Article Demon / Article Marketing Newbie - Help

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Help!

I'm trying to get started with article marketing to help with my SEO rankings (not using it to intentially to drive website traffic). I've purchased Article Demon and started to set it up and have a couple of questions that the tutorials don't help with (and will show just how much of a newbie I am at this).

Q1: I've registered for a new domain so I can get a 'non-free' email address to use when setting up article directory accounts (don't want to use an email address on my domain, and will also be submitting articles using a pen name). When I complete the account details that are used to set up accounts with the article directories, where it asks for a website, should I give the website for the domain I've purchased for email, or should I put in the address of the website I'll be putting links to in my articles?

Q2: With Article Demon, can I include links within the body of the article (and if so how many are advised) or can I only put links in the resource box?

(Also if anyone could point me in the direction of some sound article marketing advice for newbies that would be great too)

Thanks,

Steve
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  • Place one link with in article and one in resource box.And you can use your website url.
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    • If you do that without checking submission guidelines many directories will decline the articles, sometimes automatically when the script allows it. Some directory scripts do not activate links within an article body so you have lost your link benefits there. I think that links within the article body also mean that your chances of syndication will lessen because some publishers aren't so keen to have your links in such a prominent place. Syndication to authority sites in your niche will benefit you more than those links.

      After much experimentation I usually have 2 in the author bio, one to the main domain and the other to a sales page on that site and that seems to work the best.

      Another thing about article directory links is that some scripts don't automatically activate links so you should use the html version. http:// at the beginning activates with some scripts but never just put www.yourdomain.com because the links won't activate unless the directory owner notices and is kind enough to do it for you. It's surprising how many do just that or forget to add their links.

      If you aren't sure how to write active links PM me and I'll show you
  • First of all you should place those articles on your own paid for domains and get them indexed.

    Then I would start out by manually submitting to a handful of the top directories and check out their submission guidelines first. That way you will learn the sort of guidelines that you will have to comply with if you want your articles accepted.

    You will also learn more about the acceptable standards of articles and how your articles will do. Ezine articles is the best bet for a beginner because of the wide range of stats and because you will learn more of what is acceptable.

    When you submit articles using a pen name it's better to use a proper name and the same name for each article. You should link to your own domains in the articles, but not in the article body. A large amount of directories don't allow it so it's better to submit to the ones that do separately.
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      Patricia beat me to it, but my natural response to all four paragraphs of her post just above is "Yes indeed - exactly so, and try not to listen too much to people telling you anything that doesn't match what Patricia has said" - because this is all exactly right, and exactly what you need to know, in your position. And good luck.
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    • Thanks for the advice. So if I'm using a pen name with an email address at a seperate domain to my site, when I register an account with a directory what should I put in the website field, the website that matches the email address, the website I'll be linking to from the articles (my website), or doesn't it matter?
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    • Hello Patricia,

      I'm starting to use Article Marketing for backlinks for mine and my clients sites. You state that it is best to place the Article on my site and get it indexed first before submitting to the Article Directories. Is that absolutely necessary? Here is why I ask this:

      1- All of mine and my clients sites are already up and indexed with the main keywords already ranked on pages 2-5 of Google. If I were to replace or add to the text on these already ranked pages, with an article that I am going to submit to the directories, would the addition of the new text hurt my rankings?

      2- One client of mine is a photographer (ranked page 3 Google for main keyword) She has several images of her work on the homepage along with 2 paragraphs of text consisting of 180 words. If I would replace or add to the text by adding an article of 400 + words it would change the look of the site to the negative. It would cause too much scrolling and some sites are set up to look great with very little text.

      Thanks for your time
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  • Steve,

    Patricia and Alexa know their stuff and you can trust what they have told you. If you want to get the maximum successful acceptances at the article directories using Article Demon, I would use a maximum of 2 links in the resource box, one to the index of your site and one to a deep page.
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    • This is correct.
      Some article directories do NOT accept articles with links in the body.
      But all accept amax of 2 in the resource.

      So writ your articles leading them to the resource box so they click by the time they're done reading
  • I have to buy article demon....looking at the features it blows
    away any article software I've been using.

    I have two article software on my desktop now. One I paid for in full
    the other one has a monthly fee to it and it doesn't do half of what
    article demon can do.

    I looking to buy article demon and put it through the ringer.
    If it is good as advertised then i will be deleting the other 2 article submission
    software.
  • I've use Article Demon with success...but I'd still recommend:

    1) Post to your website/blog first.
    2) Post to your top 3-5 directories manually.
    3) Then you can spin/post to the numerous directories in Article Demon
    (...which I believe out of the box you'll only get about 100-150 successful submissions)

    Oh yea...and:
    4) Listen to Patrica and Alexa. ;-)

    To Your Success,
  • Currently I own Article Marketing Robot and it is a great product!! It has had problem like any other package, but it has high number that I don't see with any other package...
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    • I haven't found the support lacking and since they moved servers it's been working better than ever for me. Have you tried the support forum or emailing the owner direct?
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  • If some site do not accept links in body area then its better if you use all in resource box, but for making more concentration for user, use link to you domain to keyword used.
  • Keep in mind that any content on your site needs to be original especially after recent updates...spun content should only be used later to blast your other articles,,,.you also don't need to worry much about when you sign up to article directories - they pretty much approve anyone so it doesnt matter what website address you give them when you sign up,,,as for links in the body only a few directories allow that so you might risk not getting posted...if you are going for backlinks then it doesnt matter if its in the body or the resource box....
  • check out fiverr for people who will auto-post your articles for cheap using advanced tools. some will even write the article for you. lots and lots of backlinks easy...
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    • Some directories have no follow links anyway. Articlesbase, one of the big ones is no follow yet I've always done well with them. The bigger picture is that article directories are intended for places that publishers to find content to reuse on their websites or ezines, so if articles get syndicated in this way it doesn't matter if the directories are nofollow, not that I think it matters much anyway.
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      Raj, no article directory backlink can be considered as "quality".

      They're all non-context-relevant, PR-0 backlinks.

      In SEO terms, backlinks don't really get much worse than that.

      As Patricia wisely comments above, the bigger picture is that article directories are intended as places that publishers use to find content to syndicate, and when articles get syndicated like that, it doesn't matter if the directories are no-follow ... and actually it doesn't matter much anyway!
  • I never did see the answer to the original question. I happen to have the same Q. I am using Mediatemple as my server and they do not have a C-Panel. I have inputted the correct settings(I think) and i cannot get the email account to sync the pop server. it gives me an error. any ideas?
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