Actually, Angela Edwards sent info out to her list just recently stating much the same thing, and I think is currently running a free wso regarding marketing through GA - could be wrong though.

I'm going to give them a shot again myself.

GA is making somewhat of a comeback.

Google is dancing around with a lot of directories right now.

Keep watching!

Allen

Yes, I do have a WSO (which was also an email to my list) letting them know that when using backlinks, GoArticles responds faster and better than EZA. Sure, EZA articles often rank on their own. But I have run SEVERAL "split tests" by doing backlinks to an article on GA and the same article on EZA and I have found, every time, that GoArticles articles move more quickly and take a much higher spot in Google than EZA articles do.

It's an easy thing to test. Simply pick one article on EZA for a particular keyword and one on GoArticles for the same keyword. Do a backlink campaign to both. See where each of them are in a week.

Yes, GoArticles is doing better right now that EZA in terms of showing up on the Google SERPs. I recently posted an article at GoArticles and it was on page one for one of my keywords within HOURS! I was flabbergasted!

Angela offers a free pdf about making money wherein she outlines the exact method using article marketing, GoArticles.com and her backlinking service (which is AWESOME BTW!). The pdf doesn't seem to actually have a title, but if you can't find it, send me a PM and I'll send it to you (it has giveaway rights).

You guys don't forget that you have done this with a relative few articles in an even smaller amount of niches. I have a hard time believing that in most cases, EZA would get whooped by GoArticles.

There are a lot of directories out there that sometimes get better rankings than EZA, but I am in the SERPs all day long and EZA is frickin EVERYWHERE in the SERPs.

Of course, a clever backlinking campaign can, and will, change everything. :-)

Allen

wow.. fantastic results you got there pal.. but i am curious how long will it stay on the first page? what ? zero sales? how many clicks you have bro? and what are you selling?

I just googled them both without quotes and they both show up on the 1st page...honest!! Guide to christian sex has been on the 1st page of google for about 3 weeks. it is the 1st article I ever wrote.

I am pretty sure that GA was a PR5 site but now see that it is PR6, just like EZA. In my experience, GA has been much harder to rank for unless you use a slew of high ranking backlinks and maintain it.

It's because you are seeing your own "personalized search". Always check your rankings through a proxy, as this will keep your results from being skewed. Here is a good one:

http://www.pagewash.com/

I am in America... Montana. Do different countries see different results?

No sales. How many views have your articles gotten? Out of curiosity I plugged your phrases in Google's keyword tool and it doesn't look like anyone is searching for these particular phrases. For future articles try using longtail keyword phrases that get a fair number of monthly searches. This will help your articles get more visits, and hopefully convert to sales for you.

I am going to give them a try as well.

I went to pagewash.com, went to google and my article was #5 on the first page guide to christian sex with zero quotes. debt free christian living was top of page 2 no quotes. how do i know how many views my articles get. a few are me looking at it and changing it a few times.

when i search keyword phrases i try and use phases that get between 1000-3000 searches in quotes ( Travis from Bum Marketing... ) Am I doing something wrong? I am using squidoo for webspace...

A couple of quick notes as I'm working on finishing up the 4th installment for the Article Marketing Visitor Superiority thread:

1 - Goarticles responds extremely well to backlinks - Angela has confirmed this alog with others.

2 - Ezinearticles.com also responds well but with a bit of lag time

3 - Goarticles.com has instant approval where EZA has an extended waiting period

4 - Your article can rank for both sites but I believe that EZA has the longer sticking power based on other internal factors.

5 - Instead of deciding which site is better why not use them both to your advantage. Using the same title and similar articles you can have a "Doublemint Gum" effect.

One caveat to the above notes - I personally love when I see a an article ranking in the search engines that is on Goarticles.com because I then know I can write a similar article and sbmit it to EZA which will replace the Goarticles.com article.

Tim

I'm also seeing better results with Articlesbase.com vs EZA.

EZA is getting rather picky about what subjects they will still accept. I submitted four articles to EZA and all were rejected - no explanation. It took a few emails to get the full story.

EZA is still the 800 pound gorilla, though.

GoArticles and EZA are both great - and as others have said, with backlinks get even better... but really - limiting yourself to only two directories is a bit scary isn't it? I'd prefer to submit to both, and more besides...