Post articles to your own site first?

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I've just read a few threads that tell me I should always post articles I write for EzineArticles to my own blog first...get them indexed and then post to EzineArticles.

I have one question about this tho...

Won't that trip EzineArticles duplicate content filters and get the articles rejected?

I know I've rewritten articles that I've used elsewhere, and if they are not original enough, they can be rejected.

Thanks for your replies
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  • I wouldn't post an article to my site then turn around and submit the exact same article to an Article Directory (Ezine or anyone else). I would be afraid that Google would penalize me for using duplicate content on my site. You should always rewrite the article if you want to submit them to Article Directories such as Ezinearticles. The articles on your site should be completely unique to your site only.

    ~Philip
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  • Banned
    No.

    EZA has never required unique content.

    All my 1,200+ articles published at EZA have been previously published online - in identical form - on my own sites first (and some of them on various other sites, too), before being submitted to EZA.


    "Originality" is different from "uniqueness".

    If EZA feel that an article's content is "derivative in tone" then they'll reject it whether or not it's previously been published elsewhere. If they don't, then they'll accept it however many times it's previously been published (under the same name, of course!).

    This relatively simple matter causes a lot of confusion, because people get confused between "unique" and "original", as well as between "duplicate content" and "syndicated content".

    What you describe above isn't "duplicate content". It's "syndicated content".

    This thread will answer all your questions, and in it you'll find a large number of successful, experienced, professional article marketers explaining, in detail, why they always publish their articles on their own sites first, have them indexed there, and then submit them to EZA.

    Then you also haven't differentiated between "duplicate content" and "syndicated content", Phowell. Your fear is entirely inappropriate and unnecessary.

    Apologies for being so outspoken, but this is simply not so. It's very widely believed, but it's not true - as fully explained, at great length and in great detail, by many experts in complete agreement, in the thread linked to just above.
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    • Hi Jerryl,

      This topic has already been discussed many times.

      The duplicate content is a myth.

      When you write an article, post it on your own website first, then wait for it to be indexed by the search engines before posting to the article directories.

      If you do this, you build YOUR page rank and AVOID helping to build the page rank of the article directory.

      After that you can blast it to the article directories.
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    • Aren't they changing this now? I thought their blog stated that they will only accept unique (one of a kind) content now.
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    • hi According to Ezine your article must be unique and genuine. If you copy it from some where else then your article get rejected by Ezine.
      Editorial Guidelines For Submitting Quality Articles To EzineArticles.com
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    • Well said, see above. I too have posted tons of articles from my websites on ezinearticles and have only received a few denials.
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  • Learn something new everyday then. Thanks for the informative link Alexa.
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    • i have also always posted on my own sites first before eza and never had problems.
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  • yes, you can publish articles on your own website before submitting to the ezine.
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  • Yes as others have said ALWAYS post your unique content to your site first.

    Otherwise you will be building someone else's business with fresh, unique content!

    Chris
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  • don't worry about it
    post to your site first
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  • It is much better to not post your article to EZA if you have already posted your article to your own blog.
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    • I agree 100%
  • to get significant rank, and not to be penalized by google. it's recommended to rewrite your original article into minimum 50% before submit to top article directory
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    • Just had the opportunity to read the rest of this thread. I'm starting to see how it was that folks used to believe the world was flat and that thunder was made from angry Gods.

      Alexa, I think a few of us need to start reciting the following quote daily, before logging on to Warrior: "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink"

      Total nonsense.

      Again, ridiculous, counterproductive, and misleading advice.

      Uggh. I give up.
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  • I think Ezine Articles is over rated. You get some traffic from them but not that much. I would concentrate on developing your own properties first and getting other people to comment on your site. I think Ezine Articles should pay us if they want completely unique original content. I would rewrite the article in a shorter version to put on Ezine Articles. I would not give them priority.
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    • Hello,
      It would be great idea someone do in this way.Whenever you make any new article so it will have as uniqueness itself with some new relevant data as compare to the others.It will attract users to your postings and you can have more back links with increased number of likes from the users.
  • This is a great thread, I have learned a lot from here. I still believe there's still a lot for me to learn. Thanks a lot for all the inputs.
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