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Using ScrapeBox for article syndication

by Kurt
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Here's a quick way to use Scrapebox to help you find authority sites to offer your articles for syndication.

This shows that Scrapebox can be used in many legit ways.

While not perfect and this method does grab some domains like Youtube and Squidoo, etc, you should be able to bypass the obvious sites that don't apply.
  • Enter this footprint in the Harvester box:
    "Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=" -site:ezinearticles.com
  • Enter some relevant keywords in the keyword box
  • Click the "Start harvesting" box
  • Wait for results
  • Click the "Check PageRank" box
  • Select "Get Domain PageRank" - This will give you the PageRank of the homepage/root domain.
  • Sort by PageRank, with highest at top.
  • Click "Import/Export URLs & PR" button and save as html.
  • Open the html file in your favorite browser and check out the sites to make contact with the webmaster to see if they will post your articles.
Logic:
The search footprint:
"Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert="

...is to find articles that have been re-posted from Ezinearticles.com. If sites are publishing EZA articles, there's a good chance they'll also take your stuff, especially if it's good and exclusive. I suggest you try to make deals where you can include 2-3 in content (contextual) links, in addition to your sig for maximum benefit.


-site:ezinearticles.com
This part of the footprint will eliminate EZA's own pages from the search results. Note the - at the begininng. Don't forget it, or else all you'll get is EZA results, which is the exact opposite of what we want.

You can alter the footprint accordingly for other article directories. Remember to exclude those directories by using the - sign just in-front on the directory's domain in the search footprint.

While PageRank isn't perfect for detecting "authority", there's probably some type of correlation between the two, and you may as well start looking at sites beginning with the sites with the higher PageRanks.

Also, you can bypass EZA's waiting time and other hassles, as well as control the sites your articles are posted on, which you can't do by submitting them to EZA for syndication purposes.

And by finding your own sites to syndicate to, you create your own backlinking footprint.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    This is actually a marketing question...

    I wonder why this post got so little attention? I think it's a fairly good tip.

    My guess is, that it addresses two different demographics in that scrapebox owners don't do article syndication/free lance writing and writers don't own Scrapebox?
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  • Profile picture of the author Rus Sells
    I thought I liked using scrapebox until all my own blogs started getting scrapebox spam. Now I am completely against scrapebox. = )
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      Originally Posted by Rus Sells View Post

      I thought I liked using scrapebox until all my own blogs started getting scrapebox spam. Now I am completely against scrapebox. = )
      Using Scrapebox to spam blogs has nothing to do with my original post. You really should take the time to read my OP.

      I showed how to use Scrapebox in a totally legit, constructive way for writers to find quality sites to get their content published, bypassing the need to use EZA for syndication.
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      • Profile picture of the author Rus Sells
        You know what Kurt, your right! I should have read it a little better. I just tend to see red when I read the word Scrapebox!

        So your basically showing how to use SB as a search engine, correct?

        Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

        Using Scrapebox to spam blogs has nothing to do with my original post. You really should take the time to read my OP.

        I showed how to use Scrapebox in a totally legit, constructive way for writers to find quality sites to get their content published, bypassing the need to use EZA for syndication.
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        • Profile picture of the author Kurt
          Originally Posted by Rus Sells View Post

          You know what Kurt, your right! I should have read it a little better. I just tend to see red when I read the word Scrapebox!

          So your basically showing how to use SB as a search engine, correct?
          This is correct. You can pretty much do this method without Scrapebox just using the footprint + keywords directly in Google.

          What Scrapebox adds is the ability to do a list of keywords all at once, search Yahoo, Google, Bing at the same time, then the ability to sort and filter the list of results by the homepages' PR, then save the results as an html page on your hard drive.

          Again, the main goal is to find high PR sites that are relevant to your keywords that have posted EZA articles on their sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author JustSomeWarrior
    This is awesome. Thanks so much for the tip. I'm putting it in my tool chest for my clients!
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  • Profile picture of the author DireStraits
    A pretty good and workable suggestion, all in all, for those with ScrapeBox, although I do see one flaw in it: it seems very rare for people republishing articles from EZA to leave that "Article source" line in the article. I know some will, and I know they're supposed to, really, but it just rarely works out that way, in my experience.

    So many sites will obviously slip under the radar.

    I don't see this as a suitable substitute for submitting to EZA for syndication, then, although it's certainly one additional way of tracking down some sites that have a history of republishing syndicated content ... and it's something that can be used by guest posters / contributors who perhaps prefer to deal only with unique/exclusive content and who can't use EZA for that reason but still want to "leverage it" to their advantage. It could certainly help them avoid just "shooting in the dark" (sending proposals to totally random webmasters in the hope they'll say "yes").

    Another thing to bear in mind, too, is that just because a site has taken articles from EZA or elsewhere before, it doesn't necessarily mean they'll take yours: a lot still rides on the overall quality and style of your articles.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rus Sells
      True...but it would show you which sites don't strip out the resource so that's a good thing no?

      Originally Posted by DireStraits View Post

      A pretty good and workable suggestion, all in all, for those with ScrapeBox, although I do see one flaw in it: it seems very rare for people republishing articles from EZA to leave that "Article source" line in the article. I know some will, and I know they're supposed to, really, but it just rarely works out that way, in my experience.

      So many sites will obviously slip under the radar.

      I don't see this as a suitable substitute for submitting to EZA for syndication, then, although it's certainly one additional way of tracking down some sites that have a history of republishing syndicated content ... and it's something that can be used by guest posters / contributors who perhaps prefer to deal only with unique/exclusive content and who can't use EZA for that reason but still want to "leverage it" to their advantage. It could certainly help them avoid just "shooting in the dark" (sending proposals to totally random webmasters in the hope they'll say "yes").

      Another thing to bear in mind, too, is that just because a site has taken articles from EZA or elsewhere before, it doesn't necessarily mean they'll take yours: a lot still rides on the overall quality and style of your articles.
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      • Profile picture of the author DireStraits
        Originally Posted by Rus Sells View Post

        True...but it would show you which sites don't strip out the resource so that's a good thing no?
        Potentially, yes ... some. Not all sites that strip out the "article source" will strip out the entire resource-box and/or its links, however.

        Many individuals are savvy enough to know what they can get away with, in this regard: they know that, in actual fact, many authors might prefer that outcome because it's one less element to distract attention away from their own links ... which are, realistically, the only one's they care about.

        @ Kurt and Mike - sorry, posted before I saw your responses. Like I say, though, most authors don't see the "EZA citation" as part of the resource-box, because it's only of real benefit to EZA themselves, not the author of said article(s). Plenty of people who take articles from EZA know this, and are well aware that they can get away with stripping that out whilst leaving the rest of the resource-box intact.

        Are they breaking EZA rules? Yes. Is that my problem, my duty to remedy, and would it stop me from wanting to have my article published there if my own links were intact? Absolutely not.

        In short, I'm saying this is a good and viable method of finding new outlets for your articles, but if you're an article syndicator, then leave EZA completely out of the equation at your peril, because many would-be publishers of your work know how to circumvent EZA's republication rules in a way that authors themselves don't much care about, aren't inclined to act upon or remedy, and that many even consider to be "fair game".
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by DireStraits View Post

      A pretty good and workable suggestion, all in all, for those with ScrapeBox, although I do see one flaw in it: it seems very rare for people republishing articles from EZA to leave that "Article source" line in the article. I know some will, and I know they're supposed to, really, but it just rarely works out that way, in my experience.

      So many sites will obviously slip under the radar.

      I don't see this as a suitable substitute for submitting to EZA for syndication, then, although it's certainly one additional way of tracking down some sites that have a history of republishing syndicated content ... and it's something that can be used by guest posters / contributors who perhaps prefer to deal only with unique/exclusive content and who can't use EZA for that reason but still want to "leverage it" to their advantage. It could certainly help them avoid just "shooting in the dark" (sending proposals to totally random webmasters in the hope they'll say "yes").

      Another thing to bear in mind, too, is that just because a site has taken articles from EZA or elsewhere before, it doesn't necessarily mean they'll take yours: a lot still rides on the overall quality and style of your articles.
      But those that strip out the resource box are sites you are not going to want to waste your time with anyhow, because eventually they are probably going to strip out your links too.

      And as far as EZA being a better option for syndication, I completely disagree. You will be one of a billion pages. I'd rather find an individual's site with a good PR and have my article on their. That one good link is going to be better than 99% of the websites that might republish your article from EZA.

      Plus, you can do both. Nobody says you can only do one or the other.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kurt
      Originally Posted by DireStraits View Post

      A pretty good and workable suggestion, all in all, for those with ScrapeBox, although I do see one flaw in it: it seems very rare for people republishing articles from EZA to leave that "Article source" line in the article. I know some will, and I know they're supposed to, really, but it just rarely works out that way, in my experience.
      Two reasons for my technique:

      1. If your resource box isn't being included, why submit to EZA?

      2. This method finds the honest sites that follow the EZA rules and post your resource box.

      So many sites will obviously slip under the radar.
      Why deal with dishonest sites that don't include your resource box? Why would anyone want an article on a site that strips resource boxes anyway?

      I don't see this as a suitable substitute for submitting to EZA for syndication, then, although it's certainly one additional way of tracking down some sites that have a history of republishing syndicated content ...
      It's not meant to be a substitute. It's meant to be an ADDITION.

      and it's something that can be used by guest posters / contributors who perhaps prefer to deal only with unique/exclusive content and who can't use EZA for that reason but still want to "leverage it" to their advantage. It could certainly help them avoid just "shooting in the dark" (sending proposals to totally random webmasters in the hope they'll say "yes").
      I agree. It's also a way to negotiate with site owners to get contextual links in articles, etc, bypassing EZA's limitations.

      Another thing to bear in mind, too, is that just because a site has taken articles from EZA or elsewhere before, it doesn't necessarily mean they'll take yours: a lot still rides on the overall quality and style of your articles.
      Nothing is guaranteed in life. It isn't guaranteed one's articles will be approved by EZA and once approved that the article will be syndicated.

      However, I've found if a website has posted EZA articles, there's a pretty good chance they'll take articles of similar quality, especially if they are exclusive. The biggest obstacle seems to be more a case of trying to make actual contact with a webmaster than being rejected after making contact.

      After contact is made, a bit of leverage to the effect of "I contacted you first...If you're not interested, I'll let your competitor publish it" seems to work...Of course, a bit more tact is needed.
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    sounds great. thanks so much for posting this thread.
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