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Using EZA articles on your site

by timpears
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What are the mechanics of using an EZA article on your site? Are you just supposed to copy and paste it, or is there a link on EZA in order to do this?

I am wondering what people think of doing this. Is there any upside and downside to doing it? I would like to hear from anyone that has taken any articles from EZA, or any of the other directories, and used them on your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Thayer
    Copy and paste, but don't forget to include the author's resource box at the bottom.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
      You can also get RSS feeds of authors and I think categories, but I am not so sure about that. And you can create a widget to fetch titles and links to summaries.
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  • Profile picture of the author flavius333
    Tim,

    you're risking to compete against hundreds of other sites taking their content straight out of EZA. That's against your main goal, which is ranking; even if you rewrite those articles, you still get a much better chance of ranking. Gone are the days when you could just copy and paste from another website and outrank it.

    Try original content instead - it's really worth it!
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Originally Posted by flavius333 View Post

      Tim,

      you're risking to compete against hundreds of other sites taking their content straight out of EZA. That's against your main goal, which is ranking; even if you rewrite those articles, you still get a much better chance of ranking. Gone are the days when you could just copy and paste from another website and outrank it.

      Try original content instead - it's really worth it!
      This answer assumes that the only reason for having content on your site is search results. In that matter, it's largely correct.

      There are other reasons to syndicate content, whether from EZA or some other source.

      > This is getting harder to do, given the amount of dreck dumped in the directories for backlinks, but if you can still find quality content, you can use it to bulk up your site and help build its authority.

      > Posting quality articles can help you build relationships with other people in the same niche. In the future, they may be willing to post some of your content.

      > It probably sounds corny to some, but posting good quality content by real experts and giving it your seal of approval allows you to borrow their credibility.

      Of course, the only way to get these advantages is to hand pick the articles you want to use. Just grabbing a feed doesn't do any of the sorting for you.

      As far as the mechanics, about half of the people who use my articles simply copy/paste the article and resource box. The other half use the html supplied by EZA. On the occasions I syndicate articles on one of my sites, I prefer to copy/paste and supply my own formatting.
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        • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
          Originally Posted by RabadiB View Post

          Thanks for that...you post a lot of good stuff
          Glad it was useful...

          I've been doing this online thing in one form or another since the early 90's. Hopefully, I've picked up a nugget or two worth passing along...
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          • Profile picture of the author PhoebeSmellyCat
            Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

            Glad it was useful...

            I've been doing this online thing in one form or another since the early 90's. Hopefully, I've picked up a nugget or two worth passing along...
            Thanks for all your very informative replies.

            One more question about articles. Say I found an article that I liked for my site but only a portion of it is relevant. Can I post just that part with full credit to the author, or do I have to post the entire article?
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            • Profile picture of the author inter123
              You have to post the entire article.

              Originally Posted by PhoebeSmellyCat View Post

              One more question about articles. Say I found an article that I liked for my site but only a portion of it is relevant. Can I post just that part with full credit to the author, or do I have to post the entire article?
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  • Profile picture of the author flavius333
    John,

    I guess I sometimes get stuck in my own IM kind of thinking - I fail to realize that some people may be wanting to post articles for other reasons than "ranking"

    good thing that I still hear the "wake up call" of others..

    thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Hoodyy
    It's not AMAZINGLY bad for ranking if you write a paragraph at the top and the bottom of the article that you've taken. In fact, I've found this a fairly quick way to rank for some keywords.
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    • Profile picture of the author Barry Unruh
      Originally Posted by Hoodyy View Post

      It's not AMAZINGLY bad for ranking if you write a paragraph at the top and the bottom of the article that you've taken. In fact, I've found this a fairly quick way to rank for some keywords.
      Careful with that technique. If you are "changing the article" I believe you are violating the Terms of Service. If you are introducing the article, then using the article in entirety including the resource box you would be fine. You could then follow the article with your own commentary, tips, and ideas about the article in a follow-up paragraph.

      By using an intro and a follow-up you do add a certain amount of originality to the page, plus it gives you an opportunity to introduce additional keywords, plus your own call to action.

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      • Profile picture of the author Hoodyy
        Originally Posted by Barry Unruh View Post

        Careful with that technique. If you are "changing the article" I believe you are violating the Terms of Service. If you are introducing the article, then using the article in entirety including the resource box you would be fine. You could then follow the article with your own commentary, tips, and ideas about the article in a follow-up paragraph.

        By using an intro and a follow-up you do add a certain amount of originality to the page, plus it gives you an opportunity to introduce additional keywords, plus your own call to action.

        Barry
        Yeah I'm not changing the article, just writing an intro and follow-up like you said. It just seems to have much more effect than just simply c&ping the article and it's not hard to do. Just write a couple of paragraphs!
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        • Profile picture of the author rmoore
          Here is how you rank an ezinearticle without changing the content.

          1) Search for an article in ezinearticles.Using a general search term "six pack abs".

          So let's say you get an ezinearticle titled "An Effective Six Pack Abs Workout".

          They are probably trying to rank for "Six Pack Abs Workout".

          makes sense right?

          2) So what you do is take the same article and try to rank for a related term, like "6 Pack Ab Workout Routine"

          You title would be something like: "Here's an Outstanding 6 Pack Ab Workout Routine".

          Write an intro paragraph with something like "I was searching online to find a solid 6 pack ab workout routine and stumbled on this article over at Ezinearticles. I figured I'd post in on my blog, because the author actually does a great job explaining how to get ripped 6 pack abs.

          [Paste the article with author bio]

          Then put an ending paragraph..."See...the author does a great job explaining a solid 6 pack ab workout routine."

          ***It works because you are optimizing this article for a different term than the author intended. You won't be fighting ezineaticles to rank for that same keyword***

          Note: WPEasyContent allows you to do this on autopilot. I get 90% of all my articles that I pull from article directories to rank in Google this way. Works extremely well.

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  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    Well I appreciate all the response to my question. I still can't decide if it is worth my time to give this idea a try.
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  • Profile picture of the author patey88
    I do it when I want to add content to my site focusing on a keyword I'm not qualified to write about, or am too lazy to research. I do it by clicking the EzinePublisher link in the "Share this article" section that's right above the most recent/most viewed lists.

    Sometimes I try to find an older article where the author's site linked in the resource box no longer exists. Other times I settle for an author's site that just isn't my direct competitor.

    I'm looking at stats for a representative article on one site: back in November, when it had some internal links pointing to it, it got landed on 45 times. To give that some context, the most popular unique article was landed on about 1400 times. Since then I have made changes so that now it has few internal links, and it's only getting 20 landings/month.

    This article has also been published on other sites. When I google the article title, my copy is #8 on page 1. How many copies are out in the world is another factor I consider when choosing an article.

    My traffic mostly comes from long-tail searches that match the keywords my site is optimized for, plus the "missing" keyword I purposefully found an EZA article for.

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