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Simplify this for me?

by ufo8mykat
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I hope I'm on the right track here. There is so much SEO/Article stuff out there, I think I've read enough to lose my mind. Then just when I think I know exactly how to proceed, I read something that tells me that's all wrong. Ha ha.

Basically, to build traffic to my website, here is my plan:

1. Write articles
2. submit articles (ezine, hubpages, squidoo? all three?)
3. in those articles include links to my website, 1-2 links?
4. backlink profit?

Question: with the new changes to google, should I only be choosing ONE service to submit EACH article to?

Say I have 9 articles:

3- ezine
3 - squid
3 - hub

NO duplication, correct? And if my MAIN website is a blog, can I post them there, or will that be duplication and nuke one of the listings (either mine or where it is posted)?

Thanks in advance..
#simplify
  • Profile picture of the author ufo8mykat
    Alternatively, should the only link I'm including be in my "author bio?" instead of putting a link in the text of the article.
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    For best results AND to ensure all the Google changes don't affect you as much is to first submit all your articles to your own website. Wait until they have been indexed by Google on your own website and then (only then) should you submit them to a few of the top article directories.

    And don't worry. The same article on different websites is NOT duplicate content and won't get penalized. Duplicate content is when you have the SAME content on the SAME website. Make sure you submit the article to your own site first and then you are free to submit it to whatever other sites you like. I would suggest picking the top 4-5 article directories and submitting them there. This is known as content syndication and happens all the time.
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    • Profile picture of the author peter gibson
      Originally Posted by WillR View Post

      For best results AND to ensure all the Google changes don't affect you as much is to first submit all your articles to your own website. Wait until they have been indexed by Google on your own website and then (only then) should you submit them to a few of the top article directories.

      And don't worry. The same article on different websites is NOT duplicate content and won't get penalized. Duplicate content is when you have the SAME content on the SAME website. Make sure you submit the article to your own site first and then you are free to submit it to whatever other sites you like. I would suggest picking the top 4-5 article directories and submitting them there. This is known as content syndication and happens all the time.
      OP, Will is spot on with this advice.^^^ I'd only add that from the examples you've mentioned, only EZA is a dedicated article directory. The others require original content only - and they can ask for this since they provide you with ways of monetizing your content from within their page. Actually I'm not even completely sure if Squidoo requires original content, you should verify that. But I know Hubpages is original content only.

      So these sites shouldn't be included in a syndication list. There's plenty of directories to syndicate your content - articlesbase.com, goarticles.com, e.t.c... (and of course EZA) In fact there's a Top 50 list kicking around the threads here you can find from searching.

      As for links, put what you can get away with in the content and in the resource box without it looking spammy. On some directories the links within the content have different "rel = follow/nofollow" tags than the resource box, so have both covered.

      Syndicated articles will always be smart IMO, because as a backlink strategy they can be brilliant if and when your content is picked up by other webmasters. The better the article the more links you can expect. That is truly the only part of syndicating articles you should be concerned with now, IMO. The links you get from the article itself are PR 0 and all but useless. However, the links you get when a PR6 site grabs your content from EZA and places it on their main page? I think you get the point. For that purpose, directories are still worth utilizing.
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  • Profile picture of the author rjweng
    You should try converting your articles to video and submitting them to YouTube or other video sharing sites. It works well to generate free targeted traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author 72K.org
    Basically, to build traffic to my website, here is my plan:

    1. Write articles
    2. submit articles (ezine, hubpages, squidoo? all three?)
    3. in those articles include links to my website, 1-2 links?
    4. backlink profit?

    That's the first step

    Question: with the new changes to google, should I only be choosing ONE service to submit EACH article to?

    One way you can do this, is spin your article to unique content (google article spinning). It will make your articles unique and also help you rank within those niches and article directories.

    Say I have 9 articles:

    3- ezine
    3 - squid
    3 - hub

    NO duplication, correct? And if my MAIN website is a blog, can I post them there, or will that be duplication and nuke one of the listings (either mine or where it is posted)?

    Correct, no duplication, Google has RECENTLY started penalizing alot of duplicate content sites and taking them down to improve their quality of the search engine.
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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by 72K.org View Post

      One way you can do this, is spin your article to unique content (google article spinning). It will make your articles unique and also help you rank within those niches and article directories.
      Spinning is a waste of time. Just submit the same article untouched.

      Originally Posted by 72K.org View Post

      Correct, no duplication, Google has RECENTLY started penalizing alot of duplicate content sites and taking them down to improve their quality of the search engine.
      Once again, the same content on DIFFERENT websites is NOT duplicate content - it is syndicated content. If Google penalized for this then most of the news web sites out there would be non-existent. The recent changes at Google have attempted to get rid of multiple listings (same information, different sites) in search results and also give less authority to those sites where the majority of their content is syndicated from other web sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author peter gibson
      Originally Posted by 72K.org View Post

      One way you can do this, is spin your article to unique content (google article spinning). It will make your articles unique and also help you rank within those niches and article directories.


      Correct, no duplication, Google has RECENTLY started penalizing alot of duplicate content sites and taking them down to improve their quality of the search engine.
      Jeez, how'd I miss this?

      That quoted text ^^^ is a load of bullocks, pure and simple. Spun content is half the reason google handed down their slap in the first place, as more and more articles were spun and rewritten so many times, all discernible quality was edited out.

      And btw, google is clamping down on content farms, places where spun trash has been given a publishing platform. Syndicated content hasn't been hurt one bit as my own data backs up, and which has been proven by the RISE in ranks of some autblogs.

      The google algo update is about giving more weight to the original version of articles, and less weight to the farms that house "spun" and reworked copies. There's no penalizing happening, only an adjustment to better reflect the content as it appears in SERPs.

      Sorry mate, but what you said is rubbish.
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  • Profile picture of the author ufo8mykat
    You guys have been a great help. I wish I had enough posts to thank you!

    I appreciate the great info and hopefully I can continue to learn more from everyone here.
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  • Profile picture of the author ufo8mykat
    Next questions: Should I be syndicating everything I post to article sites? I don't mean every blog post, but every really informational 'article' style post?

    I have 6 articles I'm about to post on my blog, and like you said, wait for them to get indexed then post to EZA, etc.

    Should I have a target? like say, 50 quality articles over the span of 6 months?
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    • Profile picture of the author peter gibson
      Also don't forget that article directories can have pen names, so for those articles you might not want attached to your name, create another name and throw 'em up there.
      Actually I need to qualify that quoted text a bit. If you DO decide to use pen names, make sure it's the name used as author on the original source article. EZA and some other directories can get funky when your pen name is "Joe Smith" and the original author name is "John Doe".
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  • Profile picture of the author peter gibson
    OK, for some reason a post of mine was just deleted. Hmmm....

    In answer to this:
    Originally Posted by ufo8mykat View Post

    Next questions: Should I be syndicating everything I post to article sites? I don't mean every blog post, but every really informational 'article' style post?

    I have 6 articles I'm about to post on my blog, and like you said, wait for them to get indexed then post to EZA, etc.

    Should I have a target? like say, 50 quality articles over the span of 6 months?
    I say definitely post as much as you feel comfortable with. What you may feel is not worth the submission could be just the kind of filler another webmaster needs for his site. If you don't syndicate most of your work then you may be missing out on an opportunity to get backlinks and exposure.

    I like to apply whatever strategy will get me the most exposure. But that's me. There is no set rule however, it's up to you. And as I was saying about pen names (in the mysterious deleted post), if you have content you don't want attached to your own author name, use a pen name - just make sure it's the same pen name you used with the original content from your site.
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