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Except for occasional mass submissions I think you'll find most don't submit to hundreds of sites - only to the top sites that are well known and have high traffic. Some who do mass submissions submit several forms of the same article - some submit the same article.

You're over analyzing. The term "duplicate content" is so easy to discuss that it is discussed endlessly and explained wrongly in many cases. There is also a supplemental index - but even that isn't a concern for those writing original articles to promote their sites. You will see the term "duplicate content penalty" used - but fact is that penalty did not apply to articles at all but to a way sites were being constructed.

All you need to know is that you cannot plagiarize yourself - your goal in submitting to a directory is not only for a "link" - but in the hope other site owners will want to publish your article on their site (with your bio box intact). When that happens, think of it as "viral" instead of "duplicate".

Some top directories aren't interested in articles that have already been published elsewhere - but you can publish your article on your site and also to directories.

You don't need to know everything about it - just that it's not a problem when you are writing your own articles. Article marketing (for someone who can write well) is one of the easiest free marketing tools you can use - maybe that's why people are so focused on making it seem complex.

kay

Hi,

You will find many differing views on article submissions and duplication. Some will tell you to modify your article slightly for each directory, ie: give it a new title, change/rewrite a few paragraphs.

One problem you might run into by submitting the same article to hundreds of sites will come from the directories themselves. If the editors scan to see if it's original and find that every directory on the planet carries it, they might refuse to publish it.

Also, having your same article all over the place won't mean it will get picked up by a google search from every one of those sites. Google will not produce all 100 results for your article.

It's better to have different articles so that google picks up as many as possible per search, or at least more than one. This is much less likely to happen otherwise.

As far as article spinners go, they are only as good as their users. They switch sections around. You can rewrite a few paragraphs and the software will mix and match at random. If you do not produce those alternate paragraphs properly, the article will no longer make sense, or will be less effective.

You have to rewrite each paragraph in the context of the entire article, not just as a stand-alone paragraph. That's the error many article spinner users make.

For best results, post 5 different articles to 5 top directories (EzineArticles, ArticleDashboard, SearchWarp, GoArticles and IdeaMarketers for instance) in the hope google will pick up more than one during a search. Post a different article to as many other directories as you want just to get the backlink credits.

I hope this helps.

Sylvia

Yeah it's hard to get punished for dupe content unless it's posted anywhere and everywhere, that's my experience anyway

I would imagine that posting it 10 different places would not be a problem in any way but if you post it 100 different places it might be another story.

Anyway the only way to know for sure how it works is to get a job at google working on their search algorithm.

Why in the world would Brad Callen propagate a myth like this when he sells "article distribution" software that distributes the same article to multiple article directories?

If you could get penalized in Google by having the same article posted at several sites, then you would be able to harm others that you're competing against by simply spreading their articles out to those sites instead of yours.

As you can see, in the end it just doesn't make sense. Don't you want other people to pull your articles (bio box intact, of course) and use them on their sites? If duplicate content was a problem, then every time somebody did this it would hurt your rankings.

Yep.

Awesome.

Thanks for participating, guys/gals.

Wow!!! This are tips one can't do without as an Affiliate
Marketer. Great resource all put together in one place.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I sure did!

Some well-known marketers say that you should submit unique content everytime to EACH directory or content-sharing site, because the duplicate content rule is posting only one instance of the same article when someone searches for keywords related to it.

However, there have been many cases where I've been submitting the very same article to a number of directories, and that article often occupies many spots in the search engines.

I'll be posting a video of the information from Articles, Duplicate Content - Myth and Fact | JR's Internet Marketing Strategies because it helps to see a VISUAL REPRESENTATION/EXPLANATION to help clarify thoughts in your mind. It will be interesting to see reactions/thoughts to this since it will be going against what many marketers were told/thought/practice. However, the techniques have been proven to work. Until then...

i think that the "duplicate content" penalty especially for articles is WAY overrated.

I see my sites getting indexed well...even with the "so called" bad duplicate content.

If it were the case Google penalizes for "duplicate articles"...it would indeed penalize the fact that goood articles go viral....eg. if i post an article on EZA and it goes viral on whatever other article site and blog...WTF should i get penalized for this?

I think its nonsense and not too much to worry about.

Anapest, just wanted to share a great, resounding, THANKYOU for this post! Also, in your original post you mentioned that you were testing out the whole, "single article to many places" thing - how did that one go?

Actually, it's not fine.

You post the same article to multiple different sites, all sorts of things will happen.

Mostly excluding the things you WANT to happen.

If you don't understand why that is, you need to step back and have a little think.

Imagine YOU were a search engine.

Go on, give it a go.

Imagine you found the same old same old on multiple domains.


What conclusions would your draw about the domains, the person who posted the stuff, and the sites the stuff is promoting?

Go on. Give it go.

UPDATE: On the second page of Google a 4th article is in the 11th position (Amazines) along with a Digg.com version of it in the 17th position of page 2.


So, so far I'm hitting 5 spots in the first 2 pages of the SERPs in Google (3 of which are on page 1).

Ta for the detailed reply! But I think the main thing is, where is your main site sitting in the rankings?

Hey Emmanuel,

I think I am right in saying that a number of article directories including ArcaMax and GoArticles distribute their articles by email. So it's no surprise to hear that you are getting traffic to your webpage via clicks in emails.

Oh, it is a bad idea to submit to all the directories all at once. Spread the links over time for a more natural profile.

TomG.

Just get it out there. Stop being overly strategic.

Think MULTI media channels and you can re-purpose that content over and over again. Articles, web 2.0, blogs etc...

Well, why do you think article sites have the publishing button? If you can publish somebody else's article then that is a duplicate copy of that person's article being put somewhere on the net, right? Funny that that simple detail didn't turn you on to this earlier.

Also, in the OP, regarding your "b.", that also does not seem to be a problem at least according to the author of this Warrior thread:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...e-article.html

Google will only slap YOUR SITE if it has the same content on multiple pages under your one domain.

If you think Google cares about dupe content... find a PLR article... any PLR article, and just type the title into google and see what happens.

The first 6 or 7 results under that title will be the same article posted in different places.