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Very confused about EZA rejection? Please help.

by DianaHeuser
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I submitted a unique article written by myself about a personal experience that I had and it was rejected with the following comment:

1h. Must Not Contain Rehashed Content, or Material Overly Similar to your Prior Submissions.

Derivative content is NOT allowed. EzineArticles uses a patented Content Associated Sequence Matching program called CASM to detect derivative material and remove it.

It goes on to say that the article appears to have been spun. I have no idea what to do now as it is completely unique. I have not submitted anything remotely similiar to this article before :confused:

The article is here. Please could some of you savvy writers help me?

Di

[Edit] I thought maybe it's because I had originally posted the article on my blog but I have recently had another article accepted that was also posted on my blog.
#confused #eza #rejection
  • Profile picture of the author DianaHeuser
    I just got an email from EZA explaining exactly what the problem is.

    Thanks anyway
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    • Profile picture of the author Rod Cortez
      Originally Posted by DianaHeuser View Post

      I just got an email from EZA explaining exactly what the problem is.

      Thanks anyway
      Diana,

      Was it a legitimate issue? If so, is it something you're able to share in a public forum? If not, I understand. On a rare occasion, EZA has done this to me a few times and it all got straightened out with an e-mail (sometimes of few of them going back and forth).

      One time the reviewer admitted that he thought my article was someone else's when in fact he had gotten my name "Rod" confused with another "Rod" that he / she was reviewing. lol

      RoD
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      • Profile picture of the author DianaHeuser
        Originally Posted by Rod Cortez View Post

        Diana,

        Was it a legitimate issue? If so, is it something you're able to share in a public forum? If not, I understand. On a rare occasion, EZA has done this to me a few times and it all got straightened out with an e-mail (sometimes of few of them going back and forth).

        RoD
        Hi Rod,

        Yes it was legitimate. This is what she wrote to me:

        "I am contacting you today to clarify why your recent submission was
        placed in problem status. The article "Internet Dating Is Not for
        Me." was found to be problematic as it is written more like a
        personal story, and does not fully deliver on a 'take away' for your
        reader.

        We would recommend editing the submission to ensure you are giving
        your readers the full experience, by providing tips, lessons learned
        from the experience, or other pertinent information that would be
        relevant. We also suggest reviewing the following blog post to
        further assist
        Identifying the Needs of Your Audience"

        That blog link was really interesting and cleared a few things up for me.

        Di
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    Hi Di,

    I would email them to find out why because your article certainly doesnt appear to be spun or anything like that. It's quite nice actually. Not sure if some software thing would have flagged it maybe by mistake?

    It looks like it thinks some of your sentences or phrases match some other ones on the site, could that be possible?

    Lee

    Oh - ooops! Sorry was posting this as you were posting your update.
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryC
    I took a look at your article and can't imagine why that happened. It shouldn't make any difference at all if it was published on your blog first.

    Perhaps they use some kind of software that searches for commonly used keywords and rejects articles on this basis. Dating is a popular niche, so maybe they're on the lookout for certain terms related to it. Not that this makes sense.

    I've had one or two articles rejected for overusing keywords, when I hadn't deliberately done any kind of "keyword stuffing." The problem is, when you're writing about a topic, you almost have to repeat certain words, even if you've never heard of the concept of keywords.

    I just try to remember that when dealing with a large, impersonal entity, whether Google, Paypal or Ezinearticles, you have to expect a certain amount of corporate/bureaucratic stupidity.
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  • Profile picture of the author DianaHeuser
    Thanks Lee,

    I was pleasantly surprised to get the email out of the blue explaining what the problem was. Thanks for the advice anyway

    Di
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Glad to hear you resolved it, Di.

    Originally Posted by DianaHeuser View Post

    I thought maybe it's because I had originally posted the article on my blog
    This I promise it wasn't: I have over 1,500 articles in EZA and all of them started life on my blogs. EZA specifically invites and welcomes articles already published on our blogs.
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