Is GoArticles still recommended?

I know in Angela's backlink packages she talks about how it is easier to get a page 1 ranking with GoArticles than with ezinearticles and this was fairly recent, so I think GoArticles is still good.

Although from memory I think there was a post not too long ago about GoArticles problems so I'm not sure - I would like to hear others advice on this too - are GoArticles still a good choice???

You have to try submitting articles to other article directories including Articlecity and etc. You can invest some money on article submission software like Article Post Robot.
In short, the more articles you submit, the more backlinks you build.

I know its easier to get articles approved on Goarticles than EZA.

HI

It is free so why not do it... for the little time it takes to submit one or a few articles I say yes it is worth it..

Tom

If you are going to use this type of strategy...Piggy-Backing off of a parasites high PR, why not use a site like blogger where you can sell harder and be more commercial?

Goarticles is link friendly, but so are a lot of the 2.0's.

Use Go articles for backlinking purposes because they tend to rank easier since google likes variety in page 1 and both go articles and ezine are high pr sites.

While your backlinking also submit another article to ezine for a temoporary boost in traffic because of the large user base.

Go Articles still works you just need massive backlinks to it..

You can use GoArticles to post your content and then trick the search engines by building tons of high PR backlinks to the articles.

Problem is, once the search engines realize what's going on (if they haven't already) and they devalue the incoming links to GoArticles (if that's what they do), then you will have nothing but a bunch of articles sitting out there wasting away on an abused and worn article directory.

As I have said over the years (and not to toot my own horn, but I have been right every time) jumping on bandwagons like this will not last and will eventually leave you scrambling around for the next way to trick the search engines into ranking your content.

This is just my opinion, but you asked.

I'd rather lead the crowd than chase them all the time.

Respectfully,
Allen Graves

Ezinarticles is the best article directory but it has also the strictest guildeline as well.
Goarticles is the second best article directory but they have the easiest guidelink to get your site approve, it's almost instantly and they accept affiliate link as well.

I prefer to use goarticles for backlinks building article and ezinearticles for traffic. Make use of both of them for your different purpose.

Regards,
Winson

Just added this to a folder of fav links called " good WF posts " , valuable info here , thanks.

also what is meant by parasite in this phrase you used

" Piggy-Backing off of a parasites high PR " .... does that mean the directory steals PR from some sites and gives it back to others ? I know some directorys and such can steal PR from a site as per this I read:

" Some directorys put code on the outgoing links that uses software that tracks clicks. Some of these codes are harmless but some steal PR from your site. There are several methods of doing this.

Whenever you are looking for a directory to submit your site to run the mouse over one of the links of a site listed in their directory and look at the actual link. It may have the following in the URL "redir.asp?" or "id=(some number here)." Notice the "redir". That means there is a redirect on this link . Also the "id=" is another clue that it's being redirected as the number is used in place of the site name. "

Using goarticles for back links works well. I use them to link to my blogger blog then to my money site.

Jeremy makes a few VALID points here.. you should listen to him..

Peace

Jay

I get amazing results from goarticles.com when i look on my stats on statcounter many of my daily hits come from them and that is something that i simply cant argue with if i was to name my favourite three it would them, ezinearticles.com and articlesbase.com.

kind regards


sam
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What really amazes me is how many people worry about the "PR" of a site.. If you would spend the time on building backlinks from any source (related source) vs trying to spend that time only on high pr sites then you would increse your income by 10 fold...

James

OK, great. Thanks Allen, that helped a lot. I can see why thats a problem for sure.

Yes, I believe they are smarter than most people think. I also think they are omnipresent in the internet marketing community. Kind of like Big Brother in "1984" - we just don't know who it is!

Unfortunately, you cannot place a lot of emphasis on a single example such as this (although I do feel that Steve's example is indicative of what is happening across the board). So many people are seeing something happen with an article ortwo and making, in some cases very extreme, assumptions about SEO and article marketing.

Everyone is watching an article marketing campaign with a few articles...even a few hundred articles...and no way to see the web stats because they're not on your domain. How can anyone make assumptions when you don't even know who is looking at your articles?

On the other hand, when you are able to watch things on a more massive scale and can see all of the article statistics and where they are ranking in the search engines, and then scrutinize those articles that are working...and those that are not...then you will be able to develop more educated theories about what's really going on - and in a real-time arena!

Back to the point - the search engines have specific patterns and tendencies (which, again, can only be theorized). But when you watch it consistently, you can quickly see when things change. They jump out at you like a sore thumb.

From what I can see, the search engines are definitely smarter than most of us think. I also think they are operating on a plane that none of us are really looking at or can understand.

Dang - I am just rambling on again.

Moral: Niche-related backlinks are becoming more powerful.

Respectfully,
Allen Graves

If you want backlinks, GoArticles is still good. But it is not good for long term traffic & SERP purposes.

I personally feel that it will be better to just submit the articles to all the top article directories.

It will be better to get more leverage from the same piece of content.

Just my humble opinion

Zack

The one thing I like about GoArticles is that it seems my articles go up instantly as soon as I post them. They have a good page rank and aren't picky like Ezine Articles. If you are building backlinks, you can use the same article with go articles as you do with hundreds of other article directories.

Of course, like others have previously mentioned, each article directory has it's own pros and cons. Do answer your original however, yes, goarticles is still recommended - provided you use it for the correct reasons.

So the trick would be to promote products from niches where it´s easy to get lots of relevant/related backlinks?

Yes sure, having your own product is always the best.
What I mean is: For article marketing, if you want your article to stay at the top for a long time, and non-related backlinks are devaluated within a short time by Google, having a lot of related backlinks would solve that problem.
For computer related themes, for instance, there are a huge number of blogs, forums etc. It´s easy to generate a lot of backlinks.
When selecting a product for article marketing shouldn´t you keep in mind if it will be easy, or at least possible, to obtain the necessary amount of related backlinks for a certain product/article to reach the top?