Why Ezine Articles Do This?

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Hi everyone

I submitted few articles to EzineArticles. Some of them got approved and there 6 of them not approved. Instead of giving me a reason, they asked me to contact them to find the reason for not approval.

Why can't they just let me know what is wrong with the articles, so I don't have to waste my time to wait for them to reply and tell me what the problem is with the articles.

Now I send them few messages and still waiting for them to reply. Does any of you have an idea, why they don't explain the reason? Usually the add small information such as "article body does not deliver what is promised in the title"
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  • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
    Originally Posted by sellingmanagerebay View Post

    Hi everyone

    I submitted few articles to EzineArticles. Some of them got approved and there 6 of them not approved. Instead of giving me a reason, they asked me to contact them to find the reason for not approval.

    Why can't they just let me know what is wrong with the articles, so I don't have to waste my time to wait for them to reply and tell me what the problem is with the articles.

    Now I send them few messages and still waiting for them to reply. Does any of you have an idea, why they don't explain the reason? Usually the add small information such as "article body does not deliver what is promised in the title"
    Honestly, my opinion is that, if a website is to disapprove an article, their should be staffing in place to give feedback regarding what that writer can do/or address in order to have their article approved.....

    Of course, it may be difficult to do this when a website has hundreds of new articles submitted each day...but, well, they should try their best to give feedback....JMHO
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  • The thing is I contacted them around few days ago and still no answer back. I am trying to find out what the problems are with the articles. But can't figure it out.

    Also, they have the cheek to start a new competition to encourage people to submit more articles. I think they should improve their editing process.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    Don't sweat it - They do it to me all the time, so I just get on writing and submitting new ones while they're at it.

    If you let little things like this get to you - you'll have more to worry about than you started with.
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  • Profile picture of the author E-supreme
    Yeah I had one article that kept getting refused even though there was nothing wrong with it. Think it was because I used one word in US english and then further down the same word in uk english. Just couldn't figure it out, since it had never happened to me before.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sarah Harvey
      Sometimes the reason they don't approve the article is because of simple things like the link in your resource box may be pointing to a spammy site with no value or you linked to a site that they see as promotion for your own site within the article etc. So many things they can do which will prevent your article from going live. However, sometimes if it is a simple thing then all you need to do is correct it and it should go live within 24 hours after that.

      I was pretty lucky recently as I was still building my website but already posted the article. I needed content on my main site and they mailed me to say there is no content on my site where it was linking to. I changed the link to a page that had great content and then they approved it and it also became a featured article as well. Which was pretty good for me.

      Overall as long as people follow the rules, everything is fine. I m sure they need you to do some minor changes that is all.
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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      I know they are a high PR site, with alot of search engine authority....does anyone know round-abouts (I know you won't have an exact number...) how many submissions they get a day?

      Would you think it was in the thousands, PER day?
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  • Profile picture of the author entrepreneurjay
    Their head is getting too big for their own good. I rarely submit articles to Ezinearticles any more due to the long wait, and the drama like what you just stated.

    If I was you I would copy all of them and submit them to Articlesbase.com you will get comparative results and it is instant approval.

    Them submit them to goarticles.com and Ideamarketers.com. Everyone is always on the Ezinearticles bandwagon yeah they are effective but there are alternatives that are just as effective.
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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      Originally Posted by entrepreneurjay View Post

      Their head is getting too big for their own good. I rarely submit articles to Ezinearticles any more due to the long wait, and the drama like what you just stated.

      If I was you I would copy all of them and submit them to Articlesbase.com you will get comparative results and it is instant approval.

      Them submit them to goarticles.com and Ideamarketers.com. Everyone is always on the Ezinearticles bandwagon yeah they are effective but there are alternatives that are just as effective.
      I STILL think the internet is evolving so much that people are naturally gravitating to websites that offer them a % revenue share ABOVE and BEYOND the IM benefit/business benefit of having the search engine authority....

      Nowadays, I can name a whole slew of companies that are proving that it really is possible to give a share of the revenue, on top of the boost from the search engine authority.....look at HubPages.....Squidoo (Tiered-Payment Structure)....and sites like Xomba, Bukisa, etc....the list goes on and on....

      ....I know there is an individual behind EZA that needs to make a living too, BUT, I guess I was turned off to them when other website's revenue share models prompted him to contact EZA inquiring about if they share revenue with writers and he received an email back saying something on the lines of "We already give our writers enough...."

      I've said it before, but there is PLENTY of room for emerging business models to emerge....just look at the growth of HubPages, Xomba, Bukisa, etc....
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    • Profile picture of the author bretski
      Originally Posted by entrepreneurjay View Post

      Their head is getting too big for their own good. I rarely submit articles to Ezinearticles any more due to the long wait, and the drama like what you just stated.

      If I was you I would copy all of them and submit them to Articlesbase.com you will get comparative results and it is instant approval.

      Them submit them to goarticles.com and Ideamarketers.com. Everyone is always on the Ezinearticles bandwagon yeah they are effective but there are alternatives that are just as effective.
      I rarely have to wait more than 24 hours for my articles to be approved and it has been over a year since I had one rejected.

      As far as other directories being AS effective? My articles on EZA often make page 1 of google and STICK there. I'd rather have one article that sticks on page 1 of google than have to post an article every other day that will hit page one and then sink into the abyss. But have at it and do it your way. It's cool by me
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  • The problem is not about for them not accepting my articles. I know they have a lot in their hands and I know their service is free. However, wouldn't it make their job easier, instead of asking me to contact them to ask what the problem is with my article, write few words to explain the problem.

    When they ask you to send them email to find what the problem is, it certainly makes their job more difficult. This way they have to read the emails and answer them. I am sure it is more work.

    They read the articles, why is it so difficult to write a few words that explain the issues.

    The reason I don't submit more, is because, I might repeat the same mistake and get refused and wait again. Basicly, if I don't know what the problem is I will be repeating the same mistakes.

    As far as I am concerned, the spelling and the grammers are right. Also, they all hand written by me and also proof read by others. Obviously, I am doing something wrong and by carry on submitting articles again I will repat the same mistakes.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikeevee
    Originally Posted by sellingmanagerebay View Post

    Hi everyone

    I submitted few articles to EzineArticles. Some of them got approved and there 6 of them not approved. Instead of giving me a reason, they asked me to contact them to find the reason for not approval.

    Why can't they just let me know what is wrong with the articles, so I don't have to waste my time to wait for them to reply and tell me what the problem is with the articles.

    Now I send them few messages and still waiting for them to reply. Does any of you have an idea, why they don't explain the reason? Usually the add small information such as "article body does not deliver what is promised in the title"
    When this happened to me in the past the reason was always either 1) too many links (ie more than two in total between the main article and resource box) 2) a link "above the fold", ie in the top half of the article or 3) one of the links pointed or redirected to an affiliate link.

    If its any of the above with your article you can change and resubmit it even before you get their answer.
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  • Profile picture of the author Karen Jacobson
    You're not alone! I've had the same thing happen to me too. It is definitely frustrating. Have you tried Hub Pages or GoArticles.com?
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    • Profile picture of the author dotslash
      There is a lot to be said for trying hubpages, they rank really well, you get some of that adsense commission which can add up. It's very simple to post a new hub and throw a graphic or two in there.

      The downside is you can't build hundreds of hubs all pointing at the same site, but a few well written hubs can produce a lot of traffic - I've got 8 hubs which send me 300 visitors a day to my sites (I've created a few links to two of them)

      As always the key is to target decent keywords.

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  • I just had a reply and they say the reason my articles are on hold is because i am promoting PLR. However, before I started writting my articles, I searched EA if they allow articles that promotes PLR EBooks, and There were loads. I assumed they do allow it. So I need to remove those articles as My blog is about PLR eBooks.
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  • Profile picture of the author wDigital
    I have had that a few times, I just roll with the punches and throw up more articles. In all honesty it happens very rarely to me, but it is a bit annoying to be honest.

    Personally I get some great traffic from the EZA articles so I just see it as one of those minor announces.

    All the best.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mary Wilhite
    I agree! Ezine don't put exact issue or reason why the article is not approved. But my friend adviced me that you have to make sure for the key word.. much better if the keyword appears one time in the body. you can also double check the spelling and apostrophes, they also strict when it comes to that. But basically, much better if we know or they can tell us the exact reason why it's a problem article so we can easily re-write or change it.

    Ezine is really picky.
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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      Originally Posted by Mary Wilhite View Post

      I agree! Ezine don't put exact issue or reason why the article is not approved. But my friend adviced me that you have to make sure for the key word.. much better if the keyword appears one time in the body. you can also double check the spelling and apostrophes, they also strict when it comes to that. But basically, much better if we know or they can tell us the exact reason why it's a problem article so we can easily re-write or change it.

      Ezine is really picky.
      "Picky" can be good, I think.....it helps to ensure quality....

      Then again, it would be nice to see websites, even beyond EZA, find some way to give writers more feedback about WHY their article(s) are bad or need to be fixed....I know this would incur a greater expense, and their are probably thousands of new articles submitted everyday, however, even if they don't give a reason behind EVERY article, maybe they could start out "randomly" giving feedback to certain ones....

      Then, instead of having 1,000 people out there wishing they had feedback, they may only have 500.....it would certainly be appreciated, I'd think...
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  • Profile picture of the author Suzanne Morrison
    I've had this happen to me twice for the following reasons:

    1) I was promoting a sales page that mentioned "PLR" on it (the sales page wasn't actually selling PLR, just selling a website that included some PLR blog posts on the site).

    2) I promoted a page on my website that contained a link in the navigation menu to an article explaining how traffic exchanges work. They don't allow you to promote anything that mentions traffic exchanges.

    So they don't like PLR or traffic exchanges for some reason.

    It's weird that you have to contact them to ask why. Usually if your article is rejected you get the reason for it without having to contact them.

    Cheers,
    Suzanne
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  • Profile picture of the author Marhelper
    They are a huge operation that can afford to reject article after article. You just need to play by the game or go elsewhere.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paleochora
    When i have had refusals it has been for simple reasons but I agree its frustrating waiting for their support to get back to you with a reason, especially if its for a new project and you are excited about it!

    On one occasion, I decided to delete it and it was accepted by all the other high PR article sites so I lost little at the end of the day

    Off topic: may I say that Alexa Smith look very comely in her new profile photo....I didn't like the last one so much as the one before that but you have excelled this time. Not that I am a stalker or anything...
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  • Profile picture of the author Jamian
    Originally Posted by sellingmanagerebay View Post

    Hi everyone

    I submitted few articles to EzineArticles. Some of them got approved and there 6 of them not approved. Instead of giving me a reason, they asked me to contact them to find the reason for not approval.

    Why can't they just let me know what is wrong with the articles, so I don't have to waste my time to wait for them to reply and tell me what the problem is with the articles.

    Now I send them few messages and still waiting for them to reply. Does any of you have an idea, why they don't explain the reason? Usually the add small information such as "article body does not deliver what is promised in the title"
    What you can do is just keep submitting new articles! They'll catch up with you.

    Jamian.
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  • Profile picture of the author Black Hat Cat
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    Originally Posted by sellingmanagerebay View Post



    Why can't they just let me know what is wrong with the articles, so I don't have to waste my time to wait for them to reply and tell me what the problem is with the articles.
    Because that would be the sensible, efficient thing to do....two things EA clearly isn't very interested in.
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    • Profile picture of the author sylviad
      Originally Posted by haute34 View Post

      I think Smith is right about ezines.. do they have any limitations in the number of articles from one single account? if they have I suggest using a new account for each article. Ezine if FREE
      Ok... This is not allowed. So when EA catches your other accounts, they'd be cancelled anyway. And as someone already pointed out, you'd also get banned. Someone I know just had this happen to them when they tried to open a second account.

      Originally Posted by sellingmanagerebay View Post

      The problem is not about for them not accepting my articles. I know they have a lot in their hands and I know their service is free. However, wouldn't it make their job easier, instead of asking me to contact them to ask what the problem is with my article, write few words to explain the problem.

      When they ask you to send them email to find what the problem is, it certainly makes their job more difficult. This way they have to read the emails and answer them. I am sure it is more work.

      They read the articles, why is it so difficult to write a few words that explain the issues.

      The reason I don't submit more, is because, I might repeat the same mistake and get refused and wait again. Basicly, if I don't know what the problem is I will be repeating the same mistakes.

      As far as I am concerned, the spelling and the grammers are right. Also, they all hand written by me and also proof read by others. Obviously, I am doing something wrong and by carry on submitting articles again I will repat the same mistakes.
      This is the exact argument I had with EA last month. "Why waste time making me contact you to find out what's wrong? Just tell me so I can fix it." Their explanation was that they can't direct you to every single rule in their guidelines, and that you have to go read them. They did break down and point me to the problem. But what a waste of time for both of us.

      Sometimes, I think it must depend on who is editing your articles, because 99% of mine go through without hitches.

      One did leave me puzzled, though when they pointed me to the keyword overuse. I struggled with the article all afternoon, deleting versions of the keyword that I thought they saw as too similar or something. Eventually, I only had the keyword twice in the entire article and it was still rejected.

      I finally had to contact them again and ask what the heck they saw wrong that I didn't, because I couldn't figure it out. It turns out that I'd used the word "search engine" too often. The article wasn't even about search engines or SEO, so it never registered with me that it could be another keyword entirely to what I was targeting.

      But in your case, they did give you one clue - the article did not live up to the promise in the title.

      You have to be careful when you title your articles. If you say something like, "5 Ways to Promote Your Blog" and your article is about 5 ways to put ads on your blog, then the title and article would not match. Sometimes it's a fine line.

      I would recommend that you write your article first, and then give it a headline, rather than the other way around.

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  • Profile picture of the author genietoast
    They probably don't have enough editors.
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  • Profile picture of the author dyadvisor
    I am an Ezine Article Platinum writer, and can give some answers as I email to and from Chris and Marc frequently. However, they sometimes do not like what I say.

    They themselves do not know how to write, they know only how to make money. Check out Chris Knight explaining his expert book. The first sentence is not 12 characters long, but 40. Their communications manager, Marc, recently wrote a 50 word sentence in their blog about writing articles.

    EZA makes a ton of money off the Google ads by your articles. Right now they approve Platinum writers articles in as little as 6 hours.

    Those not platinum get stuck with the nitpicks. Example: I did a ghostwriting job for one of my clients for 10 articles. Two articles were flagged for no reason. If I had submitted them under my name all 10 would have been approved instantly.

    Never bother to rewrite or send emails. Pull the article, do a minor change and get it approved.

    Their goal now is improving Alexa ranking, so quality no long matters. Just get the correct reviewer. There are so many rule "reviewers" for non-platinum writers, chances are you will get a better one next time.

    So NEVER fight, simply delete & rewrite.

    Join their newsletter, and help me in giving them a little wet spot in their pants.

    Do not kiss butt, they need you more than you need them.
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