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Blogging vs Article Marketing

by JCMarketer
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I've asked this question before and have gotten contradictory answers - so I'm still a little confused.

If I write an article and post it on my blog, can I also submit this article to the article directory sites or is this considered duplication?
#article #blogging #marketing
  • Profile picture of the author IMrokie
    Originally Posted by JCMarketer View Post

    I've asked this question before and have gotten contradictory answers - so I'm still a little confused.

    If I write an article and post it on my blog, can I also submit this article to the article directory sites or is this considered duplication?
    If you write an article for SEO, you should don't repost to other article directory.. Write new fresh article for article directory is better..
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  • Profile picture of the author TheGMa
    Hi JC!

    "Duplicate Content" is a Google thing. If you are seeking to optimize your article to acquire more traffic, go to Google: https://support.google.com/webmaster...er/66359?hl=en

    Legally, you can post your article wherever you want. It's yours. Post it on your blog or standard site, guest blog it, and submit it to article directories, and buy AdWords pointing to it, and stick it on your Fan Page with a link to your site, whatever.

    DUPLICATE CONTENT = harmful to your SEO

    In brief - searchers look for fresh content, meaning it is fresh to their eyes and resonates with them. Finding the same article over and over again is boring and frustrating. If you want to post your material in different venues, do several re-writes from different angles. In that way, you are branding your authorship and authority << a very good thing.

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  • Profile picture of the author discrat
    Originally Posted by JCMarketer View Post

    I've asked this question before and have gotten contradictory answers - so I'm still a little confused.

    If I write an article and post it on my blog, can I also submit this article to the article directory sites or is this considered duplication?
    Be sure it is indexed on your blog first before putting on Article Directory (Btw, they have very little pull anymore )

    There is NO penalty. The only thing is your Article on the directory just will not have the SEO juice as your original on your Blog. But that's NO Penalty per say

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  • Profile picture of the author myob
    A more classical school of thought is to submit your articles directly to online/offline publications which already target your reading audience. In my experience, this method generates highly convertible traffic much faster and more effectively than using content for SEO fodder. Posting to article directories (except perhaps EZA) is generally a waste of time and could be detrimental, as a name search would most likely bring up your articles in dubious sources.
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  • Profile picture of the author blueprintmediagroup
    You can post your article from your blog to ezine articles. This does not count as duplicate content. If your site is created in wordpress, you can install a the ezine articles plugin which makes it easy to submit to your posts to ezine articles.
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  • Profile picture of the author DABK
    If you publish an article on your blog, then you publish it somewhere else, it is considered syndicated content, not duplicate. Technically, it's duplicate but Google uses the term duplicate only when the same content appears 2 or more times on the same site.

    It doesn't hurt you... However, keep in mind that Google will show only 1 in results. If the site you're publishing on is better at SEO, it will show the version on that site. Which means, your site gets less traffic. Though your name might spread high and low.
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  • Profile picture of the author rockydx
    As far as my experience speak Google not indexing duplicate content now a days and it is making hard to rank a website.. Since your back links are not getting indexed on google.
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    • Profile picture of the author TheGMa
      Originally Posted by rockydx View Post

      As far as my experience speak Google not indexing duplicate content now a days and it is making hard to rank a website.. Since your back links are not getting indexed on google.
      Here is the best explanation I've seen, outside of Google itself, that explains Google's backlinks policy.

      Without quality backlinks, you're pretty much dead in the water as far as Google algo's are concerned. But then, that's always been the case. Alexa used the same rules back when it got started, and I followed their guidelines.

      For a while there, it was a free-for-all, and the useless directories started popping up all over the place on the web, and on page 1 of search results. It didn't last. Lordy, I used to hate those sites when I was doing research; wasted my time. Now you don't run into them as often.

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