanks914

14 years ago

I use Ezinearticles it's a good article to work with

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Kalpana Iyer

14 years ago

I like EzineArticles. Got a lot of sales through it.

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sarahberra

14 years ago

It really depends. It can work if you submit articles all time. Otherwise you could be wasting your time. Just pick SEO keywords and then try to get back links for those ezine articles so you can maintain rank. You can get on page 1 of google quickly, but over time other marketers write articles and push you down. You need to maintain your rank buy building back links to the articles themesevles. It's work, but remember that this type of marketing is a FREE form of marketing. All free methods can work, burt they do take extra time and effort.

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Canonical

14 years ago

If you're looking for back links from people republishing your articles, any decent article submission site will do. If you're looking for direct traffic from your articles, EZA is best IMO.

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Sacredvoyage 14 years ago

EzineArticles is overrated because it got an incredible mass of traffic. Hundreds of new authors signing up every minute of every hour from all over the world. Because it is great article.After people started jumping in and applying all sorts of different tactics to increase article traffic, EzineArticles started to tighten.It gets overrated due to increase in traffic.
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gracetog 14 years ago

Yes EZA is a little overrated now than it was couple of years. However I still respect them though as they still have maintained a high enough standard. I also noticed yesterday that several new authors had signed up as well within the 20 mins or so that I was on the site.
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Brad Callen

14 years ago

It is also easy to build up the back links to the page where the article is published for more visibility or link equity.

There will always be a place for article marketing it's just not something you should be as your only means of promotion.. obviously! You have a killer article in hand why not show teasers to other industry-related blog owners and see if they won't publish on their blog as well.

Like the idea of turning into PDF's. It has been awhile since I have done that. Any new tips or pretty much just stick to the basic SEO your PDF guide? props!

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bhuff85

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Brad Callen

It is also easy to build up the back links to the page where the article is published for more visibility or link equity.

There will always be a place for article marketing it's just not something you should be as your only means of promotion.. obviously! You have a killer article in hand why not show teasers to other industry-related blog owners and see if they won't publish on their blog as well.

Like the idea of turning into PDF's. It has been awhile since I have done that. Any new tips or pretty much just stick to the basic SEO your PDF guide? props!

Right on...Article marketing isn't the only thing I do currently, but I've made a good amount of money from doing it, so it's one of my main sources of promotion. The PDF stuff I really never saw many results, but I'm going to be running through my 500+ articles on EZA and other sources and create PDF's and submit them to docsharing sites at some point. I just didn't see great results with the 30 to 40 I did initially. Lots of views, but very little click throughs, and I think that's primarily to do with some issues of exiting docsharing sites (like DocStoc, for example - if you have pop-up blockers, you can't get a page to pull up, as it doesn't open in a new browser window).

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Begbie

14 years ago

I have a problem with some of the limitations of EZINEARTICLES. The main issue is that it has limited use for local SEO. For example, you can only title tag 3 words. So, it Ezine Articles is not good for the long tail or local seo.

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bhuff85

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Begbie

I have a problem with some of the limitations of EZINEARTICLES. The main issue is that it has limited use for local SEO. For example, you can only title tag 3 words. So, it Ezine Articles is not good for the long tail or local seo.

Yeah - They did change that awhile back. It is sorta weak when you want to optimize for a longtail keyword with 4+ words.

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jparo1000

14 years ago

I believed EZA is still the best for me , I have 5 articles that ranks in well google and gave me enough boast to my niche

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johnben1444

14 years ago

EZA is overrated in the sense that too many content are been pushed than it throat than it can eat. And do not forget, the traffic are divided among this number of hungry website looking advertisers. With this been said, you might be better off diffusing as well as spreading your eggs and this can make a smaller and undiscovered directory more useful than EZA.

I know the number of visitors i receive for every article i submit to EZA in the past few months, it has drastically reduced due to articles been pushed down too quickly by competitors.

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garraye34

14 years ago

EZA is great. Considering its flexibility of usage and high level of authors support

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trytolearnmore

14 years ago

Ezinearticles can bring you a lot of traffic... i mean really - A LOT! So i would say YES, it's worth it.

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DavesKIEST

14 years ago

I started to get traffic for my first products via EZA, it worked well for me in the past…

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ryano 14 years ago

I still think ezinearticles is worth it because of their authority in some niches. I have some articles that I wrote 2 years ago that still get around 100 clicks a month to some of my sites. I have subimitted to Buzzle a few times but they can be a pain to deal with sometimes.
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rahulbatra

13 years ago

Yes you guys are correct that it is better to use other article directories but I just wonder that why search engine gave so much benefits to EZ.

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