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Ezinearticles: Holy Crap, My Article Is #1!

by Tom E
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Last week, I started using a new technique with my Ezinearticles submissions. The result was staggering: Within hours of my first article going live, I was number 2 in both Ezinearticles and Google.

Then, within a few days, my article disappeared off both Ezinearticles and Google. I couldn't even find it on the first 10 pages - it was gone!

...so I started analyzing my article to see what had gone wrong. Using a free online keyword density tool, I found that my target keyword had a density of 3.8%. A lot of people say that once you bump over 3%, Google may flag you, so based on that, I reduced the ratio to around 2.3% for my keyword. Then I resubmitted my article. That was last night.

I just came home and decided to log into the control panel of the affiliate product I'm promoting through my articles. It stated that I had made 3 sales today - wow!

I immediately went to my control panel and lo and behold: My article is now back at its number 2 spot in Google and Ezinearticles. Keyword density made 100% difference.

AND, another article I just wrote (using the same technique) went straight to number one in Ezinearticles today!

Holy crap, I can't believe I cracked the code! I see courses advertised (even on this forum) for $20/$30+ that promise to teach this very technique. Now that I figured it out, I can't believe how simple it was!

Btw, this is for a keyword that returns 8 million results on a broad search in Google. Google Adsense reports around 3000 unique clicks on that keyword per month.

Hmm, I'm thinking I should write a quick e-book and do a WSO on this method - and charge a more reasonable $5 per copy - what do you think?
#article #crap #ezinearticles #holy
  • Profile picture of the author Imran Naseem
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    • Profile picture of the author rapidscc
      Wow nice marketing/promotion techniques...

      Hope u can back that up
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    • Profile picture of the author Tom E
      Originally Posted by Imran Naseem View Post

      Congratulations but self promotion threads like this that will lead to a "wso launch" is not really fair and might be viewed negatively.

      I get the same results, if not better but I do not need to create a thread every five minutes

      Just my 2 cents, besides I cracked the code long time ago.

      On the other hand, I would be curious to check out your findings..
      Who said my post will lead to a wso launch? I'm just excited about my results, wanted to share them, and at the same time see what the interest level is. And about having to create a thread every five minutes - what on earth are you talking about?
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        • Profile picture of the author Tom E
          Originally Posted by Imran Naseem View Post

          What was the purpose of this thread? Why should people pay to
          learn this "new secret"? IF you wanted to help..

          surely, you can give FREE tips here on this thread, and increase your reputation as opposed to planning to charge $5.00..

          Great thread that will lay down a pre-launch for your WSO..

          Plus,someone with 24 posts only I think rather than launch a WSO give something for free and contribute more..
          Dude, why the negative attitude? Whatever is going on, don't take it out on me! Also, if you read all the posts in this thread, you would find that I already explained why I'm not sharing the technique in this thread. Although I did already share the fact that if you keep your keyword density over 3%, Google will flag your articles. That would be one free (very helpful) tip that one poster here already benefited from.

          Look, I do appreciate your posts (you keep bumping my thread to the top every time you post!) but if you post again, please contribute with something constructive - life's too short for complaining!
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          • Profile picture of the author GarrieWilson
            Originally Posted by gr8tocre8 View Post

            As for posting the tips here, I already responded to that - scroll up to my reply for Ernie and you'll see my answer.
            Ok. Gotcha. I'm making a mental note to not help you when you ask and you will. Because my answer could hurt other people.

            Get real.

            If you sell it as a WSO, especially for $5, you will do EXACTLY what you say you don't want to. Not to mention people will buy the WSO and tell anyway.

            If everyone was like you, this forum would have a lot less information and be less helpful. I'm glad that a good number of people look past the quick cash and relise that sharing information will make them a lot more money in the long run.

            Originally Posted by gr8tocre8 View Post

            Dude, why the negative attitude?
            Disagreeing with your tactic is NOT negative.
            ....please contribute with something constructive - life's too short for complaining!
            He gave you constructive critism that would benefit you greatly. To bad you don't get it. Maybe one day.


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            • Profile picture of the author Tom E
              Originally Posted by GarrieWilson View Post

              Ok. Gotcha. I'm making a mental note to not help you when you ask and you will. Because my answer could hurt other people.

              Get real.

              If you sell it as a WSO, especially for $5, you will do EXACTLY what you say you don't want to. Not to mention people will buy the WSO and tell anyway.

              If everyone was like you, this forum would have a lot less information and be less helpful. I'm glad that a good number of people look past the quick cash and relise that sharing information will make them a lot more money in the long run.

              Disagreeing with your tactic is NOT negative.
              He gave you constructive critism that would benefit you greatly. To bad you don't get it. Maybe one day.


              Garrie
              Man, you guys are such haters! Your reply is more dominated by anger than actual advice that could further the conversation - both for me and other warriors.

              I love constructive criticism, but when you guys come across with the attitude of schoolyard bullies, it's very hard to listen. I see post like yours in almost every thread I see here - especially the WSO threads, and iI wish you people could get your points across without being derogatory. As a matter of fact, I'm tempted to start a thread on it, because I have a feeling I'm not the only one who feels this way.

              Regarding your "me not being helpful" comment, you obviously haven't looked through my posts. Because if you do, you will see that I have spent a lot of time giving people feedback and advice that has earned me both positive comments and PM's from appreciative fellow Warriors.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
    Great work! How about sharing your technique here for free, it will do a lot more for you than the short-term income you may make from the WSO
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    • Profile picture of the author Tom E
      Originally Posted by Ernie Lonardo View Post

      Great work! How about sharing your technique here for free, it will do a lot more for you than the short-term income you may make from the WSO
      Ernie,
      I think that is actually a great idea, but doing so could hurt the sales of current WSO's that are selling "become number one in Ezine/Google" ebooks. I don't want to piss anyone off, and I don't think listing the technique (which is simple, but quite elaborate) would be fair to them. Hope you understand.
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  • Profile picture of the author Floyd Fisher
    Got a url for that tool?
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    • Profile picture of the author Tom E
      Originally Posted by Floyd Fisher View Post

      Got a url for that tool?
      Sure, here you go: Realtime Keyword Density Analysis. It's a free tool, they just require that you submit your e-mail. I've used it for a long time, it's great & analyzes instantly. Gotta log off, so if any more questions, I'll catch'em tomorrow.
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    • Profile picture of the author Ruth Hendrickson
      Wow, congrats and thanks for sharing your info here. I honestly didn't know you could get flagged by google for having over 3% for a keyword. Guess that's one more thing I'll have to check when submitting my articles. IMO, a $5 WSO with this information is a great idea.
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      • Profile picture of the author Tom E
        Originally Posted by Ruth Hendrickson View Post

        Wow, congrats and thanks for sharing your info here. I honestly didn't know you could get flagged by google for having over 3% for a keyword. Guess that's one more thing I'll have to check when submitting my articles. IMO, a $5 WSO with this information is a great idea.
        You're very welcome Ruth, glad you got something out of it. And yeah, I had no idea Google were such sticklers on keyword density either - until I resubmitted my articles.
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  • Profile picture of the author GarrieWilson
    Who said my post will lead to a wso launch?
    Umm you pretty much did. See the proof.

    Hmm, I'm thinking I should write a quick e-book and do a WSO on this method - and charge a more reasonable $5 per copy - what do you think?
    I think you, and others, should actually start posting these helpful tips for the community. Especially if you have learned ANYTHING from being a member.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tom E
      Originally Posted by GarrieWilson View Post

      Umm you pretty much did. See the proof.

      I think you, and others, should actually start posting these helpful tips for the community. Especially if you have learned ANYTHING from being a member.
      I said that I am thinking I should - as in contemplating it, based on response. I have no plans whatsoever - why is this so hard to understand?

      As for posting the tips here, I already responded to that - scroll up to my reply for Ernie and you'll see my answer.
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  • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
    There could be much more going on here than you think. It's easy to confuse correlation with cause-and-effect. I know that EZA will put newly approved articles at the top of the homepage and category page for a day. I also know Google crawls EZA quite often. When you re-submitted the articles and they got approved, you probably got the same benefits as the first time around.

    Watch it for another couple weeks. If they remain highly ranked after your KW density changes, more power to you! If not, you probably made the mistake of thinking it was cause-and-effect when it was really correlation.

    I hope I'm wrong, by the way. I never begrudge anyone their success.

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    • Profile picture of the author John Ritz
      John has a good point. When you first submitted your article, it was up there at the top for a few days. Then it dropped off the face of the earth.

      Now you've tweaked it and re-submitted it, and lo and behold it's at the top again. But the first time it took a couple of days to drop off. Have you waited a couple of days yet before claiming that keyword density made all the difference?

      I'm not saying KD wasn't responsible. Just saying you might be a bit premature on your analysis.

      I, too, hope I'm wrong.

      Best of luck with it!

      John

      P.S. Thanks for the link to that KD tool!
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      • Profile picture of the author Tom E
        Originally Posted by John Ritz View Post

        John has a good point. When you first submitted your article, it was up there at the top for a few days. Then it dropped off the face of the earth.

        Now you've tweaked it and re-submitted it, and lo and behold it's at the top again. But the first time it took a couple of days to drop off. Have you waited a couple of days yet before claiming that keyword density made all the difference?

        I'm not saying KD wasn't responsible. Just saying you might be a bit premature on your analysis.

        I, too, hope I'm wrong.

        Best of luck with it!

        John

        P.S. Thanks for the link to that KD tool!
        John, also see my response to Zeus66. Until I started using my current article SEO method, my articles never got even close to being on the first page of Ezinearticles - much less Google. Now, they are hitting number one like pearls on a string. Even if they did drop off after a couple of weeks, I would have no complaints whatsoever, as I'm making sales left and right off of the views I'm getting right now. If that continues even for just the next 2 weeks (if your theory pans out), I know I'm doing a lot better than the average Ezinearticles writer out there, who are struggling to even make a penny.

        Bottomline: It takes me less than 20 minutes to write and submit an article. As long as I'm doing that every day, using my current technique, even if your theory is right, I'll still be making money like gangbusters.
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      • Profile picture of the author Black Hat Cat
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        Originally Posted by John Ritz View Post

        I'm not saying KD wasn't responsible. Just saying you might be a bit premature on your analysis.
        John
        I'll say it: KD wasn't responsible. I'm guessing he brushed his teeth between the time he made the change, and the time he noticed the results, but the teeth brushing wasn't responsible either.

        I don't want to piss anyone off, and I don't think listing the technique (which is simple, but quite elaborate) would be fair to them. Hope you understand
        But for $5, you'll gladly say "to hell with fairness, no matter who it pisses off" , lol. Hopefully he/she doesn't understand, because it makes no sense. No one here is obligated to withhold information simply because someone else is trying to make a buck off of it.

        Sharing info here is neither fair or unfair, it just is. Every tip and strategy shared here is sold by someone, many of them Warriors.

        The only reason you aren't willing to share it here is because you want to sell it. That's fine, knock yourself out. I hope you sell a thousand of them. But spare us the bogus "it wouldn't be fair" excuse. We're not that dumb.
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        • Profile picture of the author Tom E
          Originally Posted by blackhatcat View Post

          I'll say it: KD wasn't responsible. I'm guessing he brushed his teeth between the time he made the change, and the time he noticed the results, but the teeth brushing wasn't responsible either.

          Sharing info here is neither fair or unfair, it just is. Every tip and strategy shared here is sold by someone, many of them Warriors.

          The only reason you aren't willing to share it here is because you want to sell it. That's fine, knock yourself out. I hope you sell a thousand of them. But spare us the bogus "it wouldn't be fair" excuse. We're not that dumb.
          Thanks for that feedback, I appreciate it! When I wrote that, I actually meant it, believe it or not. I haven't been on this forum for as long as some of you guys, so I'm learning the rules of conduct as I go. Clearly, now I see that the "wouldn't be fair" line doesn't hold water (I really thought I would piss some of the WSO people on the same topic off!). So thanks again man - I just learned something!

          Having said that - yes, I absolutely want to make a buck on it! Just like the other warriors who are posting WSO's for it - you don't see them giving it away for free either, which they shouldn't! I'm sure that they, just like I, paid their dues to learn this information. The technique I came across would not have "clicked" with me had it not been for the exhausting work I have done trying to promote articles over the past 12 months. It finally clicked for me, and I couldn't be happier about it. Next time, I'll formulate my thread a bit differently, to avoid all these "passionate" replies, haha.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tom E
      Originally Posted by Zeus66 View Post

      There could be much more going on here than you think. It's easy to confuse correlation with cause-and-effect. I know that EZA will put newly approved articles at the top of the homepage and category page for a day. I also know Google crawls EZA quite often. When you re-submitted the articles and they got approved, you probably got the same benefits as the first time around.

      Watch it for another couple weeks. If they remain highly ranked after your KW density changes, more power to you! If not, you probably made the mistake of thinking it was cause-and-effect when it was really correlation.

      I hope I'm wrong, by the way. I never begrudge anyone their success.

      John
      That's actually a great point you bring up. However, I already tested the waters on it. I resubmitted several articles for another product I push a while back, but nothing happened in either Google or Ezine. There was no boost in views, and the articles were nowhere to be found on the first 2-3 pages of search.

      >>>> I know that EZA will put newly approved articles at the top of the homepage and category page for a day.>>>>

      I'd be surprised if they're still doing this, as SO many people would take advantage of it - seems to easy. In my experience at least, this has never been the case, except for with the articles I have modified keyword-ratio on.
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      Originally Posted by Zeus66 View Post

      There could be much more going on here than you think. It's easy to confuse correlation with cause-and-effect. I know that EZA will put newly approved articles at the top of the homepage and category page for a day. I also know Google crawls EZA quite often. When you re-submitted the articles and they got approved, you probably got the same benefits as the first time around.

      Watch it for another couple weeks. If they remain highly ranked after your KW density changes, more power to you! If not, you probably made the mistake of thinking it was cause-and-effect when it was really correlation.

      I hope I'm wrong, by the way. I never begrudge anyone their success.

      John

      How would the KW density change? The article is finished...

      EDIT: NM, I see it... rewrite.
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      • Profile picture of the author Eric Lorence
        Probably better to EARN 4-5 Grand with it at first, then you'll have something to talk about.

        Since getting on the first page of google isn't really that difficult, depending on the keywords.

        "Animal Husbandry" or "Credit and Loans"?

        Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Gunter Eibl
    While I doubt that the experience of one week in article marketing would give enough good content to write an ebook or even a small report (beside the fact that there are dozens of article marketing books and courses out there from seasoned article marketers), everybody is free to launch a WSO

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    • Profile picture of the author Lambert Klein
      There's always somebody that's negative. Don't worry about it.
      Anyhow I think you already shared how you did it in your first post. Or did I miss something?

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      • Profile picture of the author Tom E
        Originally Posted by lklein View Post

        There's always somebody that's negative. Don't worry about it.
        Anyhow I think you already shared how you did it in your first post. Or did I miss something?

        Lambert
        Yep, you missed something, lol. What I shared was the keyword density factor. Knowing about that already puts you ahead of the game, but it doesn't matter how google/ezine-friendly your density is if your article isn't optimized to bypass all the other thousands of articles that are being submitted every day, so that it can hit that number 1 spot.
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        • Profile picture of the author Martin Luxton
          gr8tocre8

          From you profile I noticed you joined recently.

          A while back there was a very heated debate about people saying

          "Wow! I made this great discovery I'm gonna make it a WSO!"

          A lot of people felt, particularly if you developed the techniques through help you received at the Warrior Forum, you could give back by making it freely available to Warriors. In fact, there were some techniques suggested where you could make even more money longterm by giving it away e.g. a downloadable pdf where you could establish yourself as an expert/get optins/gain kudos.

          A classic win-win.

          Tom Peters, in his book "The Work Matters" recommends sharing all your knowledge (except proprietary secrets) with your clients because every day you should learn more that will always put you one step ahead.

          Believe me, Garrie's reply was very restrained compared to some of the comments on that thread.

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          • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
            Wow, interesting thread.

            You sound hell-bent on establishing yourself as a very profitable and know-it-all article marketer. That is why a lot of people are skeptical. You don't seem to have a lot of history, a branded name or credentials. Just make sure that anything you write and release is not already copyrighted. Doing so could get you into a lot of trouble.

            Suggestion: Instead of testing old stuff, you should be testing brand new articles, products and websites...and you should do it many times over before claiming that it is actually a successful technique, and not just a bit of blind luck or something completely different.

            I see it all the time here. Someone hits a home run with a single article and make a few sales, then all of a sudden they're claiming to be the next article marketing guru with the sure-fire, can't miss article marketing technique of the future, when, in fact, they have absolutely no idea why their article hit the top...whether they think they do or not.

            People are starting to become keen on this...so do your due diligence and proceed the right way. Earn your way and you won't have to deal with comments like this anymore.

            Respectfully,
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            • Profile picture of the author Tom E
              Originally Posted by Allen Graves View Post

              Wow, interesting thread.

              You sound hell-bent on establishing yourself as a very profitable and know-it-all article marketer. That is why a lot of people are skeptical. You don't seem to have a lot of history, a branded name or credentials. Just make sure that anything you write and release is not already copyrighted. Doing so could get you into a lot of trouble.

              Suggestion: Instead of testing old stuff, you should be testing brand new articles, products and websites...and you should do it many times over before claiming that it is actually a successful technique, and not just a bit of blind luck or something completely different.

              I see it all the time here. Someone hits a home run with a single article and make a few sales, then all of a sudden they're claiming to be the next article marketing guru with the sure-fire, can't miss article marketing technique of the future.

              People are starting to become keen on this...so do your due diligence and proceed the right way. Earn your way and you won't have to deal with comments like this anymore.

              Respectfully,
              Allen Graves
              Good feedback Allen, thanks! All I know now is that 3 articles I wrote using a specific technique landed at and are still at number 1 and 2 in rankings. Before using this technique, I had written and submitted a LOT of articles, and that never happened even once. We shall see in a couple of weeks if my ranking still sticks, but like I said in my previous post (see above), even if it doesn't, I can't lose, because I'm making commissions left & right due to the traffic I'm getting (which again, NEVER happened before I started using my technique). So I know it's not blind luck. But point taken - great feedback, thanks!
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    Awesome, want to tell us what the niche was?
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  • Profile picture of the author ibringjoy
    I just wanted to tell you congratulations for the success of your latest articles. After keeping in there and writing articles for a year without the front page accolades, this recent success is something you have worked very hard for. You must certainly be feeling a lot of joy and excitement! I hope your new techniques continue to develop as the money-maker methods that you hope they are.

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    • Profile picture of the author Tom E
      Originally Posted by ibringjoy View Post

      I just wanted to tell you congratulations for the success of your latest articles. After keeping in there and writing articles for a year without the front page accolades, this recent success is something you have worked very hard for. You must certainly be feeling a lot of joy and excitement! I hope your new techniques continue to develop as the money-maker methods that you hope they are.

      Kathryn
      Thanks Kathryn, I appreciate it!
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    Well, I think if you use content composer, you might have similar result...still, I think USD 5 is fair.
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    I have written close to 200 articles on Ezinearticle.com and have many of these articles as #1.

    This is a great traffic generator and I must say that Ezinearticle.com is the best out there when it comes to article directories.

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