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Attn: Expert Article Authors - HOW WAS THIS ACHIEVED?

by Jeff Olah
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This article doesn't appear to be anything special. (I don't Think).



Although it has been viewed 28,383 times and was Submitted On: November 17, 2010.


Does anyone know how the author achieved this in just a few weeks?


Here is the article:



Melt Away Your Belly Fat in 2 Weeks With The Diet Solution Program

Not my article by the way - Just starting out in article marketing and looking for some insight.

Thanks
#achieved #article #attn #authors #expert
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by Jeff Olah View Post

    Does anyone know how the author achieved this in just a few weeks?
    Possibly by sending "incentivized/paid-to-click traffic" to it, one way or another, as so many people do. (If her account is shortly closed down by EZA, that will almost undoubtedly be the reason).

    Don't assume just from the viewing figures that it's a good (or a successful) article.

    (I see the author is a "platinum author" but with only 3 live articles, which shows that it's a pen-name attached to another account.)
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    I don't think EZA's stats are completely accurate right now, not sure if it's a temporary problem, but there is definitely a stat problem with them. One of my articles has a 2,448.4% click rate which is ridiculous!
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    • Profile picture of the author BAC Ops Manager
      Originally Posted by Sheryl Polomka View Post

      I don't think EZA's stats are completely accurate right now, not sure if it's a temporary problem, but there is definitely a stat problem with them. One of my articles has a 2,448.4% click rate which is ridiculous!
      Oooohhh let me check mine... They seem to be okay right now - maybe it was like that earlier, not sure about that. Anyway, nothing like that of any sort right now.

      Number of views like that is achieved by sending traffic and incentive viewing through places like Mechanical Turk and the like. You pay $0.01-$0.05 for each view and they have to stay on the page for some time. Many people do this to get there EZA popularity up and get more traffic and backlinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author ed22
    What does Expert Author status give? I write under a pen name and somehow got Expert Author status in an embarassingly low, er, 2 articles.

    ...Must be a clerical error! I don't put this result down to superlative writing, sadly
    Checking on Expert Author by no of articles written there are a lot on one article submitted, so apologies if I have got the wrong end of the stick!
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    • Profile picture of the author Trent Brownrigg
      Originally Posted by ed22 View Post

      What does Expert Author status give? I write under a pen name and somehow got Expert Author status in an embarassingly low, er, 2 articles.
      You get "expert author" status after just one approved article so really it means nothing. At least that's how it was when I first joined a long time ago (2005).
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      • Profile picture of the author ed22
        Cheers Brent - different category then I assume.
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    • Profile picture of the author BAC Ops Manager
      Originally Posted by ed22 View Post

      What does Expert Author status give? I write under a pen name and somehow got Expert Author status in an embarassingly low, er, 2 articles.

      FROM EZA Website
      I am an Expert Author but I still only have XX submissions?


      Expert Status has no bearing on the number of articles a member can submit. The number of articles you are allowed to submit is based on your Membership level (Basic, Basic-Plus or Platinum Unlimited)

      So, basically even you become an "Expert Author" once you have an article approved on EZA (Even one).
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      • Profile picture of the author AlexNeill
        Hey Everyone

        I have only just started article marketing and found this discussion very interesting.

        So I guess people pay to get more views so that they shown up in the most viewed category then, it's simply for more exposure yes?

        Thanks Alex.
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by AlexNeill View Post

          I guess people pay to get more views so that they shown up in the most viewed category then, it's simply for more exposure yes?
          Two things:-

          (i) People do it because the "most viewed" listings get backlinks on higher-ranked pages than just the normal article pages ... and ...

          (ii) Sending "paid traffic" to boost your viewing figure artificially, to achieve that, is expressly prohibited by EZA and it's one of the things they really do close down accounts for.
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