Fed Up With EZA...

Go articles ranks just as well but most people use EZA because of the temporary surge of targeted traffic.

If you want targeted traffic I would continue to use EZA

If you are building back links and want to rank organically on google Go articles is a good choice.

I really like articlebase.. something nice about their set up.

i submit to alot of them but nothing will push as much traffic to your site as EZA.

What are you frustrated about with them?

Why pay attention to other posts?? Have you had problems?

I still submit articles every day to eza, recently started using other site but no other site yet gives me the results EZA does. Once they do i'll go else where but until then I'll use what ever methods work for me

It's not about who ranks better in the search engines, it is about how effectively you can market your article and build quality backlinks to it to keep top listings. The fact is anyone can be kicked out of top rank, even if they are a PR 8 or an authority site or whatever...

What ranks better in the search engines though should be your own site...

James

Just had several articles declined because the resource box was TOO long, even though I used less than 1/3rd of the allotted words

Christie, if you have an I <3 Eza mug, go break it and post pictures

Is this based on your OWN experience or based on hearsay because you read "other posts on this forum about EZA"?

Its almost the same as saying I quit google and now want to go with msn.
Ezine has all the article traffic, so we must deal with them.

Try article base, the ranking for article base is getting better.
Sometimes, it even better than EzA

yep, articlesbase, go, and actually yo may want to give TheRichJerks service ArticleProductions a looksee. I've been using it and have no complaints and it is also a directory that gets you very very good results quickly.

It is what it is. Like the others EZA is the best for traffic of any of the other directories, bar none. Doesn't mean you can't be successful using Go Articles for instance, but you're cutting off 50% or more of your potential traffic if you ignore EZA.

Just my opinion.

Derrin @captivereef is an affiliate of mine and is one of the main traffic drivers and affiliates just from Free articles.

I'd listen and follow his advice, he definitely knows the article game.

I suggest Articlesbase and here's why..

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...iclesbase.html

But I've an advice for you.Just because other people are complaining about EZA,it doesn't mean that you should QUIT it. If you've some personal issues with them,then go ahead and change.If NOT,then please don't do it as you might find out that you've made a mistake in future..

My 2c..

James... up there^ (Rich Jerk, which he is not!) says he ranks higher with his article site (that you can join and submit to) than EZA regularly. (Maybe he is just a good writer ), but you MIGHT give it a shot. Plus I don't think he makes you wait for a human review to get published. (Ask him).

Wow, thanks for all the information.

Actually, the information I've read on the forum regarding EZA is a reincarnation of the situations I've experienced with them.

Here's one thing that baffles me. I tested their article review consistency by submitting articles from a writer who, English is not their first language (and it showed) with articles written by a well-spoken, seasoned English writer.

The non-English speaking writer's articles were approved. The English speaking writer's articles were rejected. Go figure.

This example was conducted on two different accounts.

Also, when I canceled my subscription, a few minutes later, my account was temporarily suspended.

These are just a few of the experiences I've had with EZA.

After reading the posts, I've decided to try them again, while also using another article directory. I guess the moral to my story is that we should never put all our eggs in one basket and work to diversity our internet business. No one, except ourselves, should have that much authority over how much money we make.

Buzzle is pretty good for both traffic and rankings, but you can only have 3 articles in "pending" state, you only get 1 link and it can take forever to get an article approved. Plus if they don't approve your article they just delete it - no email or anything!

If you want to be able to have more control over where you put links in your article and not be afraid of getting rejected for stupid reasons, then I suggest you give both website-articles.net and articleproductions.com a try.

Lee

I know a lot of people complain about EZA and rightfully so in many cases but I am yet to find another article directory that comes close in terms of traffic ... just my experience.

I have experienced this myself occasionally, my own were rejected due to "stupid" minor errors - why some non-native speaker's articles were published, articles which read AWFUL and where i have no idea how they got accepted.

BUT....i still think you're blowing this out of proportion. Those editor's are just HUMANS and no robots, acceptance might depend on your particular editor THAT DAY, their mood, etc..etc... its perfectly NORMAL, imho. Nothing to freak out over, just edit and re-submit. Some are strict, some less strict etc...

EZA can be somewhat annoying, but they do drive great traffic, so they should be on your list of article directories that you submit to.

One major issue that EZA does need to respond to is that their quality standards don't seem to be applied uniformly. I was looking at some articles last night and I ran across a few that were obviously PLR that had been run through article spinning software. They were almost unreadable, so badly cobbled together they were.

The other thing to keep in mind is that EZA is a business. They're out to make money, the same as all of us, and to that extent, they're going to do whatever is necessary to protect their business model and to increase revenue.

Sometimes EZA really doesn't make sense, they denied one of my articles because it pointed to a review site on 'Google Sniper'. According to them, they can't accept any articles pertaining to Google Sniper. So I kindly asked for a list of the products I can't talk about since I couldn't find them on the editorial guidelines. They told me they didn't have any list available!

That makes me believe they just pick and choose like "yeah, we'll accept that category but we won't take that one."

Either way, I get tons of traffic from EZA so I can't fight city hall...

My problem with EZA is that there are so many other people submitting that if you write an article in a competitive niche it only stays on the "Other Recent EzineArticles from the _____ Category:" list a day or two.

I don't want to spend all week trying to create backlinks to an article that is not on my site.

Or sending a ton of traffic to EZA to make the "Most Viewed".

So unless you are writing articles in a category that nobody else is writing in, EZA is only good for some backlinks.

With that in mind, why would I want to go through the "editor" problem and wait two weeks to get a backlink.

Matt

i an honestly say after 700 submissions I rarely have a problem. I just make sure to do the following

do not keyword stuff the title

keep keyword density to 1%

do not use filler content just to get word count up

use excessive anchor text in the resource box

always link to a relevant site

do not redirect from a sub domain

provide useful tips not a rambling paragraph of nothing.

keep paragraphs to 3 sentences

that has worked for me and honestly i barely get an article rejected.

they are a popular site, what did you guys expect to happen?

EZA is not all bad . Enjoy the quick boost of traffic they can get you before the slide .

Enjoy the link juice back to your site in the long run.

Isn't our own sites the main promotion at the end of the day ?

People talk like ezine is the only article site that gives annoying reasons for not approving your articles.

Well, articlesbase did the same thing with me. At least whenever I email ezine they always email back. Articlesbase gave a stupid reason (said it wasn't originial content, that I was submitting each article all about the same subject and only changing a few words, which was completely untrue. Yes, all the articles used similar keywords but each article was written uniquely by me, without any spinning of any sort.) and then when I challenged their wrong assessment I got zero response. None, nada.

Article directories are just pretty annoying. How about just putting them on your own site and using web 2.0 properties! That works just as well. But whenever you are using someone else's site to drive traffic, your content can be removed at any time for no reason, whether using an article directory or web 2.0 properties. Nothing's safe.

As you mentioned in your follow up post, you shouldnt put all your eggs in one basket. Using EZA doesnt mean that you can not add your articles to other directories. Add some articles pointing to your EZA articles for better results.

I have mixed feelings about EZA, ya they are great initially but with the huge influx of article marketer these days, my use of EZA has dropped because

1. They take forever to approve articles now (and I ain't paying for premium just to get articles approved..sorry EZA)
2. Unless your backlinking, pumping cheap banner traffic, twitter posts etc on the article they drop off the traffic feeds pretty fast. Geez if I have to spend that much time just for a few hits and a backlink, I'd rather boost my own site

Just my 2cent rants

EZA does take some time....but until I find a better alternative it is what we have. For a couple of weeks we get a big traffic boost and after that plenty of high quality anchor text link juice.

Not sure I really see much reason to complain. Waiting sucks, but what can you do?