Feedback on starting an Article Submission site?

12 years ago

You mean you want to create an article directory? Do you have the advertising budget like an "ezinearticles" to launch your article directory? Plus, do you have a solid plan and website layout as to how you will make money with your site?

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Morten V

12 years ago

Yes an article directory that people can post articles or a promo for their website including links that will provide backlinks for their site.

I do not have the budget to ezinearticles no, but I'm willing to try anyway and this will be a free service for everyone. So the only way I can monetize the site is with ads.

I really want to try to give something back to the community and at the same time test my skills in every way, so this is not about making the big money, it's more like a test project from my point of view.

I do not have the complete layout for the site, but I have it almost clear in my mind how it will look. The only thing I'm concerned about is how I'm going to make the article tools.

I recently bought a domain name for a lot of money that I think will be easily rememberd and I hope this will give an advantage. I know it won't be enough just to have the domain name, I would need advertising too of course.

I just hope the community will accept my offer and help build a solid backlink site.

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tryinhere

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MortenV

Yes an article directory that people can post articles or a promo for their website including links that will provide backlinks for their site.

I recently bought a domain name for a lot of money that I think will be easily rememberd and I hope this will give an advantage. I know it won't be enough just to have the domain name, I would need advertising too of course.

I just hope the community will accept my offer and help build a solid backlink site.

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why a article directory ? thought of a blog

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Morten V

12 years ago

Originally Posted by johan_malmo

Hi neighbor (I'm from Sweden), I think it's a good idea if you really want to make it a good article site. I'm using ezinearticles.com and I still get pretty good views to my articles so article sites are not dead at all.

But I think it will have to be really good!

Hi there, not often I run into a scandinavian here.

Yes I know Ezine is still good and so are many other article directories too, but I think I've just decided to run for a blog and use quest bloggers and people that wants to promote their business instead. Running a article directory might just be a dead end since there are so many. Blogs have the more potential and therefore might do it better.

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Originally Posted by tryinhere

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Well, as I stated I'm not sure anymore. I have concidered a blog too, so thanks for the relpy. You might just have convinced me

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michleadwing

12 years ago

bro i think this is agreat idea.i think that helps you to improve your knowledge and money also.i think you don't have any chance to hack.

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Fernando Veloso

12 years ago

Morten, mind if I ask you where you from?

It's not a dumb question - it has to do with your idea, I think you have the right approach, but knowing where you live makes all the difference to my possible answer.

Edit: Obviously NOT where you live - just the country you live in.

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Morten V

12 years ago

Thanks for all the feedback. Now I'm not sure what to do anymore as I more clearly see how this may be too time consuming. So I might be looking to find a more innovative solution.

Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso

Edit: Obviously NOT where you live - just the country you live in.

Im from Norway. May I ask why this is relevant?

Originally Posted by travlinguy

Why do you want to do this?

Mostly of testing my skills in different ways and also make something useful.

Originally Posted by PatriciaJ

In my opinion the only way you could make a difference is if you came up with something innovative.

Yes, I understand. I really want to make it different somehow..

Originally Posted by PatriciaJ

The main reason is the sheer amount of time it takes to administer them, you get an unbeliebable amount of garbage submitted. If you want to maintain quality you need to be able to speed read to a certain extent, check every article for plagiarism, have a good enough memory to be able to spot when somebody submits the same article with a different title etc.

It took me hours every day and my rejection rate was around 80%. Two years ago I decided to vet the authors first and administering is much quicker now.

I belive it takes up some time yes, that's what I'm afraid of. What do you mean you vet the authors?

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Fernando Veloso 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MortenV

Im from Norway. May I ask why this is relevant?

Sure can. And I can answer: how many Press Release sites you can find in Norway? I mean, Norwegian websites, written in norwegian.
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- tantivy 12 years ago
  
  even though you have decided not to pursue this planned idea of yours, I still say go for it. It's your idea, it's your take and reading in this online business. Sure there's a lot of hardwork you have to do, it is expected. Success or failure in this line of business depends on you. Yes, Panda update slapped EZA, but EZA is still going strong with its adaptation to the tweaks in algorithm of Google. Just see the rigorous editorial policies they implemented since then. Many also still see and patronize other article directories, especially those that have 'do follow' links. So article marketing is not dead.
  
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  tantivy 12 years ago
  
  i guess i read it wrong... i thought you are abandoning your idea.. nevertheless my previous post sums up my say on this.
  
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PatriciaJ 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MortenV

I belive it takes up some time yes, that's what I'm afraid of. What do you mean you vet the authors?

New authors have to email me with a copy of their proposed first submission and the website links. If the quality is good and the article isn't plagiarised I upgrade their account to author from subscriber - this is the Wordpress directory - then they can submit articles. The vast majority who sign up never email me so the number of accepted authors is quite low and there are only a handful of submissions every day to check. Suits me fine and frees my time up for more lucrative projects.

That's the general subject directory. My travel niche directory is much easier to administer and the AF Pro script cuts out a lot of the spam.
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travlinguy

12 years ago

There are thousands of dead and dying article directories out there. Article directories were stylish a few years ago and have been dying a slow but steady death ever since the big Google slap that kicked eZine Articles and others in the teeth. Why do you want to do this?

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successproducts

12 years ago

I would say go for your dream. Do you know when Starbuck first started in the US we already have Gloria coffee but he pushed through any how? He had to ask about 100+ banks before one said yes. Of course now he is surpassing Gloria coffee and have many shops.

It's just because articles directories like ezine articles got slapped it doesn't mean articles are not in style any more. Great articles of course are always in style because why not? If you really care about your reader and write something amazing why can't you get links and visitors as well?

But don't fall into the trap of small mindedness as me before now LOL. Thinking only about making money will trap you into doing things too fast and not doing the job well enough-- think first how to give and all things will fall into place. I guess that is why funnel sales technique is so alluring ... give out free report is so alluring .. everybody loves free stuffs.

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PatriciaJ

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MortenV

The idea is to use good uniqe content

You would be lucky to get good unique content unless you could offer something worth authors submitting their content to your site alone when they are better off placing it on their sites first.

Originally Posted by MortenV

and make it a free link service.

Article directory links don't have that high a value nowadays

Originally Posted by MortenV

Is it a good idea to use wordpress for this service? If so and I use WP and the option of members that register, are there a bigger risk of getting hacked?

Wordpress is good for getting traffic, but my WP directory, even though relatively small took up too much of the shared server resources and is slow. I got a VPS and last week 15 of my blogs on that account were hacked despite me taking security measures. Fortunately Hostgator came to the rescue. Article Dashboard directories get hacked into too.

Originally Posted by MortenV

Is there too many of this sites today that it will make any difference?

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There probably are too many. An awful lot stop getting updated and eventually vanish because they are not as easy to make money with as some would have you believe. In my opinion the only way you could make a difference is if you came up with something innovative.

I've been running 2 article directories for 4 years now and I would definately not recommend starting one for several reasons.

The main reason is the sheer amount of time it takes to administer them, you get an unbeliebable amount of garbage submitted. If you want to maintain quality you need to be able to speed read to a certain extent, check every article for plagiarism, have a good enough memory to be able to spot when somebody submits the same article with a different title etc.

It took me hours every day and my rejection rate was around 80%. Two years ago I decided to vet the authors first and administering is much quicker now

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mrozlat

12 years ago

If you have the right strategy, it should not be a problem

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Lightlysalted

12 years ago

Personally I wouldn't bother. This is a highly saturated market unless you can carve a specific niche i.e. On a very targeted subject area.

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