WOW at Ezine Articles!

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I submitted an article on Ezine and it got published yesterday, instantly it started ranking for 3 keywords and it's on the first page. I'm getting organic traffic for those keywords.

Ezine wouldn't allow me to put a direct affiliate link in the article (stupid me tried it) so at the moment its just an article, zero links.

I done it as a test to see if I could rank for a few keywords and how fast. I've had poor results for ezine articles in the past.

Now it's time to try and get a squeeze page/review page up and see if I can convert.

Problem is, because I have no link on the article, if I edit it, and add one, will ezine take my article offline whilst they review, and if so will this affect current rankings?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kan
    Direct link? Do you mean straight to the product or through a redirect on your own domain? I'm positive the second one is legal and OK, but the first one is not.
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    • Profile picture of the author JamesJeffery
      Originally Posted by Kan View Post

      Direct link? Do you mean straight to the product or through a redirect on your own domain? I'm positive the second one is legal and OK, but the first one is not.
      I had a domain relating to the keyword/product that did a redirect to the affiliate product. They said it wasn't allowed.
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  • Profile picture of the author AidenChong
    Edit: They do allow affiliate links as long as the affiliate links were being redirected from a Top Level Domain, such as www.your-site.com

    If you're trying to redirect it from a sub-directory, a sub-domain or even a page of your site, then that's not allowable.

    Thanks Alexa for the correct information given.

    Aiden
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by AidenChong View Post

    They don't allow redirect links to an affiliate sales page.

    Unless the sales page is yours, and you're reviewing your own site, the top level domain, then it's ok.
    This really isn't quite right. You don't have to be "reviewing your own site" at all (not sure where this came from?).

    You can have a link in the resource-box to a .info domain-name (or any TLD) which redirects to a hoplink or whatever other sort of affiliate link you want. It's very clearly explained here (scroll down to section 3, near the end of the page).

    Originally Posted by JamesJeffery View Post

    because I have no link on the article, if I edit it, and add one, will ezine take my article offline whilst they review, and if so will this affect current rankings?
    No, they won't: they've changed the way they do this, and will now review a change of resource-box without taking the article offline, and almost always within 1 business day.
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    • Profile picture of the author AidenChong
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      This really isn't quite right. You don't have to be "reviewing your own site" at all (not sure where this came from?).
      I thought it was a clever way of saying "reviewing" your own site, when it really means "posting" your own site in the resource box. My bad, I will edit it, thanks Alexa.


      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post


      You can have a link in the resource-box to a .info domain-name (or any TLD) which redirects to a hoplink or whatever other sort of affiliate link you want. It's very clearly explained here (scroll down to section 3, near the end of the page).
      Thanks for this, the last time I did that, my article was then being rejected.

      Then I went in and checked with their support team, and there was a lady telling me that my affiliate link was not allowed, I was forward it from a co.cc TLD to something like http://your-company-name.com/page.html .

      Then I have to do an I-framing for that particular co.cc domain, so that it would redirect to the very same http://your-company-name.com/page.html, but still showing my co.cc domain on the browser , let her review again, then she gave me a go.

      That was why I thought it was not allowable.

      Anyway, thanks for showing me about this again, Alexa.

      Aiden
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by AidenChong View Post

        Thanks for this, the last time I did that, my article was then being rejected.

        Then I went in and checked with their support team, and there was a lady telling me that my affiliate link was not allowed, I was forward it from a co.cc TLD to something like News & Ezine Strategies For Email Newsletter Publishers & Permission-Based Email Marketers .
        A .co.cc name is not a top-level domain: technically, it's a sub-domain. The top level is (www).co.cc, which isn't what you're using.

        I understand that you eventually got one accepted on that basis, and so have others, but there are also "other others" who haven't, and strictly speaking EZA doesn't have to allow that, according to their own rules. I'm just saying!
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        • Profile picture of the author DireStraits
          Originally Posted by Chris Kent View Post

          Nope, it's not a sub-domain either. It's a country-code TLD:

          Country code top-level domain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

          We're being pedantic though, TLD, CCTLD, who cares.

          omigod Alexa was wrong for once, I spotted it, I claim my Warrior prize
          Actually Chris, I think she was right!

          Look here. ".cc" is the ccTLD for Cocos (Keeling) Islands. ".co.cc" (although it looks like the ccTLD, just like ".co.uk") is simply the domain held by the company who offers the free (subdomain) registrations.

          Note: "co.cc" is not an official hierarchy; it is a domain (CO.CC - Free Domain name registration + Free DNS service.) owned by a company who offers free subdomain redirection services
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by Chris Kent View Post

          Nope, it's not a sub-domain either. It's a country-code TLD:

          Country code top-level domain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

          We're being pedantic though, TLD, CCTLD, who cares.
          You're actually confusing 2 different things, here Chris. :rolleyes:

          Aiden was referring to "free domains" from CO.CC - Free Domain name registration + Free DNS service., and I was making the point that strictly speaking they're subdomains, and as such, not acceptable as TLD's for redirecting purposes. Check it out with Chris Knight if you want an authoritative perspective on it.
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        • Profile picture of the author AidenChong
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          A .co.cc name is not a top-level domain: technically, it's a sub-domain. The top level is (www).co.cc, which isn't what you're using.

          I understand that you eventually got one accepted on that basis, and so have others, but there are also "other others" who haven't, and strictly speaking EZA doesn't have to allow that, according to their own rules. I'm just saying!
          Ah I was talking about CO.CC - Free Domain name registration + Free DNS service., which I can get it for free, that's the one I used. Are there some others .co.cc services other than the (www).co.cc? I wasn't aware of that.

          Gosh I am getting much more confused right now with those TLD and CCTLD... What the heck are they?! LOL

          Just one word, Alexa, should I use it with EZA or not? I am following whatever you say so.

          Thanks for the clarification, to all of you in here.

          Aiden
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          • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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            Originally Posted by AidenChong View Post

            Ah I was talking about CO.CC - Free Domain name registration + Free DNS service., which I can get it for free, that's the one I used.
            Understood. (Apart from by Chris who gets to return his prize! ).

            This is why I was saying it's technically a subdomain, not a top-level domain.

            Originally Posted by AidenChong View Post

            Are there some others co.cc services other than the (www).co.cc? I wasn't aware of that.
            Not as far as I'm aware. :confused:
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            • Profile picture of the author AidenChong
              Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

              Understood. (Apart from by Chris who gets to return his prize! ).

              This is why I was saying it's technically a subdomain, not a top-level domain.



              Not as far as I'm aware. :confused:

              Ops, you're too fast to reply a thread, Alexa girl...

              I've added a line after you've replied. I was asking should I use the .co.cc in EZA? I will follow whatever you have to say.

              Thanks for the help!

              P.S. That EZA support team lady should not even approved me initially, I would not be as confused as I am at this moment, had she not approved me last time.

              LOL! Placing the blame on others eh?

              Nah, it's my bad, I will say.

              Aiden
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              • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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                They cause the confusion, not you ... the thing is, they're really not always consistent about the ways they interpret and apply their own editorial guidelines. Some things require a bit of "interpretation", and like anyone they have to take on and train new staff, and so on, so I'm not saying it's always easy for them.

                Technically, those .co.cc "domains" are sub-domains, so strictly speaking it's not allowed under their rules (and certainly there are people who've had articles declined for that reason). But I wouldn't actually be surprised if most of the time you can get away with it. It's a bit of a bizarre technicality, really. :confused:

                What about ".tk" domains? I know nothing about these, but someone was telling me they're available free? (Again, I don't know whether what's available free is really top-level domains?).

                You can always use .info domains? I buy .info domains from GoDaddy (I don't particularly like doing business with GoDaddy, but they do sell .info domain-names for $1) and you even get free privacy protection if you buy 5+. I keep them there for about 10.5 months and then move them to Namecheap (getting another year's free privacy protection in the process). I would but them all at Namecheap but I think they're 3 times the price there and I do often buy 10 or 15 just as "forwarding/redirecting stuff", mostly to conceal hoplinks really, so for this reason alone, I'm still a GoDaddy customer. :rolleyes:
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                • Profile picture of the author DireStraits
                  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

                  You can always use .info domains? I buy .info domains from GoDaddy (I don't particularly like doing business with GoDaddy, but they do sell .info domain-names for $1) and you even get free privacy protection if you buy 5+. I keep them there for about 10.5 months and then move them to Namecheap ...
                  Crikey, Lexy: $xx,xxx/month and you're using GoDaddy to save $1.99 or whatever on each domain for the first year?

                  And I thought I was tight-fisted.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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                    Originally Posted by DireStraits View Post

                    Crikey, Lexy: ,xxx/month and you're using GoDaddy to save $1.99 or whatever on each domain for the first year?

                    And I thought I was tight-fisted.
                    Yes, I know what you mean ...

                    It's kind of habit. I just buy 10 .info domains at a time, and am used to paying about $10 for the lot, and I'm ashamed to admit I know my way round GoDaddy's interface and don't get stung for "hidden additional purchases" on checkout, or auto-renewals or anything, and I know to keep a close eye on their pages when I'm there, and so on. I'd rather get them at Namecheap, but they're 3 times the price, you know? (Everything else I buy at Namecheap).
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              • Profile picture of the author DireStraits
                Originally Posted by AidenChong View Post

                Ops, you're too fast to reply a thread, Alexa girl...

                I've added a line after you've replied. I was asking should I use the .co.cc in EZA? I will follow whatever you have to say.

                Thanks for the help!

                P.S That EZA support team lady should not even approved me initially, I would not be as confused as I am had she not approve me last time.

                LOL! Placing the blame on others eh?

                Nah, it's my bad, I will say.

                Aiden
                Aiden,

                The problem is that "whatever.co.cc" domains are neither a TLD (such as whatever.com), or a ccTLD (such as whatever.co.uk or whatever.com.au).

                That is to say, when you register a whatever.co.cc domain, you're not actually registering a real domain name through the registry - you're registering a subdomain through the company that owns the http;//co.cc domain and website. They are not a domain registrar, by definition - they are simply a company who own a domain name on which they're prepared to give out free subdomains.

                This is how they differ from "regular" domains, and this is why they're technically subdomains even though they look like regular domains. And the fact they're not regular domains is the reason EZA prohibits the use of them in their article resource boxes (because subdomain redirection isn't allowed - only redirection from the root / top-level domain).

                But I suspect that some EZA editors simply aren't aware of the fact they're subdomains (because they don't look like it), and that is why they let some - but not all - resource boxes slip through.

                So the answer to your question is: no, you shouldn't use them in your resource boxes, because they're against EZAs policies, and many times will be outright rejected. Though if you try it, you may get lucky if your articles are reviewed and approved by an editor who isn't totally clued up. But you won't get them approved every time, like you would if you used a "real domain". And if EZA see at a later time that your articles have been incorrectly approved, you may be at risk of having those articles pulled from their directory.
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    • Profile picture of the author cbrauer
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      This really isn't quite right. You don't have to be "reviewing your own site" at all (not sure where this came from?).

      You can have a link in the resource-box to a .info domain-name (or any TLD) which redirects to a hoplink or whatever other sort of affiliate link you want. It's very clearly explained here (scroll down to section 3, near the end of the page).



      No, they won't: they've changed the way they do this, and will now review a change of resource-box without taking the article offline, and almost always within 1 business day.


      She is right...I posted an article with no link months ago, when I seen the article I edited it, the next day it was approved and my link was there.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marhelper
    EZA can be very powerful ... now backlink.
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    If you have an affiliate ID that looks like this:

    www.affilaitesite.com/111111

    and you wanted to add it to your resource box, then you can not do that.

    but if you register a domain name that has your aff link in it then it is OK.

    As long as it looks like this:

    www.yourdomainname.com
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  • Profile picture of the author DrewClement
    I dare someone to swoop in and argue with Alexa about Ezine......

    Do it..it will be fun to watch.
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesJeffery
    I had the link in the article, which may be what caused the issue. I had my-keyword-domain.com which redirected to the ClickBank offer and they did not allow it. Maybe it should have been in the resource box instead. I will try that now.
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  • Profile picture of the author AidenChong
    Michael & Alexa!

    Thanks a bunch, now I know what it means... AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR! LOL!!!

    Crap... I was really confused by EZA back then...

    Thanks for the both of you, for taking your time to help me out.

    Cheers!

    Aiden
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