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Submitting Blog Posts to Ezine!

by freddie65 Banned
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Hello,

I'm fairly new to IM and in particular article marketing and wondered if anyone could clarify a few points for me regariding duplicate content!

If I write a post on my blog can that exact post be submitted to article directories such as Ezine? Will there be any issues regarding duplicate content and will this damage my rankings?

Many thanks,

Chris
#blog #ezine #posts #submitting
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by freddie65 View Post

    If I write a post on my blog can that exact post be submitted to article directories such as Ezine?
    Yes. EZA specifically invites such content.

    As far as I'm aware, the only article directory which wouldn't publish it is "Buzzle".

    Originally Posted by freddie65 View Post

    Will there be any issues regarding duplicate content
    It isn't duplicate content: it's syndicated content.

    Originally Posted by freddie65 View Post

    will this damage my rankings?
    Absolutely not.

    Originally Posted by Chris Kent View Post

    I don't know of anyone who posts all their site content to EZA.
    I post all the information content to EZA, and to a few other places, too. (Obviously I don't post the site-navigation, hoplinks, pictures and all this sort of stuff - just the "article text".) So do many article marketers.
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  • Profile picture of the author thebitbotdotcom
    Ezine Articles produced a Wordpress plugin specifically to auto-submit your Wordpress posts to their article directory.

    EzineArticles.com Author's Area

    Does this answer your question?
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  • Profile picture of the author BonganiS
    I think you can do it. I did it and there were no issues. What is important is that the article should be yours, not someone else's work. Even PLR article is NOT allowed unless you change it drastically. You can post your unique article to your blog and then wait for sometime. After that you can post it to EzineArticles.

    I hope that helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author terrapurus
    Don't worry about duplicate content on Ezinearticles. They even have a wordpress plugin where you can post it directly to EZA from your Wordpress post page. One click to publish to your site .. another click to publish to your EZA account. As stated by Alexa in a reply above, they encourage it.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      The only concern I would have about posting all of my content on a site like EZA is, if the reader can get all my content by clicking on my author link, why should they click through to my site?

      I want my site to be the sole source for my best content. My flagship pieces are what set me apart, and I don't want to syndicate those. Beyond that, scroll up and read Alexa's answer...
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

        The only concern I would have about posting all of my content on a site like EZA is, if the reader can get all my content by clicking on my author link, why should they click through to my site?
        It may vary from niche to niche, but I think:-

        (i) Customers generally don't do that, don't think of it, and those making it as far as a resource-box will click an appropriately-worded link there in preference to doing that ...

        (ii) If interested enough to want to read more of the author's output voluntarily, as it were (not that one can read involuntarily, but you know what I mean), people will be interested enough to visit someone's site ...

        (iii) Even if they can, in fact, read all or almost all of your "information content" at EZA, they don't know that anyway, do they?

        But an interesting point, and not one I've thought about much.
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        • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
          Originally Posted by John McEachern View Post

          That's an interesting point, John.



          What do you consider a "flagship piece"?

          If you don't mind, what estimated percentage of your content do you submit to EZA?
          For me, a "flagship piece" is a piece of content that I want to be known for - one of those resources that people point to and recommend. As an example, Alexa has a post about selecting Clickbank products that other Warriors refer people back to. On her own site, that would be a flagship piece.

          That's the type of piece that I want other people linking to rather than syndicating.

          Another kind of flagship piece might be in-depth research and analysis of a controversial subject within that community. Or even a well-done editorial.
          The percentage submitted to EZA varies, but generally ranges from 50-80%.

          I tend to write longer, more involved articles, so what does get submitted is often a "Reader's Digest" version of the original.

          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          It may vary from niche to niche, but I think:-

          (i) Customers generally don't do that, don't think of it, and those making it as far as a resource-box will click an appropriately-worded link there in preference to doing that ...

          (ii) If interested enough to want to read more of the author's output voluntarily, as it were (not that one can read involuntarily, but you know what I mean), people will be interested enough to visit someone's site ...

          (iii) Even if they can, in fact, read all or almost all of your "information content" at EZA, they don't know that anyway, do they?

          But an interesting point, and not one I've thought about much.
          As a general rule, you are probably right, at least for points (i) and (ii).

          I should have been more specific in my original post. It mainly applies to sites for which I want to establish long-term authority, both for the site and for myself (under whatever name ). I only have a few of those...
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      • Profile picture of the author thebitbotdotcom
        Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

        The only concern I would have about posting all of my content on a site like EZA is, if the reader can get all my content by clicking on my author link, why should they click through to my site?

        I want my site to be the sole source for my best content. My flagship pieces are what set me apart, and I don't want to syndicate those. Beyond that, scroll up and read Alexa's answer...
        Actually you main concern should be crawl frequency. Ezine Articles is probably crawled much more frequently that your site. If you use their plugin to auto-post your articles from your blog to their site...my question would be...would Google give EA credit for the article if it got crawled and indexed there first?

        I don't know, but I haven't enabled the plugin until I get an answer to that question...
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by thebitbotdotcom View Post

          If you use their plugin to auto-post your articles from your blog to their site...my question would be...would Google give EA credit for the article if it got crawled and indexed there first?
          I don't use Wordpress, so I've never used their plug-in and can't answer this from experience.

          But it's not quite as simple as "which gets indexed first".

          Someone with a brand new site who posts an article on their own site first and waits for it to be indexed there before submitting the identical article to EZA may still find that the EZA copy is indexed and outranks them, at least temporarily. But that doesn't make it the wrong thing to do. In the long run (which is all that matters in this business), you'll benefit from having articles indexed on your own site before being submitted anywhere else.
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          • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
            Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

            I don't use Wordpress, so I've never used their plug-in and can't answer this from experience.

            But it's not quite as simple as "which gets indexed first".

            Someone with a brand new site who posts an article on their own site first and waits for it to be indexed there before submitting the identical article to EZA may still find that the EZA copy is indexed and outranks them, at least temporarily. But that doesn't make it the wrong thing to do. In the long run (which is all that matters in this business), you'll benefit from having articles indexed on your own site before being submitted anywhere else.
            Ofcourse, its similar to submitting the article directly to EZA yourself (if crawled).
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      • Profile picture of the author Goatboy
        Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

        The only concern I would have about posting all of my content on a site like EZA is, if the reader can get all my content by clicking on my author link, why should they click through to my site?
        How would they know that all of your content was on EZA?

        If I check out your articles on EZA and find you have 1 or 500, I still don't know if that is all of your website's content. If the article makes me curious it would be just as easy to click through to your site as it would be to click on your author link. If I'm interested in what you said I may be more inclined to click through to your site than to see what else you may have been willing to publish to EZA, because I may think that the real gems are still on your website.
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        • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
          Originally Posted by Goatboy View Post

          How would they know that all of your content was on EZA?

          If I check out your articles on EZA and find you have 1 or 500, I still don't know if that is all of your website's content. If the article makes me curious it would be just as easy to click through to your site as it would be to click on your author link. If I'm interested in what you said I may be more inclined to click through to your site than to see what else you may have been willing to publish to EZA, because I may think that the real gems are still on your website.
          Good point.

          I guess it comes from time as a publisher, looking for content to use. When I found a writer I liked, I followed the author link. And I did check out their sites. I was always a bit disappointed when there was nothing new on the website.

          Another reminder for me, "you are not your customer."
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  • Profile picture of the author zoulkifl
    I'm glad i got on the forum today. I was just thinking about leveraging my time with articles. I rewrite my articles before submitting to ezine articles and that takes time. I have several websites and i need more and more content. I was thinking of sending the content to ezine articles as is without much of an edit because i'm thinking my blog posts will get a constant flow of traffic from ezine as i already do as well as gain authority from search engines.

    I was just concerned about ezine articles rejecting those articles. I see now that is not the case.

    Good thread
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    • Profile picture of the author AprilCT
      I think you are better off rewriting your articles for syndicating on directories. If someone is reviewing your various articles on Ezine, and finally decides to click on your link, but only finds a carbon copy of the articles, there's really not much reason for them to stay.

      I don't think the repetition where you syndicate the different article to the directories is a problem. People are accustomed to reading the same articles when they visit various news sites. But, when they want more and different information, that link to your site should fulfill that desire and keep them on your site.

      Just my humble 2 cents worth for today.
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  • Profile picture of the author pamshalligan@yahoo.co.uk
    there is a post about it on my site. its an old post so check the link int he sig and do a quick search for "duplicate content"
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