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First off let me just say I am honored and humbled to be in the presence of such internet marketing greatness. I rarely pipe up in here because most my questions have all ready been answered, but this one has me puzzled.

Maybe it's the recent changed Ezine is doing or may not, so here it is...

It's in regards to being listed at the bottom of articles in the "Most Viewed" section. I have a few articles that show up as having 800, 900, 1000 page views with a 15 - 20% click through rate. They are each in the top 5 of Google for there respective keyword /phrase (same niche).

For example lets say it is the 'stinky feet' niche (it ain't but lets pretend it is). Fictitious article "5 Ways To Cure Stinky Feet" is page one of Google and has 900 article views per my 'article reports' page.

Down below is a list of the top 15 most viewed articles in the "stinky body parts" category. They list articles about stinky armpits, stinky belly buttons, etc.... all with maybe 300 - 400 views.

So that's the thing, why isn't my article listed?
what am I missing?
How am I reading these numbers wrong?
#baffled #ezine #ezine article help
  • Profile picture of the author Dean Shainin
    Did you notice the 'within 90 days'?

    They have to fall within the last 90 days to be in the most viewed...

    Maybe your article is older than 90 days?
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    • Profile picture of the author Mario Brown
      Hi Brandon,

      because of the fact that there was too much abuse regarding this sections (most viewed, most published), EZA changed their rules a little bit.

      First of all they changed it from 90 days to 60 days.

      This means, if your article is older than 60 days, it won't appear in that list.

      Secondly, your article must have at least 450 words in order to appear in either one of these lists.

      If your article has less than 450 words, it will never appear in one of the lists.

      So in order to get in there, make sure that you have a word count of at least 450 words and also ensure that your article isn't older than 60 days.

      Cheers,
      Mario
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      • Profile picture of the author Dunder
        Originally Posted by yellowboy View Post

        Hi Brandon,

        because of the fact that there was too much abuse regarding this sections (most viewed, most published), EZA changed their rules a little bit.

        First of all they changed it from 90 days to 60 days.

        This means, if your article is older than 60 days, it won't appear in that list.

        Secondly, your article must have at least 450 words in order to appear in either one of these lists.

        If your article has less than 450 words, it will never appear in one of the lists.

        So in order to get in there, make sure that you have a word count of at least 450 words and also ensure that your article isn't older than 60 days.

        Cheers,
        Mario
        Does this mean that even if your article is the very most popular article on Ezine Articles, it would only appear on those lists for the first 60 days after you submitted it?
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  • Profile picture of the author DPM70
    There appears to be all sorts of shenanigans going on with manipulation of these stats. Paid traffic to enhance number of views appears to be one of them. I'm not saying that this is happening in your niche, but sometimes it feels like banging your head against a brick wall!

    While I'm on it, it appears also that you can somehow beat the competition by putting your keywords in the title twice. To me it sometimes looks spammy, and everything I've read advises against this. However, in my niche, this is exactly what appears to be putting articles into the top ten in Google. Repeated keywords in the title. Any warriors have a view on this?

    Keep on writing and keep on battling - we'll get these things figured out sooner or later!
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  • Profile picture of the author Derek Allen
    Yellowboy nailed it on the head. I can't add anything else!
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  • Profile picture of the author BrandonMc
    and that is why I love this place!!

    It was the 60 day thing.
    Thanks for clearing that up
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