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Hi everyone!

I recently started writing articles to submit to article directories and was wondering how many directories should I be submitting to? Also, are there any directories that I should definitely submit to and maybe ones I should avoid?

And if anyone has any tips with article submission as a traffic method please let me know!

Thanks!

Jess
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  • Profile picture of the author bonk12
    Simply look up PR for different article sites and submit your articles to the top 10 sites. However, try submitting your articles to as many as possible. You can buy software that will do it for you for free. I use Senukex and it works great in my opinion.

    Anyway, Hope that helps.

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  • Profile picture of the author mccartyjess
    Thank you! Appreciate the advice!

    Jess
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  • Profile picture of the author tess47
    How many article directories you submit to depends upon why you're doing it. If you're wanting traffic from your articles, I suggest you post to Ezine Articles or Buzzle as they get more views than other article directories.

    If building one-way links to your pages for SEO purposes is your mission, submit to as many as you possibly can.

    Either way, you should be putting your articles on your own website first, as this helps up the value of your own real estate instead of helping the article directories. Good luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author nlquyen
      Originally Posted by tess47 View Post

      How many article directories you submit to depends upon why you're doing it. If you're wanting traffic from your articles, I suggest you post to Ezine Articles or Buzzle as they get more views than other article directories.

      If building one-way links to your pages for SEO purposes is your mission, submit to as many as you possibly can.

      Either way, you should be putting your articles on your own website first, as this helps up the value of your own real estate instead of helping the article directories. Good luck!
      Good Tip! I think the quality of sites you submit on is more important than the quantity you submit
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    • Profile picture of the author ruthlee1
      Originally Posted by tess47 View Post

      How many article directories you submit to depends upon why you're doing it. If you're wanting traffic from your articles, I suggest you post to Ezine Articles or Buzzle as they get more views than other article directories.

      If building one-way links to your pages for SEO purposes is your mission, submit to as many as you possibly can.

      Either way, you should be putting your articles on your own website first, as this helps up the value of your own real estate instead of helping the article directories. Good luck!
      Hi. I have a question for you, If I post my article in my website first, will it be accepted? I though they, specialle EzineArticles will mark it as dupplicate content? Also, I would like to know if I write an article and I want to publish it in 5 differents directories, how does it goes, again with the dupplicate content, can I submit the the five of them at once (the same article) or do I have to make changes five times in order for it to be accepted? thanks so much!
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by ruthlee1 View Post

        If I post my article in my website first, will it be accepted?
        It will be accepted if it complies with their editorial guidelines, and so on, yes.

        All the 1,250+ articles I have at EZA had originally been published and indexed on one of my own sites first.

        This thread explains. It's well worth reading slowy and carefully. Even reading this thread, in which you've posted, will actually answer the questions you've asked.

        Originally Posted by ruthlee1 View Post

        I though they, specialle EzineArticles will mark it as dupplicate content?
        No. It isn't duplicate content. It's syndicated content.

        It doesn't matter where, or how many times, it's been previously published under the same author's name/pen-name as the name/pen-name in which you submit it.

        Originally Posted by ruthlee1 View Post

        Also, I would like to know if I write an article and I want to publish it in 5 differents directories, how does it goes, again with the dupplicate content, can I submit the the five of them at once (the same article) or do I have to make changes five times in order for it to be accepted?
        With the exception of a strange article directory called "Buzzle" (that's the only one that requires content never published before), you can submit it to any and all article directories and in any order you like. You don't need to change it at all.
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    • Profile picture of the author Drewry_Media
      Originally Posted by tess47 View Post

      How many article directories you submit to depends upon why you're doing it. If you're wanting traffic from your articles, I suggest you post to Ezine Articles or Buzzle as they get more views than other article directories.

      If building one-way links to your pages for SEO purposes is your mission, submit to as many as you possibly can.

      Either way, you should be putting your articles on your own website first, as this helps up the value of your own real estate instead of helping the article directories. Good luck!


      I'm glad you said that. Now I'll start blogging more and have an auto-submit to article directories, AFTER I publish the article 1st to my blog. I always assumed that you would be penalized by search engines, if we did put it on our site 1st...
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  • Profile picture of the author saicou
    check this article submission sites, they will help to get more traffice:


    Ezine Articles
    Buzzle
    Articles Base
    Article Alley
    Go Articles
    Articles Factory
    Article Dashboard
    Amazines
    Article Rich
    Article-Buzz
    Article Snatch
    Article Trader
    1Article World
    Easy Articles
    ArticleBiz
    Article Cube
    Article Friendly
    Article Sphere
    ABC Article Directory
    Article Blotter
    eArticlesi Online
    The Add Articles Directory
    Article Cafe
    Just Articles
    Articles Hub
    Article Submission
    Free Ezine Articles Site
    Article News
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    • Profile picture of the author cryst
      Originally Posted by saicou View Post

      check this article submission sites, they will help to get more traffice:


      Ezine Articles
      Buzzle
      Articles Base
      Article Alley
      Go Articles
      Articles Factory
      Article Dashboard
      Amazines
      Article Rich
      Article-Buzz
      Article Snatch
      Article Trader
      1Article World
      Easy Articles
      ArticleBiz
      Article Cube
      Article Friendly
      Article Sphere
      ABC Article Directory
      Article Blotter
      eArticlesi Online
      The Add Articles Directory
      Article Cafe
      Just Articles
      Articles Hub
      Article Submission
      Free Ezine Articles Site
      Article News
      Submit your articles here.. these are the top article submission sites which will provide you juicy high PR backlinks..

      Also... submit your articles to those sites which have a better home high PR..
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    • Profile picture of the author celente
      Originally Posted by saicou View Post

      check this article submission sites, they will help to get more traffice:


      Ezine Articles
      Buzzle
      Articles Base
      Article Alley
      Go Articles
      Articles Factory
      Article Dashboard
      Amazines
      Article Rich
      Article-Buzz
      Article Snatch
      Article Trader
      1Article World
      Easy Articles
      ArticleBiz
      Article Cube
      Article Friendly
      Article Sphere
      ABC Article Directory
      Article Blotter
      eArticlesi Online
      The Add Articles Directory
      Article Cafe
      Just Articles
      Articles Hub
      Article Submission
      Free Ezine Articles Site
      Article News
      Nice list. Those are some nice ones.

      I got for the higher traffic ones these days.
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    • Profile picture of the author mrelosa
      Wow. This is a very helpful list
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      • Profile picture of the author drewcur02
        Where to submit your articles really depends on your need. If you are looking at building healthy backlinks and reputation you should go for those high PR article submission sites. Again, you need to remember that the articles submitted does not necessarily get listed on the front page (with the PR mentioned above). So another important thing is to understand how the rating of your articles happen and how can it get on to the top list. A listing on the front page of those sites will also get you more traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author anthony2
    I do alot of article submission and use a tool called Automatic Article Submitter.

    It works very well.

    When it comes to submitting the articles to directories I submit to the top

    50 article directories. The software has over 300 different article directories.

    So you could submit to all of them or just a few. Its really up to you.
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  • Profile picture of the author anthony2
    also you can use a tool called OnlyWire to submit your
    content to the 20 different social media web.

    with OnlyWire there is a free version and a paid version
    the paid is like $10 a month
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  • Profile picture of the author Daws0n
    Well, i don't submit my articles to multiple directories.
    the only one which is use is eZine, i really don't want to spam other directories with same content and that's one of the reasons why i don't post on many directories.

    I have limited articles so, i will be sticking to eZine until i get some reliable writer to give me multiple articles per/day. however, if you have much content then you can spread it to many sources like top ten article directories.
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  • Profile picture of the author WAWarrior
    I have a follow on question..

    Spinning vs submitting original content to multiple directories to build inbound links ... does it make a difference if you submit original article to multiple article directories versus spinning it to make it near unique before submission.

    Does Google gives more weight to the latter method - which is why people spin ?

    I am of the impression that if you are the original author - you don't get penalized if you submit original content to multiple directories ( ie not spamming ).

    Anyone knows how Google process it ?
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  • Profile picture of the author mccartyjess
    Thank you everyone! That is wonderful advice! I am definitely working on trying to get more traffic to my website. It has been quite hard!
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    • Profile picture of the author Joey Babbs
      Be careful when hiring writers for multiple articles....it all comes down to a math game.

      Have you ever heard of spinning? You can spin an article 100% unique just by doing sentence and word spinning...so when you hire writers they are actually spinning articles and selling them to you...

      Figure out the cost of a spinner then hire someone to spin articles for you or do it yourself.

      I have hired a lot of people in the past and even people who charge $20 for an article are spinning sometimes.

      Just a heads up!
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    • Profile picture of the author myob
      Sometimes I submit articles to EZA, but mostly publish within my own network of targeted ezines, websites, blogs and offline magazines, trade journals and newspapers. It doesn't take very many articles at all to make a killing in even the most highly competitive niches when they are directly in front of your targeted audience.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kecia
        Originally Posted by myob View Post

        Sometimes I submit articles to EZA, but mostly publish within my own network of targeted ezines, websites, blogs and offline magazines, trade journals and newspapers. It doesn't take very many articles at all to make a killing in even the most highly competitive niches when they are directly in front of your targeted audience.
        How do you go about doing this? Do these sites allow anyone to publish articles on them, or are there strict guidelines on whose content they will accept?
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        • Profile picture of the author myob
          Originally Posted by Kecia08 View Post

          How do you go about doing this? Do these sites allow anyone to publish articles on them, or are there strict guidelines on whose content they will accept?
          For the most part, many such outlets are always looking for relevant content for their readers. If you really want to laser-target your niche, contact these publishers with samples of your writing. There is no better free marketing technique that I know of than to have high authority sites and ezine publishers use your articles.

          By positioning yourself in such outlets as authoritative, decision makers will be more likely to buy your "recommended" products from among all the other competitors. Using this marketing technique, you can beat out the competition in any market no matter how "saturated".
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  • Profile picture of the author ciel
    First of all the very best for your article marketing efforts.

    Since Google has changed its algorithm for rankings (at least tweaked), article marketing is getting affected. You can always look to submit to top article directories from where it can get picked & published on many more blogs/websites from where you will get backlinks.

    OR You can use any way you think will give your articles the maximum exposure & maximum backlinks to your site. Basically article marketing is done to get quality backlinks from all over the web. It is a way of letting the Google know that your site is spreading out & more and more people should visit it.

    Just my thoughts!

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  • Profile picture of the author Coach Louisa
    Saicou,

    That's a cool list, I will check it out.
    I don't typically submit to so many directories but this will be a goo list to check out


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  • Profile picture of the author sting82
    Maybe Top 20 articles directory with high PR.
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    I would recommend you article marketing robot
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  • Profile picture of the author david pauls
    REPOST: Got this link from a warrior forum. This list is very helpful

    1. articlesalley.com Page Rank 7
    2. suite101.com Page Rank 7
    3. ezinearticles.com Page Rank 6
    4. articlesbase.com Page Rank 6 (With 10 articles, will change to do-follow)
    5. articlecity.com Page Rank 6
    6. isnare.com Page Rank 6
    7. buzzle.com Page Rank 6
    8. helium.com Page Rank 6
    9. site-reference.com Page Rank 5
    10. articleslash.net Page Rank 5
    11. thewhir.com/find/articlecentral Page Rank 5
    12. a1articles.com Page Rank 5
    13. sooperarticles.com Page Rank 5
    14. searchwarp.com Page Rank 5
    15. articlesnatch.com Page Rank 5
    16. articlealley.com Page Rank 5
    17. articledashboard.com Page Rank 5
    18. selfgrowth.com/articles.html Page Rank 5
    19. ideamarketers.com Page Rank 5
    20. bukisa.com Page Rank 5
    21. goarticles.com Page Rank 4
    22. carolinaarticles.com Page Rank 4
    23. articlesfactory.com Page Rank 4
    24. articleclick.com Page Rank 4
    25. submityourarticle.com/articles/ Page Rank 4
    26. infobarrel.com Page Rank 4
    27. abcarticledirectory.com Page Rank 4
    28. upublish.info Page Rank 4
    29. e-articles.info Page Rank 4
    30. articlemonkeys.com Page Rank 4 (Now No-Follow)
    31. dime-co.com Page Rank 4
    32. web-source.net Page Rank 3
    33. EvanCarmichael.com Page Rank 3
    34. articlerich.com Page Rank 3
    35. amazines.com Page Rank 3
    36. articlewarehouse.com Page Rank 3
    37. acmearticles.com Page Rank 3
    38. article-buzz.com Page Rank 3
    39. fourpxarticles.com Page Rank 3
    40. articlebliss.com Page Rank 3
    41. articles.everyquery.com Page Rank 3
    42. thecontentcorner.com Page Rank 3
    43. affsphere.com Page Rank 3
    44. articlecell.com Page Rank 2
    45. articlestars.com Page Rank 2
    46. articlecube.com Page Rank 0
    47. articlecompilation.com Page Rank 0
    48. articlepool.com Page Rank 0
    49. 365articles.com Page Rank 0
    50. articlenexus.com Page Rank

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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by david pauls View Post

      This list is very helpful
      Please don't take this the wrong way, David - I know you intend it helpfully, but actually it isn't at all. It's actually pretty misleading, and I strongly suspect that, if uncorrected, (as when very similar things have been posted here, and the last time was only a day or so ago) many will be misled by it.

      Article directories don't "have page rank" at all for the simple reason that websites don't "have page rank". Only pages have page rank.

      The page ranks shown above are simply the pages ranks of the directories' home pages. But they're not very relevant, because articles submitted to them - just like articles submitted to any other article directories - don't go on their home pages: they go on PR-0 pages (yes, even at Ezine Articles).

      And that's without even mentioning the fact that some of those sites are actually not article directories at all(!!), and have sometimes vastly differing terms of service, some requiring previously unpublished content; others not, etc. etc. It's very important, before submitting anything to a website you don't own yourself, to read its terms of service carefully.

      Sadly, but not unpredictably, there's already a good deal of factual misinformation in this thread, and there are many highly misguided suggestions, too.

      Jess, reading this long thread slowly and carefully really will help you a lot, with your current and future questions about article marketing. You'd be really well advised to make/find the time to study it.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kurt
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        Please don't take this the wrong way, David - I know you intend it helpfully, but actually it isn't at all. It's actually pretty misleading, and I strongly suspect that, if uncorrected, (as when very similar things have been posted here, and the last time was only a day or so ago) many will be misled by it.

        Article directories don't "have page rank" at all for the simple reason that websites don't "have page rank". Only pages have page rank.

        The page ranks shown above are simply the pages ranks of the directories' home pages. But they're not very relevant, because articles submitted to them - just like articles submitted to any other article directories - don't go on their home pages: they go on PR-0 pages (yes, even at Ezine Articles).

        And that's without even mentioning the fact that some of those sites are actually not article directories at all(!!), and have sometimes vastly differing terms of service, some requiring previously unpublished content; others not, etc. etc. It's very important, before submitting anything to a website you don't own yourself, to read its terms of service carefully.

        Sadly, but not unpredictably, there's already a good deal of factual misinformation in this thread, and there are many highly misguided suggestions, too.

        Jess, reading this long thread slowly and carefully really will help you a lot, with your current and future questions about article marketing. You'd be really well advised to make/find the time to study it.
        Alexa,

        You're making an assumption based on whole numbers and that PR must be at least 1 or higher to exist.

        This is factually incorrect, as every page in Google's index has PR, even if the Googlebar displays a 0.

        It's possible, actually very likely, that these article directory pages have a PR of something like:
        .002
        .02

        ...as opposed to Alexa's claim of absolute zero.

        Both of these would show a PR0, yet the second one has "10 times" the PageRank of the first. And this is done through the passing of PR of the homepage and the pages that internally link to the article in the directory.

        Plus, PR can be influenced by anyone. Those with good linking skills can pump up the PageRank to any page they want, including an article posted on an article directory. PR isn't a static number or a number beyond our control.

        Also, in Google's recent "guidelines" they tell us:

        One other specific piece of guidance we've offered is that low-quality content on some parts of a website can impact the whole site’s rankings, and thus removing low quality pages, merging or improving the content of individual shallow pages into more useful pages, or moving low quality pages to a different domain could eventually help the rankings of your higher-quality content
        Here Google is telling us that some low quality pages can influence the entire site's rankings. If we accept Google at its word, this is proof that Google can and does rank pages based other pages and reputation of the site.

        While not perfect, PR is a pretty good indicator of "reputation" and PR isn't the only benefit that can be passed from page to page throughout a site. If I had to bet, I'd bet the site with the PR6 homepage passes on more PR and reputation to a brand new article than a PR1 site...But individual site linking structures have a lot to do with this, as well.

        Again, PR isn't a perfect measurement, but my advice to someone new is if you aren't sure and want to prioritize your article submissions, sort by PR and start at the top. After all, I've never heard anyone try to tell us higher PR is a bad thing, therefore you really have nothing to lose since there are so many lists sorted by PR already in existence.
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

          If I had to bet, I'd bet the site with the PR6 homepage passes on more PR and reputation to a brand new article than a PR1 site...But individual site linking structures have a lot to do with this, as well.
          The laws of averages have finally come into effect, Kurt, as inevitably they had to at some point: you've actually made a statement about articles with which I agree.

          In fact there isn't a lot in your post with which I disagree, other than of course your mistaken assumption that I'd made a mistaken assumption.

          However, it also remains factual that as "classes of backlinks" go, article directory backlinks are pretty close to being "the lowest of the low" and that (as so many people observe here so regularly) typically some tens of thousands of them seem to confer the link-juice equivalent to one backlink from a higher-PR context-relevant authority-site. Of course, many established SEO textbooks by acclaimed experts also explain the unsurprising reasons for that pretty clearly.

          I have over 1,200 articles on EZA, myself, and any backlink checking/page-rank testing software gives the PR of all their backlinks as "0" (they may realistically, "for link-juice value", be some tiny, immeasurable fraction higher, I agree, but thankfully nowhere near as high as my own sites). Fortunately, that's not connected with why I've submitted them there, though.
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          • Profile picture of the author Kurt
            Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

            The laws of averages have finally come into effect, Kurt, as inevitably they had to at some point: you've actually made a statement about articles with which I agree. .
            Don't worry, my statement wasn't about articles, it was about SEO and applies to all sorts of directories, not just articles. And I don't agree with much of your SEO advice, so I guess that makes us even.


            However, it also remains factual that as "classes of backlinks" go, article directory backlinks are pretty close to being "the lowest of the low" and that (as so many people observe here so regularly) typically some tens of thousands of them seem to confer the link-juice equivalent to one backlink from a higher-PR context-relevant authority-site.
            I agree that article directory links are low-value links. But this is only part of the equation and it's hard to give a precise number such as "tens of thousands" to equal a "high quality" link. Define "high quality"?

            Another factor is, how hard are the links to get? It's pretty easy to get a 1000 links using artice directories.

            Also, your use of "context relevant" could use some more explanation...Context relevant isn't a black and white term, there's a lot of middle ground, as pages can influence context. And articles in EZA not only have their own content to define the context, they also get inbound and outbound links to related pages in the same categories, adding a lot of context to the pages/links.

            Your argument seemingly makes a claim that a link from a site like Wikipedia is very low value because the site is "non contextual" and gives a nofollow link. Yet, experience says just the opposite. What's your opinion on nofollow, non contextual links from Wikipedia?

            Plus, real SEO isn't about worrying about having one good link and 10,000 low quality links, it's really about BOTH. Some of my "expert" friends (see comments about experts below) have researched this topic and find there's an optimal ratio of high quality to low quality links that should be sought. I use this strategy and believe in it.

            It seems a lot of free lance writers that use article directories for promotion feel that high and low quality links are exclusionary and you can't go after both. You can, and IMO you should.

            It also seems that the free lance writers also believe that just because you submit an article for SEO purposes to many directories, that the article can be high quality or used for syndication. Yes, it's possible to submit a high quality article to 1000 directories.

            And article directories are just one of many linking possibilities I use and recommend...I like a very wide variety of links and article directories are just part of the mix. So we shouldn't confuse defending article directories as a source of links as meaning it's the ONLY source, only that it's part of a very good mix.

            Tip: Another reason to use a wide variety of linking resources if you use Adsense as revenue is this: Traffic quality. If Google sees a lot of your traffic is from the same source, they pay less per click. So a wide variety of links from different sites means a wide variety of traffic from different places, resulting in being paid more per click.

            Of course, many established SEO textbooks by acclaimed experts also explain the unsurprising reasons for that pretty clearly.
            There's a good chance these experts learned a thing or two from me over the years...You'd be surprised at some of the strategies popular today that were original concepts of mine many years ago.



            I have over 1,200 articles on EZA, myself, and any backlink checking/page-rank testing software gives the PR of all their backlinks as "0" (they may realistically, "for link-juice value", be some tiny, immeasurable fraction higher, I agree, but thankfully nowhere near as high as my own sites).
            What kind of internal and external linking strategies did you use?

            And what software did you use to check? The reason I ask is that I believe it's against EZA's TOS to automatically query/scrape EZA and you always want to check a site's guidelines.

            Fortunately, that's not connected with why I've submitted them there, though.
            See, we agree on another thing...You don't use EZA/articles for SEO...Others of us do articles for SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author jenyjenifer
    Must submit to ezine dir. first submit your article to ezine after approval syndicate to other article site.
    How much submission?
    I do 30-35 & I'm getting good benefit. So, I think you should do the same.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by jenyjenifer View Post

      Must submit to ezine dir. first
      This is also incorrect.

      It's one of those "urban myths of internet marketing".

      There's absolutely no need to submit to EZA "first". You can have your article already published in 100 other directories (under the same authorial name/pen-name) and EZA will still accept it if it satisfies their editorial guidelines. There's no advantage at all from submitting to EZA any earlier than to anywhere else. They don't require previously unpublished content, and they never have done.
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  • Profile picture of the author marketwarrior06
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    after panda update article submission sites were badly affected. so before submitting your articles plz take a little survey about their present status.
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    • Profile picture of the author Oneal Degrassi
      Originally Posted by marketwarrior06 View Post

      after panda update article submission sites were badly affected. so before submitting your articles plz take a little survey about their present status.
      Take a little survey? :confused:
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      • Profile picture of the author myob
        Originally Posted by Oneal Degrassi View Post

        Take a little survey? :confused:
        Check article directory page ranking to determine whether it is at .002 or .02 for backlinks. Could be a winner.
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        • Profile picture of the author Kurt
          Originally Posted by myob View Post

          Check article directory page ranking to determine whether it is at .002 or .02 for backlinks. Could be a winner.
          I knew someone wouldn't be able to understand it was simply an example for a theoretical discussion (which all Pagerank discussion is)...Just surprised it was you Paul. But your post was a epic example of the logical fallacy we call red herrings...If you don't have a point, try to distract. Classic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rose Anderson
    There are plenty of writers here on the forum that would never, ever, sell you spun content. So don't believe everything you've read in this thread so far.

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    • Profile picture of the author myob
      For many marketers, there are valid reasons for not relying on EZA or any other article directories for SEO. Primarily, because this has never been the intended function of article directories. As pointed out by Alexa, link juice from the article directories is so insignificant as to be irrelevant even with her 1,200 articles.

      In the context of what the OP is asking, this would be a very large hurdle to overcome, and such advice will have prohibitively disappointing results. The sheer numbers required for ranking would descend into an article spinning frenzy with a quite predictable outcome.

      This has been the problem before for so many new marketers; they fail in this flawed marketing model and conclude article marketing does not work.

      I only have about 700 articles on EZA, but over the years I have also written many times that amount, which are syndicated in high PR and authority outlets. More importantly, however, is even though these articles are distributed in my aggregated network of nearly 25,000 PR3-PR7 targeted publishers, the combined contribution to SERP rank is still comparatively negligible relative to direct traffic.

      This will be the scaled experience that the OP and other new marketers statistically will face. With the Panda algorithm update, the mandate is for quality writing focused on reader experience, and SEO considerations are subordinate.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kurt
        Originally Posted by myob View Post

        For many marketers, there are valid reasons for not relying on EZA or any other article directories for SEO. Primarily, because this has never been the intended function of article directories. As pointed out by Alexa, link juice from the article directories is so insignificant as to be irrelevant even with her 1,200 articles.

        In the context of what the OP is asking, this would be a very large hurdle to overcome, and such advice will have prohibitively disappointing results. The sheer numbers required for ranking would descend into an article spinning frenzy with a quite predictable outcome.

        This has been the problem before for so many new marketers; they fail in this flawed marketing model and conclude article marketing does not work.

        I only have about 700 articles on EZA, but over the years I have also written many times that amount, which are syndicated in high PR and authority outlets. More importantly, however, is even though these articles are distributed in my aggregated network of nearly 25,000 PR3-PR7 targeted publishers, the combined contribution to SERP rank is still comparatively negligible relative to direct traffic.

        Paul,

        I have a couple of problems...Can you explain the contradictions I've outlined in red?

        I also have a problem with your use of the word "flawed". There's a lot of people making money using article directories as part of their SEO. Why don't you tell us what you did that failed and maybe we can help find what you did that was flawed?

        This will be the scaled experience that the OP and other new marketers statistically will face. With the Panda algorithm update, the mandate is for quality writing focused on reader experience, and SEO considerations are subordinate.
        So your suggestion is for new marketers to spend years writing thousands of articles and creating a personal aggregated network of 25,000 hand-picked sites? How exactly does that work for newbies? After all, in the context of the OP, which seems to be your concern, isn't your plan a little extreme?

        Plus, you keep ignoring the fact that SEO can be applied to quality articles. I've actually found if I write good content I can be much more aggressive in my linking strategies. Ironic, huh?

        Quite frankly, if this thread is any example, I think I provided at least the same quality content that you have. I've backed up my statements with actual research and data, I've presented new ideas, such as the concept of .02 PageRank which you had problems with.

        Basically, some think they are the only ones that supply quality content. The problem is, I'm not willing to conceed that point.
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  • Profile picture of the author SeanSupplee
    You need to make sure each place you submit the article to is a unique article if you actually want to get search engine traffic to it. Otherwise your kicking yourself in the teeth submitting the same article to more then one directory. Granted your just trying to get some quick backlinks or something.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    Ok...Let's see if the freelance writers really know their SEO...

    I did a very quick check using Scrapebox. Here's my methodology for those that want to double-check:

    For keywords I entered:
    site:ezinearticles.com

    I only scraped the first 500 results. Scrapebox users should be able to confirm I could have gotten a lot more...

    I took the list of 500 EZA URLs and ran the PageRank check on them. I then deleted all the URLs with PR n/a.

    I took the list of URLs and using my own Linez Tuel, I cut all lines containing the string:
    expert=

    This gave me all the URLs out of the 500 that went to author pages AND have a PR of at least 1. Here's the list:
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Duncan_Brodie PR4
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Kalyan_Kumar PR4
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mike_Hamel PR3
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mary_Thayer PR3
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Michelle_C_Roebuck PR3
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Steve_Singleton PR3
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=James_Parmis PR3
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Alison_Cole PR3
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jan_Gamm PR3
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Martin_Haworth PR3
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jim_Edwards PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Terry_Glass PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=John_Cielo PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Vinod_Singh PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=MaryJo_Wagner PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Michael_Bustamante PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Wayne_Hudler PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Anyaele_Sam_Chiyson PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Gareth_Powell PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=John_Silveira PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Patrick_Mclemore PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Terri_David PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Narendra_Kumar_Singh PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jesse_Boland PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Bettina_Langerfeldt PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Art_Sobczak PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Dianne_Thomsen PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Colin_Joss PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=John_Currie PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Andrea_G_Stein PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Priscilla_Parham PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Eve_Jackson PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ghulam_Nabi_Rezbi PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Keith_Riffle PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Patrick_Zanders PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Scott_Allan PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Alan_Rigg PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Cas...George_Sturges PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Celia_Webb PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jen_Hopkins PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jennifer_Sprague PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Heri_Rosyadi PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Eronne_Ward PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Neil_Crenshaw PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Peter_Phillips PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Rebecca_Haworth PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Olabode_Ososami PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Frank_Rumbauskas PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Theun_Mares PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Kathleen_Gage PR1

    There's 50 author pages with a PR of 1 or higher.

    Now I used my Linez Tuel to cut lines containing:
    id=

    This gave me all the URLs that link to articles with PR:
    http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Really...tion&id=102048 PR3
    http://ezinearticles.com/?R10Cipher-...est&id=3656046 PR3
    http://ezinearticles.com/?30-Days-to...ine&id=3718725 PR3
    http://ezinearticles.com/?Fundraisin...ift&id=2208835 PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?Average-Ec...tes&id=2725445 PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?7-Must-Hav...e?)&id=3824545 PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Use...ing&id=2505675 PR2
    http://ezinearticles.com/?Slip-on-Pe...ent&id=2849940 PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?Stress,-An...ect&id=3097222 PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?Breast-Sel...es!&id=1560966 PR1
    http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Car...le!&id=3113327 PR1

    This is 11 more pages with PR.

    The thing to note is that the author pages have PR as high as PR4 on this list. And, on your EZA author's page you get to put 5 outbound links:
    2 to your site/blog
    3 to Twitter, Linked and Facebook.

    I won't speak for the freelance writers, but as an SEOer I sure would like to have access to PR4 pages on other sites that will let me have 5 dofollow links...

    I suggest people reading this thread check out the facts for themselves and click on a few of the links I posted above and check the PR for yourselves. Then reread some of the comments on this thread about how you can't get quality links from EZA (or other article directories) and make up your own minds.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joey Babbs
      I am surprised no one here has spoken about diversity of links?

      I could have 15 BILLION articles on EZA but still only have the link juice of 1...

      You need links from EVERYWHERE!

      To catch the attention of major search engines....you need EVERYONE talking about your site!

      So 1000 EZA's promoting 1 site in my opinion is a lot of time well wasted....

      People who are article marketing effectively are distributing a bunch of articles everywhere....

      whether you are a white hat or black hat article marketer you all have the same goal whether you know it or not! YOU ARE "trying to create" a FALSE BUZZ around what you are actually promoting....and you are doing it by creating a bunch of articles....

      Whether you use software to do it, or you do it manually, you are are still trying to "beat the search engines" into ranking you higher....so instead of wasting time worrying about whether EZA, or Hub pages, or other High ranking sites are working just spread em out.....TRUST ME....
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  • Profile picture of the author Xavier Tan
    Just submit to article sites that have PR, those that doesn't are cheap and low qualities backlinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author athanne
    I new in the forum. At what stage will i start posting articles like you?
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    • Profile picture of the author Bryan Green
      athanne,

      I usually wait for about 2 weeks after i make a site and then i get some content written and then i submit it to all the high pr directories. I usually spin the content as well so the same content is not on all of the sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author mccartyjess
    Thank you everyone for all of your advice. Wasn't trying to get a debate started or anything. I just need help getting traffic to my site and was just looking for some advice.

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    • Profile picture of the author myob
      Originally Posted by mccartyjess View Post

      Thank you everyone for all of your advice. Wasn't trying to get a debate started or anything. I just need help getting traffic to my site and was just looking for some advice.

      Jess
      Welcome to the Clash of the Titans, Jess. Observe, and learn from the real pros.

      "We are so very 'umble."
      - Charles Dickens

      -------------------------------------------------------

      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      Paul,

      I have a couple of problems...Can you explain the contradictions I've outlined in red?

      I also have a problem with your use of the word "flawed". ...

      We all have problems, don't we? But there are no contradictions. Taken in context of what the OP has asked of the experienced marketers in the forum, and your most admirable concern for the newbies here, you do have many problems trying to support a flawed model that has failed repeatedly. Using this model of SEO traffic from the article directories, how many directories should he be submitting? Both you and I know the answer to that question. He needs to send articles to every article directory listed here and then some. Not only that, but these submissions must be done en masse. This is the flaw; massive mindless spinning and spamming of nonsense couched in optimized key words. The concept of finding low competition niches and using long tail key words optimized for the search engines is only the beginning of failure. Single-minded efforts toward high ranking in the SERPs does not mean high conversions to sales; people make purchases, not search engines.

      To become competitive in the most lucrative markets, there is a better way. And in my experience, it does not take very many articles at all to beat out the competition in any market, no matter how hotly competitive that market may be. This model is "article syndication". By leveraging high quality articles readable to humans over targeted outlets such as relevant high PR websites and blogs, the traffic generated will be high quality, with end results being high conversions and sales. This is article marketing at its best and of the highest caliber. In this marketing model of leveraging quality articles to quality outlets, the secondary benefit is higher conversions of traffic from the search engines as well.

      As many of the experienced and highly successful article marketers have expressed so often, the Panda update has magnified the flaws of a marketing method which has failed massively for so many. This sentiment has become nearly a mantra; "article marketing is dead". I have been writing articles for online marketing for over 11 years. This is why I have built up such a wide syndicated network of 25,000 publishers. Writing for the article directories does work, but for reasons other than SEO and backlinks. The true power of article directories is that it is a showcase of your writing ability, and a source from which publishers pick quality for syndication. These syndication outlets are real business assets, no less real than chainstores selling products to many thousands of customers each. With syndication, your article writing efforts are not merely a multiple of the number of outlets for which they are submitted, but a powerful exponential exposure to potential buyers in each outlet.

      My marketing is in dozens of the most hotly competitive niches I can find. The reason for that is they are extremely lucrative. Looking for wimpy "low competitive" niches and then groping around for long tail key words for ranking is not even close to a winning style. I sell high end affiliate products such as Amazon and a few other affiliate programs. Some people may be doing better than me, but my monthly earnings from article marketing is well into six figures. This marketing model is not new; it has been working for marketers in newspapers and magazines for at least a century. What's new is this concept of spamming article directories for backlinks.


      QED: Is This What Google Calls Quality Content?

      "...it was a delusive pie, the crust being like a disappointing head, phrenologically speaking: full of lumps and bumps, with nothing particular underneath."
      — Charles Dickens
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      • Profile picture of the author Lea Karana
        Originally Posted by myob View Post

        Welcome to the Clash of the Titans, Jess. Observe, and learn from the real pros.

        "We are so very 'umble."
        - Charles Dickens

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        We all have problems, don't we? But there are no contradictions. Taken in context of what the OP has asked of the experienced marketers in the forum, and your most admirable concern for the newbies here, you do have many problems trying to support a flawed model that has failed repeatedly. Using this model of SEO traffic from the article directories, how many directories should he be submitting? Both you and I know the answer to that question. He needs to send articles to every article directory listed here and then some. Not only that, but these submissions must be done en masse. This is the flaw; massive mindless spinning and spamming of nonsense couched in optimized key words. The concept of finding low competition niches and using long tail key words optimized for the search engines is only the beginning of failure. Single-minded efforts toward high ranking in the SERPs does not mean high conversions to sales; people make purchases, not search engines.

        To become competitive in the most lucrative markets, there is a better way. And in my experience, it does not take very many articles at all to beat out the competition in any market, no matter how hotly competitive that market may be. This model is "article syndication". By leveraging high quality articles readable to humans over targeted outlets such as relevant high PR websites and blogs, the traffic generated will be high quality, with end results being high conversions and sales. This is article marketing at its best and of the highest caliber. In this marketing model of leveraging quality articles to quality outlets, the secondary benefit is higher conversions of traffic from the search engines as well.

        As many of the experienced and highly successful article marketers have expressed so often, the Panda update has magnified the flaws of a marketing method which has failed massively for so many. This sentiment has become nearly a mantra; "article marketing is dead". I have been writing articles for online marketing for over 11 years. This is why I have built up such a wide syndicated network of 25,000 publishers. Writing for the article directories does work, but for reasons other than SEO and backlinks. The true power of article directories is that it is a showcase of your writing ability, and a source from which publishers pick quality for syndication. These syndication outlets are real business assets, no less real than chainstores selling products to many thousands of customers each. With syndication, your article writing efforts are not merely a multiple of the number of outlets for which they are submitted, but a powerful exponential exposure to potential buyers in each outlet.

        My marketing is in dozens of the most hotly competitive niches I can find. The reason for that is they are extremely lucrative. Looking for wimpy "low competitive" niches and then groping around for long tail key words for ranking is not even close to a winning style. I sell high end affiliate products such as Amazon and a few other affiliate programs. Some people may be doing better than me, but my monthly earnings from article marketing is well into six figures. This marketing model is not new; it has been working for marketers in newspapers and magazines for at least a century. What's new is this concept of spamming article directories for backlinks.


        QED: Is This What Google Calls Quality Content?

        "...it was a delusive pie, the crust being like a disappointing head, phrenologically speaking: full of lumps and bumps, with nothing particular underneath."
        -- Charles Dickens
        If there is anyone I could be learning from is Myob.
        Seriously, this guy is very clever

        Thank you for trying to help people that are new at this and are completely lost and confused.

        I must admit, i have had my moment of "giving up" and getting a j.o.b. even if it only pays 300 or so a week, but I'm still here hanging by the valuable information that is being taught here.


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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by Lea Karana View Post

          If there is anyone I could be learning from is Myob. Seriously, this guy is very clever
          You're going to do well, then: seriously, a really high proportion of people who read and contribute to these ever-running "article marketing" threads haven't worked that out yet. And it's your gain and their loss that you have and they haven't. Learning from forums is all about knowing who to listen to ... and you've judged well.
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          • Profile picture of the author Lea Karana
            Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

            You're going to do well, then: seriously, a really high proportion of people who read and contribute to these ever-running "article marketing" threads haven't worked that out yet. And it's your gain and their loss that you have and they haven't. Learning from forums is all about knowing who to listen to ... and you've judged well.
            Thanks Alexa,

            2 second after I hit the "submit reply" button i thought to my self, I should have mentioned Alexa as well cause you contribute A LOT to this forum.

            I have tried article directories to drive traffic to my site and was not very happy with the results, I thought, there has to be better way.

            Thanks again
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            • Profile picture of the author myob
              Hey Lea

              I've become more of a smartass lately in trying to explain the simplicity and elegance of article marketing taken to its highest levels. You will do well probably even better by reading Alexa's wonderful posts on "Article Syndication" by searching the forum.

              And as always I highly recommend reading Turn Words Into Traffic, written by Jim Edwards, a syndicated article writer and owner of a web development company. You'll be getting proven techniques right from the horse's mouth rather than from the other end.
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              • Profile picture of the author Lea Karana
                Originally Posted by myob View Post

                Hey Lea

                I've become more of a smartass lately in trying to explain the simplicity and elegance of article marketing taken to its highest levels. You will do well probably even better by reading Alexa's wonderful posts on "Article Syndication" by searching the forum.

                And as always I highly recommend reading Turn Words Into Traffic, written by Jim Edwards, a syndicated article writer and owner of a web development company. You'll be getting proven techniques right from the horse's mouth rather than from the other end.
                LOL

                I will definitely check that out very very soon.

                Honestly it doesn't matter what tone the person makes from their post, as long as its not MISLEADING and FALSE.

                The people that recommend to do something or follow some plan, ask your self one question: Did that method work for you? and then go a head and post it in this forum.


                Thanks everyone....

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

      There's 50 author pages with a PR of 1 or higher.
      Clearly, if people are misguided enough to build backlinks to copies of their work on someone else's site, rather than on their own, they can get someone else's page rank to any number they want to.

      The point being made here was, of course, that they START out as PR-0 pages, regardless of the page rank of the directory's home page.

      Which they do.

      Originally Posted by mccartyjess View Post

      Wasn't trying to get a debate started or anything.
      Understood, Jess. But when people have commercial interests of their own to represent in such discussions, ultimately one can't always avoid it. Not your fault at all.

      The key points, as you've gathered above, are to publish them and have them indexed on your own property first, and to build backlinks to your own site, and not to other people's.

      Most people who fail at "article marketing" tend to fail in more or less the same way, and it's a way broadly characterised by ...

      (i) depending on article directories for traffic and backlinks;
      (ii) using "spinning" and/or "mass-submission" software;
      (iii) using a "rinse and repeat" model of "article directory marketing";
      (iv) writing/submitting large numbers of shorter articles which are sometimes "salesy" in tone and have a prominent "call to action" in the resource box.

      You can be almost certain, every single time you see one of the ever-increasing plethora of threads we regularly have appearing here with titles like "Article Marketing Doesn't Work Any More" or "I'm Not Sure About Article Marketing Any More", that the person starting it off has been doing at least three of the four things mentioned above. This is simply factual and irrefutable.

      In contrast, most people who succeed at article marketing tend to succeed in their own slightly different ways, a little harder to describe succinctly, but often (I don't say "always", of course) characterised by ...

      (a) avoiding all the above;
      (b) involving article syndication in their business model;
      (c) building an asset-based business, by developing their own virtual properties rather than anyone else's, which produces gradually increasing residual income from work already done.
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  • Profile picture of the author JCH
    I've been making a living online for about five years now, and I do article submissions all the time; they're a great tool for getting quick, good Google search position for pages with links to what you're promoting.

    But if you're going to use a software that does automated submissions (Seonukex is the best, but it's kind of pricey especially if you're just starting out) I strongly suggest that any "spinning" that you plan to do with the content, (So that your article you submission won't be exactly the same with each article service) you take the time to do manually.

    Remember, in most cases these articles are going to be looked at by an actual human being before they're posted, and automated spinners can create gobbledygook that looks like it was written by somebody who didn't speak a word of English and slapped the whole thing together with a poorly functioning online translator. You will have wasted your time.

    I've seen a lot of good article submission sites listed earlier in the thread, (articlesbase.com always seems to index quickly), but one in particular I would recommend is Ideamarketers.com. (They're a Google PR 5)

    Idea Marketers posts your article immediately, and the articles start getting hits right away. (They also syndicate very quickly)

    Another nice feature is that very cheaply (I usually spend $5 for one week, but you can spend even less) you can have a linked excerpt of your article appear on their home page, which actually has the Google PR 5 ranking.

    It's important to remember that no matter how high the ranking a site's homepage may have, that doesn't mean that the page you have your article on is going to have the same ranking; in fact it's highly unlikely that would be the case.
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  • Profile picture of the author Russell Barnstein
    I'd just like to say that I really appreciate it when senior members of the forum don't let junior members eat crap without at least prompting them to smell it first.

    Kurt, Alexa and myob, thanks for providing information that illuminates the differences between article directory marketing and actual article marketing. So few people are aware of the difference and consequently make embarrassing assumptions. Sometimes it frustrates me, but then sometimes I think I'd just prefer if everyone remained ignorant about it. More money for me and more rubbish posts to laugh about.

    Speaking of money (and getting to my point), is there a professional-grade WSO that teaches people these differences? I'd love to sell the hell out of it.
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    • Profile picture of the author myob
      Originally Posted by Russell Barnstein View Post

      ...Speaking of money (and getting to my point), is there a professional-grade WSO that teaches people these differences? I'd love to sell the hell out of it.
      Hi Russell,

      I'm sure there are a number of very good professional-grade WSOs covering these topics. But what for me has been the greatest influence in getting to such a high monthly income level just from article marketing has been from this book, Turn Words Into Traffic, which I purchased many years ago.

      These article syndication and SEO techniques are especially relevant today and perhaps even more so in context of the recent Google algorithm changes. Its practical essence is that quality articles submitted to quality outlets drives quality traffic. And if you're a Clickbank affiliate, go ahead and sell the hell out it.
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      • Profile picture of the author Russell Barnstein
        Originally Posted by myob View Post

        ...what for me has been the greatest influence in getting to such a high monthly income level just from article marketing has been from this book, Turn Words Into Traffic,

        ... And if you're a Clickbank affiliate, go ahead and sell the hell out it.
        Done and done. Thanks!
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        • Profile picture of the author Michelle Strait
          I usually submit to EzineArticles and Article Dashboard. I'm going to do an experiment and submit articles to several directories on dtommy79's list. It probably wouldn't hurt to expand a little bit.
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  • Profile picture of the author dtommy79
    Here is a few article directory to submit to. They are PR1+

    Have fun

    Article Directory
    articlebanker.com
    articlesmart.org
    articlestorehouse.com
    ezineproarticles.com
    forexkilleredge.com
    mrreviewer.com
    newezinearticles.com
    ourarticlesource.com
    textcafe.net/main
    ukrealestateinfo.com
    411article.com
    7books.com
    adoptionarticlesdirectory.com
    articlebrain.com
    articlecamp.com
    articlecastle.com
    articlecue.com
    articledashboard.com
    articlefriendly.net
    articleintelligence.com
    articlelayout.com
    articlemayhem.com
    articlemonkeys.com
    articles-cafe.com
    articleseer.com
    articleserve.net
    article-smart.com
    articlespirit.com
    articlesrightnow.com
    article-submission-directory.com
    canadawiderealestate.com
    christianarticledirectory.org
    collectibles-articles.com
    content-city.com
    didarticles.com
    ezarticles.info
    familyfriendsphotos.com
    fav.com
    free-find-articles.com
    golfarticles.net
    homeworksuccessarticledirectory.com
    hypnosisarticlesdirectory.com
    kravities.com
    ldainformation.net
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  • Profile picture of the author myob
    Let blockheads read what blockheads write.
    - Warren Buffett
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  • Profile picture of the author jducey1234
    I agree. Submit to many different ones. Google sees that as more votes for your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author JoeMack
    Hi....

    You should submit to as many article directories as you can. At first, I'd recommend doing it manually. But once you start to generate a profit from your actions, I highly recommend that you look for an automated solution to really ramp up your efforts.

    Article marketing is the backbone of my marketing efforts because it works so well.

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  • Profile picture of the author reynoldscorb
    It makes the most sense that you would submit to as many article directories as you can, but In the past, I've only submitted to about ten different ones.

    I do things a little differently now, but I always found submitting to the "Big Ten" worked well for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikesTraffic
    dtommy, thanks for the incredible list!
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    I have a little trick/strategy which i use myself:

    I submit to about 20 "high quality" article directories.

    Then i submit several hundred more articles to "lower quality" article sites, but i link back to the articles i submitted earlier.

    This is basically a mini link pyramid and has many benefits.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by GeorgR. View Post

      This is basically a mini link pyramid and has many benefits.
      Please excuse my mentioning (again) that it also has many potential drawbacks, Georg, in terms of your own site's long-term SEO.

      It's very typical of the kind of backlinking that's been used by people whose own sites experience great difficulty outranking article directories for their own keywords. For myself, building backlinks to an article directory is something I would never do. I don't want to "take over the thread" explaining why, but for anyone interested, my reasons are in this post and the ones linked to inside it.
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  • Profile picture of the author mccartyjess
    Thanks everyone! Great advice. I've been so busy lately that I haven't been able to submit to 1 let alone 10! I need to work on doing something.

    Jess
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  • Profile picture of the author traianturcu
    I only submit to EzineArticles, GoArticles and ArticleBase. You might want to send to other directories as well, but after all it depends what your purpose is, how much work are you willing do, how much time you can invest etc.

    I find that the above mentioned directories are enough for my backlinking strategies.

    Hope this helps
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  • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
    Alexa can you please explain what article syndication is to me and whats the best way to go about it, how to do it etc. I just don't get it.

    I have around 650 articles submitted to my sites and eza and few other places which I want to make "go further" to rank my inner pages of my sites. Ive just been manually submitting them but surely there is a better/easier way, is syndication what I need to do?

    Thanks
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