In 2015 where is the best place to syndicate high quality articles?

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I have researched a lot here in the forum about this topic but the useful information its quite old (2010-2012) and probably what was true 3-5 years ago today could not be accurate.

So i would like to know what is the best place to syndicate high quality articles. I have a Wiki and would like to syndicate the articles that i will be posting in a couple of hours.

The articles do not have any link, so its pure content.

thanks for all the suggestions.
#2015 #articles #high #place #quality #syndicate
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by morg2k2 View Post

    i would like to know what is the best place to syndicate high quality articles.
    The best websites for you are the websites that already have the targeted traffic you want to attract to your own site.

    Nobody can possibly give you a list of websites without knowing what your niche is, and what traffic demographics you want to attract, can they?

    For publishing articles, the first and foremost place, of course, should always be your own site (and nowhere else until they've been published and indexed there). After that, anywhere that's specifically relevant to the subject of your niche, so that you can attract targeted traffic from the readers/visitors of those sites.

    Suggestions on "how to find those sites" are here.

    And some suggestions on "how to ask them to publish your article/post" are here.

    (It's very much less important, of course, but even the backlinks from those context-relevant sites are also worth something to your site, just because of their relevance - Google values that. But of course all you can ever get from Google is "search engine traffic", which tends to be of limited value and is often temporary, too).

    Don't forget ezines, as well as websites. Their traffic can often be highly targeted and responsive, and their subscribers pretty attentive.

    ("Ezines" are not the same thing as "article directories", of course).

    Also, offline sources (magazines, even newspapers) commonly re-publish articles, and these can produce real floods of traffic (acceptance is generally more difficult, and there's more work involved and a bigger learning-curve, but the benefits can really be dramatic!).

    After that, it's also worth mentioning Ezine Articles. That isn't an ezine: it's the web's best-known article directory, and can be used as a way of achieving some additional, "passive syndication", i.e. when publishers look there for content to re-publish (that being the purpose of article directories). It's only a minor afterthought, compared with everything mentioned above, but it can sometimes be a good and helpful afterthought. (I submit all my articles there - after they've been extensively published elsewhere, of course - and I do sometimes benefit from it, a little. It's free, anyway. But don't imagine that publishing articles yourself and then putting the additional copy in Ezine Articles is "doing article marketing": it isn't, at all).

    In contrast, it's not worth mentioning any other article directories, and for all the reasons explained in this post, no article marketer would want their potential customer traffic coming to their sites via an article directory anyway: that isn't how article directories work, isn't what they're intended for, and isn't a benefit they can provide, either. This thread explains how to use them: How do Article Directories work?

    Very last on the list, and the "lowest of the low" are probably "Web 2.0 sites", which tend to come with all sorts of problems and disadvantages for article marketers, and very few (if any) additional benefits, for all the kinds of reasons explained here.

    The rule of thumb (and it's a pretty good and valid and reliable one) is that anywhere where you can just "submit your own content", on your own, without any sort of editiorial approval/acceptance process probably isn't going to be of any real benefit to you. That isn't really "content syndication" at all. That's more "what the people who end up thinking that 'content syndication doesn't work' think 'content syndication' means"! Be aware that article syndication is a real relationship-building business.

    Here are a few other threads (some of them quite helpful) which include a big mixture of comments on the subject of "where to submit articles" ... don't let any of the dates put you off: the key components and principles of this targeted traffic-generation method haven't really changed for a couple of decades.

    Best way to submit articles?

    What is the Best site for Posting Articles

    Article Writing & Syndication Explained?

    Really dumb article SYNDICATION question



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    • Profile picture of the author morg2k2
      Hi Alexa,

      Thanks for your extensive thread.
      Well my website sells everything that is related with IM so its not niche specific (i think) but what i want is to syndicate my Wiki articles , right now i should have about 20k Word articles split by 17 articles. Some are big, some are smaller in size, but i think what matters it's the quality of it.

      So after they index it, probably will try an Ezine or so in order to get some engagement in the wiki and with that maybe a significant growth in sales (who knows!)

      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      The best websites for you are the websites that already have the targeted traffic you want to attract to your own site.

      Nobody can possibly give you a list of websites without knowing what your niche is, and what traffic demographics you want to attract, can they?

      For publishing articles, the first and foremost place, of course, should always be your own site (and nowhere else until they've been published and indexed there). After that, anywhere that's specifically relevant to the subject of your niche, so that you can attract targeted traffic from the readers/visitors of those sites.

      Suggestions on "how to find those sites" are here.

      And some suggestions on "how to ask them to publish your article/post" are here.

      (It's very much less important, of course, but even the backlinks from those context-relevant sites are also worth something to your site, just because of their relevance - Google values that. But of course all you can ever get from Google is "search engine traffic", which tends to be of limited value and is often temporary, too).

      Don't forget ezines, as well as websites. Their traffic can often be highly targeted and responsive, and their subscribers pretty attentive.

      ("Ezines" are not the same thing as "article directories", of course).

      Also, offline sources (magazines, even newspapers) commonly re-publish articles, and these can produce real floods of traffic (acceptance is generally more difficult, and there's more work involved and a bigger learning-curve, but the benefits can really be dramatic!).

      After that, it's also worth mentioning Ezine Articles. That isn't an ezine: it's the web's best-known article directory, and can be used as a way of achieving some additional, "passive syndication", i.e. when publishers look there for content to re-publish (that being the purpose of article directories). It's only a minor afterthought, compared with everything mentioned above, but it can sometimes be a good and helpful afterthought. (I submit all my articles there - after they've been extensively published elsewhere, of course - and I do sometimes benefit from it, a little. It's free, anyway. But don't imagine that publishing articles yourself and then putting the additional copy in Ezine Articles is "doing article marketing": it isn't, at all).

      In contrast, it's not worth mentioning any other article directories, and for all the reasons explained in this post, no article marketer would want their potential customer traffic coming to their sites via an article directory anyway: that isn't how article directories work, isn't what they're intended for, and isn't a benefit they can provide, either. This thread explains how to use them: How do Article Directories work?

      Very last on the list, and the "lowest of the low" are probably "Web 2.0 sites", which tend to come with all sorts of problems and disadvantages for article marketers, and very few (if any) additional benefits, for all the kinds of reasons explained here.

      The rule of thumb (and it's a pretty good and valid and reliable one) is that anywhere where you can just "submit your own content", on your own, without any sort of editiorial approval/acceptance process probably isn't going to be of any real benefit to you. That isn't really "content syndication" at all. That's more "what the people who end up thinking that 'content syndication doesn't work' think 'content syndication' means"! Be aware that article syndication is a real relationship-building business.

      Here are a few other threads (some of them quite helpful) which include a big mixture of comments on the subject of "where to submit articles" ... don't let any of the dates put you off: the key components and principles of this targeted traffic-generation method haven't really changed for a couple of decades.

      Best way to submit articles?

      What is the Best site for Posting Articles

      Article Writing & Syndication Explained?

      Really dumb article SYNDICATION question



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  • Profile picture of the author RyanLB
    If you can meet the guidelines I would say OutBrain. I've seen plenty of huge brands using them very effectively.
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  • Profile picture of the author himanuzo
    The Outbrain doesn't allow affiliate link in any syndication articles.
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    • Profile picture of the author myob
      Originally Posted by himanuzo View Post

      The Outbrain doesn't allow affiliate link in any syndication articles.
      Realize that getting articles on Outbrain is not syndication - until they get picked up by other publishers, When writing articles for syndication purposes, you will greatly increase your chances for publication by leaving out affiliate links altogether. You lose a lot of marketing momentum by appearing to sell products in an article, including affiliate links. Read Alexa's post and referenced threads.

      The articles I write never even mention a specific product, but are written primarily to be readily and widely accepted for syndication by publications read by my targeted audience. Resulting traffic at this point most likely can be converted to sales, but what I do is take it a step further. Buyers are incentivized to opt-in for "exclusive" industry news, information, tips, etc. These subscribers are subsequently offered "recommendations" for incrementally higher end products.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by himanuzo View Post

      The Outbrain doesn't allow affiliate link in any syndication articles.
      I'd hope not, anyway.

      I've never tried to syndicate an article with an affiliate-link in it, and wouldn't want to. I've never mentioned a product at all in an article for syndication. (And wouldn't want to, and wouldn't want my affiliate-link on someone else's website, anyway. )


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      • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        I'd hope not, anyway.

        I've never tried to syndicate an article with an affiliate-link in it, and wouldn't want to. I've never mentioned a product at all in an article for syndication. (And wouldn't want to, and wouldn't want my affiliate-link on someone else's website, anyway. )


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        The only times I've ever mentioned a product in an article is if it aided communication. Usually this means using something where the brand name has become almost generic, like saying "Jello, or similar gelatin" in a cooking article.

        I wouldn't use an affiliate link, nor would I reference specific products (such as by name/model number).

        Some of the niches I write for have products that are so iconic that it's easier to mention them by name than by a generic description. Mostly, these iconic items are so widely available that mentioning them isn't construed as any kind of recommendation or plug.
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  • Profile picture of the author myob
    Originally Posted by morg2k2 View Post

    I have researched a lot here in the forum about this topic but the useful information its quite old (2010-2012) and probably what was true 3-5 years ago today could not be accurate.
    You can add this to your library of article syndication annuals:
    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post8279857
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  • Profile picture of the author marco005
    Hy,

    my problem is not to find niche target eztine's, but find out which of them have huge readerships.....
    and build a list with facebook ads, I must write content on my fanpage site too?

    I think with facebook it will be more hard work; write content for your emails, write content on facebook fanpage too.....?

    With article syndication to the right target traffic, it will be more less work as with facebook fanpage?

    marco005
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    • Profile picture of the author marco005
      WOW,

      nobody knows a way to find out which sorted target niche ezines - which of them has the highest amount of readership, curious...........
      Read their faked media data ....lol.....?


      marco005
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      • Profile picture of the author myob
        With article syndication to ezines targeting the right traffic, actual readership/subscriber count is irrelevant. I have always had some of the best conversion rates through the more esoteric online/offline publications with relatively low readership audiences which targeted quite narrow yet highly specialized demographics.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    You could always re-invent yourself:

    - Become a guest blogger

    - Publish press releases

    - Advertise on content driven sites

    - Still submit EZA

    - Still find outlets for folks who need content for their list/site/blog
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  • Profile picture of the author beiter
    Have you considered article spinning?
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Originally Posted by beiter View Post

      Have you considered article spinning?
      Dang flux capacitor must be on the fritz again...
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  • Profile picture of the author marco005
    Hi people,

    thanks for your tips.
    I be amazed that best way is to look only that the ezine/traffic is very target, as to look about their numbers of readerships.

    But one thing I be little afraid, I will explain it little bit more, is that I have read this thread:

    My Personal Challenge - Make $500 by October 1st Via ClickBank and Article Syndication

    So in this thread he had write about 390 articles in the $8 price range to make this sum of money he write about. It is very very hard to get accepted by webmasters to get good sum of traffic and subscribers.

    Another warrior in this thread wrote, that only articles in the $100 price range have the quality to get accepted by high quality webmasters (ezine?) to get a good sum of traffic and subscribers fast.

    So the one thing is I start with zero, I be not alone....... but I can invest to buy max. 2 articles in the $100 price range- and I think with 2 articles in a month, I not get my first 1000 subs in my list.....

    That is what I be little bit afraid with this free traffic method.
    It's very very hard to get accepted and the traffic numbers he wrote about in his thread, is only a joke. I not will spend my little money and energy on that method. I plan to build a really business, a company, to build own capital, to come in the top marketer league who makes 5 figures every month ($20-30.000 every month) this is my goal the next 3-4 years.

    So when I can spend $30 to buy one article- I sure I need around one year- to get my first 1000 subs in my list.
    When this story is true that is so hard to get good number of traffic and subs, so I will save up around $500-800 the next 6-8 months- and then invest this sum in one facebook campaign (I will instruct an facebook advertise agency who do that).

    With the facebook method I be sure to get my first 1000 subs fast within one month, without spend money and energy around one year to get that and make money. And then with 1000 subs I will make money reinvest it- scale it up......to get my goal to 5 figures in month.

    I hope I have it little bit more eyplained about the little bit afraid thing who is spin around my head.
    Free method is my favorit but it must be realistic and not very very hard to get any little numbers of traffic, who is shown in this thread.


    marco005
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  • Profile picture of the author marco005
    Hi,

    EZA reject a lot of writers, ezine owners reject a lot of writers..... ......

    It's hearing like a very very long road to go, to build a first list with 1000 subs- that make no sense.
    Invest -start with small budget- in facebook campaign will be a very fast method to build a list from 1000- "the sky is limit"........

    And with these $100 high quality articles, when I can only 1 in a month, I can not believe that one such high quality article- can bring me 1000 subs, perhaps 100-200, so I need 5 months to build a list with 1000 subs.

    So after the 5 months I can start to make money, with 200-400 subs I think you will not make a single dollar, it's not enough mass to make money with it (?).


    marco005
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