How does ezine articles know if it's original?

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One of my articles is pending at ezine articles. I know they require original content (as in my own content).

If I were to submit the same article to other directories, which were then picked up and published elsewhere, how would ezine know that it was my article to begin with?

Should I wait for ezine to accept the article before blasting it throughout the webernet?

Sorry for the newbie question, there's just a few holes in this process that I need to fill
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  • You would probably have to ask them what the process is. My guess is that they run it through copyscape, then check for grammar...
  • Yes. Wait for it to be published on ezine articles first, then go to other places.
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    • You can publish it on your site and wait for it to be indexed and then post it to Ezine articles. As long as it is your original work you can republish it to Ezine even if you have put it on other sites. They check through seeing if the content is indexed. That is easy to do.
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    • Thanks for the replies, but no offence it feels like you're just guessing. Does anyone know for sure if it will affect my approval chance?
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      That's correct.

      EZA happens to be the last place I submit all of mine.

      The name/pen-name under which you submit it to EZA has to be the same as the name/pen-name under which it's been previously published (including on your own site: don't write them as "admin"!) - that's all.

      They'll only worry about its being stolen property if the name/pen-name doesn't match. (But if that happens, they really will worry about it - wisely - and may even close your account for a day or two until you contact them and explain. Not a disaster, but clearly best avoided!).

      Wrong. That's completely unnecessary. (And even clarified/explained on their blog).
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  • I have a novel suggestion – why don’t we look to EZA for some guidance?

    We don’t even need to go as far as asking the helpdesk – the answers can be found here:

    EzineArticles.com - Editorial Guidelines for Submitting Quality Guidelines

    I realise that this will be difficult to find for a lot of people – as it is linked to from the front page!

    So let’s look at the guidelines and see what EZA have to say:

    The most important points for this debate – found here: EzineArticles.com - Editorial Guidelines - 1b

    So a few questions I have for posters here:

    Have you considered actually looking at the editorial guidelines?? You will get an actual answer from the people who will be making the actual decision. The guidelines are quite long and detailed – specifically to help people like you!

    Try looking here: EzineArticles.com - Editorial Guidelines - 1d

    Where did you get this from? Because it certainly wasn’t from EZA! Seriously – where is this from, because I think they could do with being corrected so they aren’t giving out this sort of misinformation – also if they are so wrong about this – are they actually right about anything?

    If it is from yourself – then why should we follow your advice about Pinterest? If you can be so wrong about something that is so easy to check are you this sloppy about other advice you give?

    Why? EZA carefully explains what they look for and how. Following your advice just looks like more work – so why?


    OK trying to turn my inner bitch off for a moment! (I have to let her out for a run every so often)

    Inxie, you will do yourself a lot of favours if you actually read things like guidelines and Terms of Service. Companies don’t put them up for fun, or simply to fill a webpage – they actually put them up to answer questions like this, to give newbie’s the answers.

    As you can see there is a lot of misinformation and bad advice floating around, and in a case like this one finding the right answer is trivially easy - you could have found the right answer for yourself in a fraction of time it took to post the original question.

    Hope that helps
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    How does ezine articles know if it's original?

    One of my articles is pending at ezine articles. I know they require original content (as in my own content). If I were to submit the same article to other directories, which were then picked up and published elsewhere, how would ezine know that it was my article to begin with?