Article Marketing Has Crashed! Ezine Articles Sees 71% of Rankings Drop
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ezinearticles.com - 90% loss
hubpages.com - 87% loss
buzzle.com - 85% loss
associatedcontent.com - 93% loss
articlesbase.com - 94% loss
Data is from Sistrix. It is based on a “visibility” index value that Sistrix created, which takes into account the number of keyword positions lost, specific ranking position and estimated clickthrough rate from those results.
Essentially Google is targeting content farms and put out an update on Feb 24th. Factors they *may* be using is:
- length of content (number of words)
- backlinks to individual articles
- usage metrics (such as bounce rate and clickstream data)
It looks like all article directories have been hit very hard. Here's an overview of the domains that saw most of their rankings go down (data from Sistrix):
Domain ------ Positions Lost ------ % Loss
associatedcontent.com ------ 162917 ------ 75.00%
suite101.com ------ 141469 ------ 79.00%
ezinearticles.com ------ 130231 ------ 71.00%
hubpages.com ------ 102820 ------ 67.00%
buzzle.com ------ 62049 ------ 72.00%
merchantcircle.com ------ 58666 ------ 63.00%
wisegeek.com ------ 52084 ------ 70.00%
articlesbase.com ------ 50909 ------ 62.00%
findarticles.com ------ 44621 ------ 69.00%
answerbag.com ------ 41260 ------ 61.00%
examiner.com ------ 39509 ------ 56.00%
manta.com ------ 36945 ------ 48.00%
freedownloadscenter.com ------ 34494 ------ 81.00%
yourdictionary.com ------ 32981 ------ 67.00%
lovetoknow.com ------ 31711 ------ 64.00%
trails.com ------ 29835 ------ 78.00%
thefind.com ------ 29011 ------ 39.00%
travelpod.com ------ 28513 ------ 68.00%
brothersoft.com ------ 27594 ------ 40.00%
docstoc.com ------ 26650 ------ 56.00%
fixya.com ------ 25867 ------ 42.00%
howtodothings.com ------ 25621 ------ 77.00%
mahalo.com ------ 24135 ------ 71.00%
insiderpages.com ------ 23346 ------ 70.00%
faqs.org ------ 22506 ------ 67.00%
prlog.org ------ 22254 ------ 57.00%
kaboodle.com ------ 21949 ------ 39.00%
citytowninfo.com ------ 21615 ------ 86.00%
shopwiki.com ------ 21528 ------ 43.00%
roadsideamerica.com ------ 21510 ------ 73.00%
buzzillions.com ------ 21421 ------ 48.00%
tradekey.com ------ 21096 ------ 56.00%
essortment.com ------ 20042 ------ 73.00%
uptake.com ------ 19655 ------ 58.00%
encyclopedia.com ------ 19625 ------ 51.00%
helium.com ------ 18931 ------ 66.00%
wordiq.com ------ 18877 ------ 77.00%
springerlink.com ------ 18625 ------ 49.00%
livestrong.com ------ 18175 ------ 38.00%
business.com ------ 16743 ------ 78.00%
doityourself.com ------ 16386 ------ 70.00%
americantowns.com ------ 16201 ------ 62.00%
prnewswire.com ------ 15162 ------ 70.00%
cinemablend.com ------ 14259 ------ 72.00%
epodunk.com ------ 14190 ------ 78.00%
vodpod.com ------ 13766 ------ 38.00%
labnol.org ------ 13541 ------ 85.00%
medicalnewstoday.com ------ 13426 ------ 75.00%
mytravelguide.com ------ 13340 ------ 69.00%
highbeam.com ------ 13324 ------ 34.00%
blogcritics.org ------ 13312 ------ 57.00%
chacha.com ------ 12900 ------ 48.00%
retrevo.com ------ 12601 ------ 35.00%
sharewareconnection.com ------ 12600 ------ 54.00%
planetware.com ------ 12387 ------ 75.00%
ptf.com ------ 12380 ------ 41.00%
digitaltrends.com ------ 12154 ------ 67.00%
testfreaks.com ------ 11938 ------ 63.00%
galttech.com ------ 11804 ------ 76.00%
aceshowbiz.com ------ 11639 ------ 67.00%
userinstinct.com ------ 11410 ------ 47.00%
viewpoints.com ------ 11191 ------ 55.00%
destination360.com ------ 11167 ------ 76.00%
topshareware.com ------ 11000 ------ 48.00%
consumeraffairs.com ------ 10832 ------ 80.00%
onsugar.com ------ 10699 ------ 40.00%
stateuniversity.com ------ 10560 ------ 70.00%
allbusiness.com ------ 10423 ------ 63.00%
blurtit.com ------ 10331 ------ 47.00%
everything2.com ------ 10298 ------ 76.00%
kioskea.net ------ 9781 ------ 32.00%
travelpost.com ------ 9412 ------ 75.00%
wrongdiagnosis.com ------ 9293 ------ 52.00%
technorati.com ------ 9135 ------ 67.00%
whosdatedwho.com ------ 8986 ------ 58.00%
entrepreneur.com ------ 8974 ------ 75.00%
slideshare.net ------ 8909 ------ 27.00%
geek.com ------ 8632 ------ 65.00%
gizmag.com ------ 8594 ------ 46.00%
mp3.com ------ 8577 ------ 64.00%
trendhunter.com ------ 8539 ------ 66.00%
fotosearch.com ------ 8473 ------ 48.00%
daniweb.com ------ 8316 ------ 61.00%
iloveindia.com ------ 8240 ------ 58.00%
eventful.com ------ 7948 ------ 55.00%
globalsources.com ------ 7927 ------ 34.00%
songkick.com ------ 7908 ------ 50.00%
eggheadcafe.com ------ 7828 ------ 47.00%
ubergizmo.com ------ 7807 ------ 73.00%
ez-tracks.com ------ 7779 ------ 62.00%
popcrunch.com ------ 7728 ------ 63.00%
ghacks.net ------ 7695 ------ 78.00%
healthcentral.com ------ 7660 ------ 59.00%
5min.com ------ 7652 ------ 62.00%
famouswhy.com ------ 7619 ------ 63.00%
fanpix.net ------ 7445 ------ 64.00%
ilike.com ------ 7401 ------ 62.00%
torrentreactor.net ------ 7252 ------ 29.00%
bellaonline.com ------ 7171 ------ 69.00%
hotel-rates.com ------ 7124 ------ 67.00%
The Winners:
- youtube.com
- ebay.com
- facebook.com
- instructables.com
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