EzineArticles.com CLOSED DOWN???

Clyde Dennis

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Razer Rage

Switch to video-article marketing and use youtube as the new ezinearticles.

...like many already have.

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midasman09 Banned 15 years ago

I'd make up some Promo Videos, instead of articles, and load em up to "Tube Mogul" plus...send out a whole lot of "Press Releases".

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pheonix44

15 years ago

I would either use video marketing, forum marketing, or go back to some powerful offline tactics I used to drive targeted traffic and was also good for building a list.

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bretski

15 years ago

"run in circles...scream and shout!" That would be tough since I get a lot of good traffic from that site. Not only backlinks and traffic but other sites pick up my articles and publish them elsewhere. I would probably just stick with GA and cry a little bit...maybe do some drinking...

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Rod Cortez

15 years ago

Since article marketing traffic is less than 1% of my overall traffic it would not affect me much, if at all.

RoD

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aihamshujaa

15 years ago

I have a question regarding article marketing. I've submitting articles like crazy and so far I haven't really seen any benefits such as huge surges in traffic to my site. Is article marketing therefore all that it's cracked-up to be or does someone have an idea as to how to make a killing with article marketing?

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TristanPerry

15 years ago

Originally Posted by aihamshujaa

I have a question regarding article marketing. I've submitting articles like crazy and so far I haven't really seen any benefits such as huge surges in traffic to my site. Is article marketing therefore all that it's cracked-up to be or does someone have an idea as to how to make a killing with article marketing?

Which article directory are they submitted to? What time of day are they usually published? Which categories are they submitted to? Is the title and summary interesting enough to draw in your visitors?

I'd suggest to run a search and/or post this in another thread (since it's off-topic to post this here

), however your answers are all out there.

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unstoppable13

15 years ago

AHHHH .... I would hide under my card table desk and start trading penny stocks!:confused:

But to be honest....I would either A. go to another site....or B. ....I would be a warrior and start my own Article submission site rank it up to #1 on google (taking e-zines place) and post a WSO for 1 week, charging $3 for unlimited article submission w/o pre-screening for life!

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Michael Oksa

15 years ago

Hi Justin,

Excellent question.

I don't mean to highjack your thread, but I think you could replace EzineArticles with any number of sites IMers frequently use.

Such as...

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and AdWords/PayPal/Warrior Forum/ClickBank/Google/YouTube/Blogger/YOUR hosting provider was closed down?

Or...

What if you woke up tomorrow and all of the free resources you now use started charging a substantial monthly fee?

Probably a good idea to have a few backup plans in place.

All the best,
Michael

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CmdrStidd

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Oksa

Hi Justin,

Excellent question.

I don't mean to highjack your thread, but I think you could replace EzineArticles with any number of sites IMers frequently use.

Such as...

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and AdWords/PayPal/Warrior Forum/ClickBank/Google/YouTube/Blogger/YOUR hosting provider was closed down?

Or...

What if you woke up tomorrow and all of the free resources you now use started charging a substantial monthly fee?

Probably a good idea to have a few backup plans in place.

All the best,
Michael

With regards to Paypal, I would throw a week long celebration entitled "Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish!!"

As to the original question, I would switch to video or audio marketing and run like the wind.

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TheRichJerksNet

15 years ago

LOL .... Would not bother my trafic a bit since I do not provide EZA my unique quality content ....

James

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James Schramko

15 years ago

as a side note - this sort of exercise is something all marketers should be doing.

Eliminate the current reality and see what you would do. When you get an answer you now know how to grow your business. You should be doing it anyway.

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Fernando Veloso

15 years ago

Originally Posted by James Schramko

as a side note - this sort of exercise is something all marketers should be doing.

Eliminate the current reality and see what you would do. When you get an answer you now know how to grow your business. You should be doing it anyway.

Agree. This is the way to discover new techniques, those methods we don't use or we don't care cause we rely on article marketing.

We should think outside the box more often.

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kkchoon

15 years ago

Originally Posted by James Schramko

as a side note - this sort of exercise is something all marketers should be doing.

Eliminate the current reality and see what you would do. When you get an answer you now know how to grow your business. You should be doing it anyway.

Hey James, nice to see you again! Totally agreed, that's why I mix all my links and trying to spread the traffic into more sources, but mostly on SEO.

If ezinearticles.com is down, I will switch to Squidoo, Goarticles and tons of other high PR web 2.0 parasites...

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Creative Thinker

15 years ago

The answer to all this: HAVE AN EXIT STRATEGY...

Do not stick to your business and commit to run it until you become old. Decide when you are going to move on. At some point sell it off, take a mini-retirement and then start over with some new business or at least new projects.

What say?

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Matt Helphrey

15 years ago

I know one thing for sure, I'd have a lot more free time on my hands

nah, I'd probably just have to find a new route to go. Great question though...let's knock on some wood.

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Shane Hale

15 years ago

Use my blog =)

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Zeus66

15 years ago

Rob banks? No, they don't have any money now.

Hmmm... Probably beg Mr. Says for a J.O.B.

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activetrader

15 years ago

the world does not evolve around ezinearticles. Those who use ezinearticles as their sole money making mechanism should seriously reconsider their promotional practices

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Jeremy Kelsall 15 years ago

If they closed down, I'm sure another article marketing would gain their left behind trust...I would just have a new best friend. Doesn't really make a lot of difference who it is
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- AndrewHansen 15 years ago
  
  EZA is just a platform. Content marketing is the strategy.
  
  If EZA died you'd publish more stuff to Squidoo, or hub pages, or Buzzle or Isnare, or Associated Content or.. heaven forbid, publish more stuff as guest posts on other people's real blogs... or split your articles up into 140 character units and publish them over many weeks as Tweets...
  
  Content marketing wouldn't change in its effectiveness as a strategy.
  
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TheRichJerksNet

15 years ago

Originally Posted by activetrader

the world does not evolve around ezinearticles. Those who use ezinearticles as their sole money making mechanism should seriously reconsider their promotional practices

Yep exactly ... I can get more traffic from "ArticleDashBoard" ~vs~ EZA... One reason why I do not bother to even submit to EZA anymore...

James

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Naithan

15 years ago

Sit in the corner and cry till I die...

haha, joking off course. Maybe try and make a good replacement for ezine... Who knows maybe it will catch on.

Naithan

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John Romaine

15 years ago

I like to put all my eggs in one basket. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

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John Taylor

15 years ago

What's EzineArticles?

Seriously, if any business is over-reliant upon
someone else's platform for a large proportion
of their income.. they need to diversify their
risk. And quickly.

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actionplanbiz

15 years ago

I would create an article Directory and turn it into a pyramid scheme and sell it and buy a new computer because i need one. :-/

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gskesavan

15 years ago

If EZA didn't exist, I won't even care because I don't use EZA for article marketing. Seriously, there are many more article directories that have 100000 times quicker approval than ezine. In fact, they even rank high just like Eza.

If article marketing didn't exist, I would leave the computer and get back to studies and prepare for my upcoming exam

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Kirahster

15 years ago

I personally do not like EZA too much. My last article took 10 days to be approved.
So I do not submit to EZA anymore.

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escoll1 15 years ago

Ha! Ha! That's a TImely question for me as I'm writing my first few articles today. Better late than never. But as noted in a previous post, this is the internet and there would be a replacement or many other alternatives. But what if Internet Marketing itself went away,became illegal or something?
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jonoman1

15 years ago

Hmm well I would take all of those articles that I worked so hard for to put on Ezine and I would put them on my own site where they belong. IN fact, I don't know why I am not doing that already =)

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BumMarketingT

15 years ago

Well I would use my own website, like I already do.
It would be EXCELLENT!

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Steven Wagenheim 15 years ago

I'd buy it and get it back up and running again.
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- Rod Cortez 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim
  
  I'd buy it and get it back up and running again.
  
  Of this I have no doubt.....you'd probably do a better job of running it too.
  
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candoit2

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Razer Rage

Switch to video-article marketing and use youtube as the new ezinearticles.

I already made that switch...

Aaron

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joyfulwraps

15 years ago

Justin and everyone else on this thread,

Great thread and much food for thought contained in here. This very question is one reason it is good to never have a stagnant marketing plan for your business. It is vital that your business plan be adjusted throughout the year as new tools become available to help grow your business. I shudder to think what IMers do when they fail to have a marketing plan to go along with their business plan!

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phil.wheatley

15 years ago

I'd write an article on how to cope without Ezinearticles...and then submit it to GoArticles ;-)

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rapidscc 15 years ago

Originally Posted by phil.wheatley

I'd write an article on how to cope without Ezinearticles...and then submit it to GoArticles ;-)

That's a good one..

Or maybe create an ebook:

Marketing Survival Tools, How To Do It Without EZA $47
Add video
Add OTO - Your own Clickbank Mall, 5 Minisites + 900 PLR Niche Articles
Offer Traffic Strategy as gift - 10,000 Hits In One Week Easy, Without EZA

Oops, I can actually do this even with EZA around....hmmm

My .02

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dsmpublishing

15 years ago

start my own article directory of course and market it as the future ezinearticles!

kind regards

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badfun 15 years ago

Seriously, there are many more article directories that have 100000 times quicker approval than ezine

I personally do not like EZA too much. My last article took 10 days to be approved.

Hmmmm.... 100000 times quicker x 10 days...wow, my articles will be approved years before I even write them!! Love it!

it's true though, Ezinearticles seems to be slowing down in their approval process. My last batch took almost a week.
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garyv

15 years ago

This is a great thread, and should get people thinking about diversifying their content. Even something like a change in Google's algorithm could cause EzineArticles to effectively disappear. It's happened to bigger websites in the past.

Besides, if you're doing true keyword research for your niches, then you'll already know that there are a ton of other places out there to submit your article to that Google likes just as much, if not more than EZA.

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ajbarnes777 15 years ago

Awesome thread.

I am currently making the mistake of solely relying on EZA for my business and I have been pondering other options to diversify....however, procrastination creeps up on me like a mofo!

This thread definitely has given me a boost of motivation to stop procrastinating and start building a solid business plan with different income sources, different marketing strategies, etc.

I guess I got too comfortable with simply writing a few articles a day, promote a clickbank product, make money, and then call it day!

Thanks for all the valuable advice and motivation guys!
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sandsbeck

15 years ago

point well taken not to be too vested in one medium - diversify!

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b.super13

15 years ago

I would continue submit unique articles to all of the top directories, not only ezinearticles.com. That way instead of taking a 100% drop in traffic you may only take a 10% drop in traffic.

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Shon Chris

15 years ago

I would continue to release content on a daily basis to my website, blog & web2.0 properties and drive backlinks to each page.

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yesacpow 15 years ago

Life goes on without Ezinearticles!!!!!!!!

You have Buzzle, articlebase, squidoo, articledashboard, hubpages

And MOST IMPORTANTLY >>>>>>>> Your Own WEBSITE!
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Shana_Adam

15 years ago

It's important to have a backup plan, putting all your eggs in one basket is asking for trouble. Big companies can close down and you have no control over what other people do so in that case the best thing to do is make sure you spread your resources
and content.

Keep a backup of your content as well and if you are in the market to stay long term then you should be concentrating on other long-term strategies such as networking with other businesses so you can get your name well known in the market.

For example just the other day I was on e-zine articles I came across an author who has had 25,000views in two months on an article, his article was pointing to his squidoo lens and guess what squidoo lens is locked therefore all that traffic for nothing nothing whatsoever. He should have linked to his own website!

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DIVERSIFY.

Use every method of promotion and advertising as you can.

There are plenty of other directories that provide great traffic.
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Sean Kelly

15 years ago

I find the title of this thread completely misleading.

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Chris_Willow

15 years ago

That won't happen, why bother

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wwesley

15 years ago

i thought it was some breaking news... goes to show how simple twists of words can spark a frenzy

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mikeyman120 15 years ago

Hey Justin,

I thought about this recently when article dashboard went down for a day. Someone posted it on this forum.

I would say "son of a..."

I am new to article marketing so I haven't given it my all and if was no more I would be like thats another missed opportunity due to procrastination.

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shirland 15 years ago

This reminds us that we must always have a backup plan. The old adage of keeping all your eggs in the same basket is so true. If you are only fishing in one pond, then you will suffer the consequences. You must have more than one strategy to generate leads.
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dmail333 15 years ago

Originally Posted by wwesley

i thought it was some breaking news... goes to show how simple twists of words can spark a frenzy

Same here... Good Hook Justin. I don't use EA for much traffic... I'd be ok. Your one of my favorite marketers Justin... what would be your next move?
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Alex Rich 15 years ago

If I step into my basement and lock the door and shut off the lights and just sit thinking about "What if this really happened?" several moments later ideas begin to flow. The old saying, "Necessity is the mother of invention/inventiveness" still holds a lot of truth.

My first thought is to focus more closely on exploiting the real strength of sites like twitter and a couple of up and coming social sites that are simmering just below the radar. People are naturally gregarious and these sites have not yet hit the momentum phase in their growth and acceptance.

Ezine is solid, but it's not social enough to really grab the masses like other options that are rising to the surface.

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Thomas W 15 years ago

Whoa, you got me really scared for a minute. This more of a hypothetical subject
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mdunn123

15 years ago

I would say...oh darn

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JayXtreme

15 years ago

Wow..

I'm quite surprised at how many people rely on EZA so much... if you rely on EZA this much, you should be VERY worried about the stability of your business, and the foundation it is built on.

It's only an article directory... it barely passes for a Made For Adsense cash site...

Sure, it's a cool resource to utilise in my business, but I certainly wouldn't miss it, should it ever crash.

Peace

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Droopy Dawg

15 years ago

LOL!! You might wanna rename the thread title... a large number of Warriors had their hearts drop into their stomachs when they read the title.

EZA is just a small pice of the overall puzzle...

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

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kayelex

15 years ago

Definitely find another platform to publish on.. It is inevitable that another one will take its place. I really don't put all my eggs in one basket now so it would not effect me too much.

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dynameek

15 years ago

If it did, I'm sure another super power will emerge imediately because everyone else will just flood that one - say GoArticles for example

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David Walker

15 years ago

It would render the articles I just outsourced for inclusion on Ezine Articles useless for starters...

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ExRat 15 years ago

Hi DD (#53),

LOL!! You might wanna rename the thread title... a large number of Warriors had their hearts drop into their stomachs when they read the title.

There probably were a few. I must admit my first impression was that it was written that way deliberately. I had a pre-conceived opinion before opening the thread that the content wouldn't entirely match the message in the title. I don't think the OP ran out of space so maybe he just forgot the 'what if' off the front of the sentence? The sig link wording seems to fit the same profile, although I have no idea what's on the other end of it...

I often wonder about the value gained through controversy based wordplay that might trigger more views and possibly sig views/clicks, versus the negative effects of 'crying wolf' - especially when it occurs in other environments, such as on the wider web. Interesting...(well I think so )
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Mark-Dickenson

15 years ago

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

I may be the odd man out but I hate ezine articles. I like Articles Base and GO Articles much better

But I get much better results by building a Niche Site based on a Product Name WidgetSupreme4033.com (that is supposed to be the make and model number so as to be specific)

So I build sites on product names, just like the ole' classic Niche Marketing on Crack taught us...and get organic traffic from Google by building high quality backlinks...then rinse and repeat

I hope this helps

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Allen Graves

15 years ago

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

I would jump for joy and start teaching people about this wonderful new concept called article marketing! LOL

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Jag82

15 years ago

I learnt early that it is never wise to put your eggs all in 1 basket.

EzineArticles is just but 1 site. There are tons of other sites you can publish to.
There are many good automation tools out there...so you do have the power
to scale up quite quickly. It's not as difficult as before.

Paid traffic, alone, such as PPC, PPV, banner advertising and ezine advertising
can generate a ton of traffic fast.

Anyway while I say it's important to not depend on 1 source of traffic,
you don't want to overly diversify.

Why? Remember the 80/20 rule? 80% of the results will come from
20% of your efforts (traffic channels). If you analyze your traffic,
you will know this is quite true.

See what's giving your the most traffic, and focus on the select best few.

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bgj202005

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Razer Rage

Switch to video-article marketing and use youtube as the new ezinearticles.

Definitely switch to Video Marketing. It's definitely taking over as the leading medium to get traffic.

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Lance K

15 years ago

Traffic x Conversion = Sales

Article marketing is only part of the Traffic side of the equation. And while EZA is a big player in article marketing, they're VERY expendable. If EZA ever goes away, you can just divert your article marketing efforts to the next directory that Google, etc. decide to divert their love to.

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TheRichJerksNet

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Lance K

Traffic x Conversion = Sales

Article marketing is only part of the Traffic side of the equation. And while EZA is a big player in article marketing, they're VERY expendable. If EZA ever goes away, you can just divert your article marketing efforts to the next directory that Google, etc. decide to divert their love to.

Lance,
Google does NOT direct their love to EZA... The fact that many blindly out of bad advice builds all their backlinks to their articles on EZA is what makes it seem like google is showing the site love.

James

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Lance K

15 years ago

Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet

Lance,
Google does NOT direct their love to EZA... The fact that many blindly out of bad advice builds all their backlinks to their articles on EZA is what makes it seem like google is showing the site love.

James

Thanks for pointing that out, James. I didn't word my response quite right.

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TheRichJerksNet

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Lance K

Thanks for pointing that out, James. I didn't word my response quite right.

Well.. I also do not like their "blackhat seo tricks" either... This may be a personal opinion but to me adding those non-relative links at the bottom of articles is trying to trick the search engines to get higher rankings for that article. It is not done to help the authors though, it is done to drive more traffic to the google ads.

This is what I am talking about

MLA Style Citation:
Pretty, Tom "Types of Business Bank Accounts." Types of Business Bank Accounts. 4 Aug. 2009. EzineArticles.com. 7 Aug 2009 <Types of Business Bank Accounts>.

APA Style Citation:
Pretty, T. (2009, August 4). Types of Business Bank Accounts. Retrieved August 7, 2009, from Types of Business Bank Accounts

Chicago Style Citation:
Pretty, Tom "Types of Business Bank Accounts." Types of Business Bank Accounts EzineArticles.com. Types of Business Bank Accounts

Another reason why I stopped submitting to EZA...

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dmarze

15 years ago

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

I think we should not thinking about that. Anything could happen. What would you do if Google disappear?

D.Marze

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Lance K 15 years ago

Originally Posted by turbopugsleylx

LOL u caused many marketers on here to clench their wallets very hard!

I think that's the point of asking the question. To point out that some folks may have cause for concern.
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zoobie

15 years ago

I will go for web 2.0 I think. You tube, facebook, myspace etc.. what you have a service in mind?

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timer

15 years ago

I'd go to the other several hundred articles marketing sites, start my own and do loads of videos. Or I'd get on my bike and get a proper job!!

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JAIDEEP2959

15 years ago

I will start using Press releases for publicity.

It is a good alternative.

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TheRichJerksNet

15 years ago

Ya Know... I love all these post "I would start doing this or that" - Well I got an idea, why are you not doing this and that NOW!!!!

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Steven Carl Kelly

15 years ago

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down.

Nothing. I've never posted ANY of my articles to EZA.

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by Nathan Segal

No offense, but that's speculation and IMO, it's a waste of time to think in this way. I only know what to do when a situation presents itself, not before.

Nathan

No offense, but that's a dangerous way to approach a business. If you are reactive, you WILL get hurt. It's only a matter of time. Diversify before that happens.

I'm brand new to this site, but know enough about business to know being proactive is the key to success.

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Hardi Wijaya

15 years ago

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

Send articles to offline publishers. I've done this before. The benefits over online distribution is that the reputation gain is usually much higher than online counterparts.

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Dan Grossman

15 years ago

Wouldn't change a thing, since pumping out regurgitations not fit for print and spamming them across the web through article directories is not, and never has been, a long term strategy for success of any kind.

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Hardi Wijaya

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Grossman

Wouldn't change a thing, since pumping out regurgitations not fit for print and spamming them across the web through article directories is not, and never has been, a long term strategy for success of any kind.

Exactly! This kind of reprinting nonsense won't last for long on the net. That's why I only believe in exclusive publishing. If I can't find an ideal spot for my article, I'll go offline searching for it.

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Nightengale

15 years ago

I really take issue with misleading subject lines like this. As a copywriter, I know the importance of getting attention with your subject line and being controversial, as well as shock value. But misleading subject lines only undermind your credibility and the credibility of your post.

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Lloyd Buchinski

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Nightengale

I really take issue with misleading subject lines like this. As a copywriter, I know the importance of getting attention with your subject line and being controversial, as well as shock value. But misleading subject lines only undermind your credibility and the credibility of your post.

Michelle

Just a few minutes ago I read a post of yours where you mentioned you don't like tabbed browsing? If I understood it right, I was thinking along the lines "boy, we just don't think alike." Of course there are not many people who do, but at least on this I completely agree.

When I read the headline, it just didn't seem real because there weren't a dozen other threads on the same topic then I got to the post and it reminded me of someone's comment "we need a wtf button for each post."

Anyway we are all just learning and actually I really do appreciate negative feedback if there is a point to it. If I do have egg on my face let me know so I can take it off. Feel free to straighten me out anytime.

best wishes everyone op included

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Micheallatour

15 years ago

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

press releases and vlogging

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ExRat 15 years ago

Hi Michelle/Lloyd,

Someone else agrees with you - post#58.
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  Roger,
  
  I saw.
  
  Going by his subject line, my impression is that he was going for shock value. Which is fine...IF it's not misleading.
  
  As you originally stated, if he'd said "What if..." then it would have been different. But he didn't.
  
  The whole subject line/thread left a bad taste in my mouth.
  
  Does it matter here? Maybe not if it's not something you typically do. But if you pull a stunt like that on your list, you're seriously hurting yourself. Customers take a dim view of stupid stunts like that.
  
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15 years ago

I would be putting more effort in video marketing which I like far better

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15 years ago

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Doug McIsaac

15 years ago

The loneliest number is one. Anyone that relies on EzineArticles or any one source of traffic is setting themselves up for failure. Diversification is the only way to be successful.

The really smart marketers are using integrated multi-touch, multi-channel strategies.

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Olga Schipilow

15 years ago

It is not very likely that they close down. But if it happens there are lots of others to take that place and I won't miss it.

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15 years ago

This thread shows how much articles marketing is important for us.
Thank to EzineArticles.com and all the other Ezine and articles directories, they help us generate a lot of FREE trafic

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15 years ago

I will start a similar site to replace ezinearticles if it is closed down.

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TristanPerry

15 years ago

Laugh since they've been quite bad with me thus far.

And then just focus on GoArticles and the other high traffic ones - at the moment I use about 10 different article directories so losing 1 wouldn't be anything big for me.

I only use it for backlinks so it wouldn't be a major thing for me.

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premiuminvestor

15 years ago

That Would be something!

But then as always, our God given ability to adapt will kick in, and we will start using other strategies.

Infact another directory greater then EZA may simply rise up!

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Alminc 15 years ago

I came to know just recently that so many warriors are getting
traffic almost only from EZA. I believed that EZA was more of a place
where you build your reputation as a marketer/writer than a traffic source.

I am not article marketer, so I wander how many articles you must give
them every month in order to get 5000+ visitors a month from them?
I guess it's more than 100 articles per month...
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richnicol.co.uk

15 years ago

Phew...i thought it was shutting down for a second haha! I find converting them to videos via youtube is an excellent step forward, everyone has said to me they prefer listening to videos than reading an article on Ezine or any other article website.

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dizen

15 years ago

If IM game field change , we change too . If Google change we change too

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

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Glenn Leader

15 years ago

I own a network of blogs that I can instantly post spun articles on.
Whilst it's nowhere near as powerful as EZA, it gets the job done.

Glenn

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raymagnetic

15 years ago

Originally Posted by JustinBrooke

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

Were you having a premonition when you thought of this thread? Ezinearticles is down as I type this.

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Randy Bheites

15 years ago

"what if article marketing didn't exist anymore?"

bwaaaahahahahahahaaaa!!

The Internet would disappear into the ether *pop*

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Doctor Article

15 years ago

Well, I for one would be stubbed as I make my living from writing articles. I suppose I would just have to go back to selling on Ebay.....lol.

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naphets66

15 years ago

I would think that something would fill it's place like GoArticles.com or something else. Just a gap to be filled by another site.

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15 years ago

Right, they're back online already.

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diro

15 years ago

I would focus on Joint Ventures and writing for individual blogs, guest blogging.

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countonuspr 15 years ago

I would convert all of my articles to videos and podcast and go that direction. If just EzineArticles.com went down I would turn to other popular article directories like ArticlesBase.com, ArticleDashboard.com, and GoArticles.com.
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15 years ago

I would panic and go back to the day job I just 'killed'

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MisterMunch

15 years ago

Whie EZA is still running. A good idea is to copy all your articles and save it on your hard-drive + some backup USB or CD.

Then, when EZA goes down, you are ready to resubmitt all your articles to the next article directory.

Go and copy your articles now before all your work is eliminated.

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JonStein

15 years ago

Okay
Who broke EZA??

They have been down most of the day!
Maybe Chris Knight read this thread and decided to shut down just to see what would really happen!? (LOL)

Truth of the matter is that there are so many different areas to promote that any one failing should not have a devastating effect on your business if you spread out a little and do not put all your eggs in one basket!

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kevinfar

15 years ago

I would have to change according to the situation, and in this case this would mean turning articles into other formats such as videos, audios, etc ..

Kevin

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15 years ago

Blog commenting, video marketing, forum posting and off course new blog posts.

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FriendlyRob

15 years ago

Many people put all their eggs in one basket. What if google didn't like EZA anymore, many marketers really count on things not changing. Its important to have multiple streams of income.

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Jeff Hollyhand

15 years ago

I was looking around for information on yesterday's EZA outage and found this thread.
I am pretty new to the Warrior Forum.
EZA is a great tool for traffic and backlinks but just one of many.
If all of my articles with them were gone, it would be kinda like getting a flat tire on a trip.
It would be irritating but it would not end the trip.