Are publishing articles on directories a waste of time compared to publishing them on your own websi

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I have a few articles I submitted to an article directory, and I'm thinking to take them off. I would then create a site, publish the articles on there, wait for them to be indexed, and then submit to the directories again. Is it worth the trouble?

My reasoning is:
- a website will always be better at converting and getting clickthroughs to a product. there's no distractions like ezinearticle's adsense and such. I think the same article on a website will have a highr CTR than on a directory. (is this true?)
- I could still publish on the directories, but not for the clickthrough to the product, but for the backlinks to the website.
- I have read that an article on my own site, will rank better in search results than that article on a directory anyway. (is this true?)

Are the assumptions I make true?

It seems that a website + article directories is so much more powerful, than just directories. So why not go to the minimal cost and effort to do it?

I appreciate your input.
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    Thanks so much
    To your big success
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    • Thank you Omarsaady,
      That helped. So you're saying that rankings are better with my own page.
      Do you know something about CTR's in an article on a website compared to CTR's in an article on an article directory?
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    Some of them are at least partially true, yes. Some aren't too relevant, though.

    If it helps you, everything you're asking about is actually explained in posts #2 and #6 of this thread: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ries-work.html
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    • Thank you for that. Very informative. I read a looot yesterday, and learned a lot of things I didn't know. HOWEVER, I'm not sure I've got an answer to my question now.

      You say:

      and:
      Maybe I didn't give enough details in my original request. I don't have a website. I'm not interested in getting traffic to a website. My article has a affiliate link in it. Personally I don't care whether people find my article on a directory or on my website. It's the clickthrough rate to the affiliate product that matters.

      Of course, when having an own website, I can do all sorts of things to improve the "atmosphere" so people are inclined to actually click through to the affiliate product. And not having that chaos of adsense like in Ezinearticles helps as well.

      I could also have an optin list, and sell through that. In that case everything you say makes sense, I'd want to drive traffic to my website, and get them in a 'loop'. But right now I'm not trying to do that, I'm not setup for that, I want simple articles with an affiliate link.

      So it's having an environment inducive to clicking on the affiliate link button that I'm interested in.
      If I get a higher CTR on a directory, that's fine with me, they don't need to come to my website.
      If my article would be ranking higher in google through an article directory, that's fine for me.

      So I guess you're saying that CTR's are higher on a website? Can you confirm that? You mentioned a CTR of 25% for a directory. How much would the (yes, very generally speaking) CTR be for a website then?

      Is my own website with my article on it likely to be ranked higher than if I would submit to, say, Ezinearticles? Are websites more powerful than directories when it comes to SERPs?

      Is the trouble to setup a (small, 5-page or so) website worth the (I assume) better CTR's? And do I get better SE-results?
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  • I rather post articles to my own site than a directory unless I was trying to build backlinks then posting articles to directories makes sense...

    Danny
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  • I would post to my site, makes sense to me.
  • Article directories usually aren't worth the time. Post panda, a good number of them have been deindexed or penalized, so don't expect to get much of any traffic from your articles there.

    I'd focus on your own site instead.
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  • Use the top article directories for their original purpose - to give webmasters free content to put on their own sites (with your link at the bottom). That way, you're getting your name, your link, and your expertise out there.

    Trying to use the article directories for clicks is going to leave you with a headache. Remember, there are tons of other links on your article's page - meaning there are tons of opportunities for readers to leave that page without clicking on your link.

    Trying to use the article directories for links (at least, by themselves) is going to leave you with another headache. Every article you post goes on a PR0 page - the lowest of the low in "Link Land". That's why "blasting" and "mass-submitting" aren't a good use of your time.

    Why not put articles on your own site and focus on turning it into an authority site? You'll still need article directories for exposure/syndication purposes, but you'll be using them the right way.
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    • Thank you everybody for your input!
      Much appreciated.
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  • Why not put the original article (more authoritative with images & video) on your site and a teaser article (briefer version), on the article directory site or well-known blog.
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