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Less Views From ArticleBase???

by Barb Thornback
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ArticleBase now put Google Ads above your articles!!

Sometimes they are on the left, sometimes on the right
and sometimes right above your article.

This has resulted in 30% less click through's to my
websites.
#articlebase #views
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    • Profile picture of the author gskesavan
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      The loss of your traffic from article directories is really the price you're paying for "borrowing" their page-rank to attract the traffic in the first place, and makes it all the more baffling that so many people will (a) submit their articles to directories without first publishing them on their own sites and getting them indexed there, and (b) build backlinks to article directory copies of their articles rather than to the copy on their own sites, building up the article directory at the expense of their own site and ensuring in the long run that directories will always outrank them for their own keywords.
      Hey Alexa

      You're talking about building a whole website for the niche and keeping your website's pages in the SE through backlinks from the article marketing campaigns.

      I have few sites that have only a landing page. It's a presell page that leads to my affiliate. In that case I focus on keeping the article in directory at a high rank. I want to know if that's good or bad.

      I sell my sites after a year or so.

      Cheers!
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Worner
    Originally Posted by Barb Thornback View Post

    ArticleBase now put Google Ads above your articles!!

    Sometimes they are on the left, sometimes on the right
    and sometimes right above your article.

    This has resulted in 30% less click through's to my
    websites.
    You know, it does cost money to run a article directory dont you? Would you prefer to pay a subscription fee instead?

    Chris
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    • Profile picture of the author Barb Thornback
      Originally Posted by skyfox7 View Post

      You know, it does cost money to run a article directory dont you? Would you prefer to pay a subscription fee instead?

      Chris
      I would be quite happy to pay a subscription fee.

      I just think that having Google Ads to the right or the left
      of the articles should produce enough income without
      putting the ads directly above the articles.
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  • Profile picture of the author mcampbell075
    Yeah I also observed it! My article in articlebase are getting viewed as what I've seen in their statics record. But checking my Google Analytics don't show any recognition from artilcebase.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mystical1
    Like Alexa was saying there is a "price" to pay for receiving their traffic and page rank value.
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    • Profile picture of the author ajbarnes777
      I don't think it's too bad... although it is annoying when some directories have a CRAZY amount ads all over the place.

      Just think about it like this: If your title is unbelievably powerful and your content is highly effective and high quality, then it won't matter how many ads the directories have because the reader is going to be stuck on your content... and more likely YOUR link at the bottom.

      In regards to ArticlesBase specifically, the fact that they let you place up to 3 links directly in the article body IMO is fair trade for them putting the amount of ads they put up (which is actually not that much compared to some other directories).

      With all that said, according to analytics, I haven't noticed a dip in traffic from AB. In fact, I've been getting a whole lot more than usual.
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