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Article Directory Question

by Michael D Forbes
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I have a post on one of my blogs that's getting surprisingly decent results for me. I'd like to put a copy of it on EzineArticles.com but I've been told by someone that I trust that:

1) EZA may not accept the article if it's already on my site. I've never found this to be the case in my limited experience.

2) Google may view it as duplicate content and penalize my site. This goes against most of what I have read here.

3) Google will likely rank the EZA copy higher because my blog is new and I have no PR yet. Wouldn't the EZA copy also have little or no PR since there are no inbound links to the article?

I'm just confused on this subject as you can tell. What I'm looking for is a valid way to gain more exposure for this particular blog post/my blog
#article #directory #eza #ezine articles #question
  • Profile picture of the author mandark
    Don't worry about #1 or #2 - these almost never happen. #3 may be the case, because while the EZA article itself doesn't have PR, EZA's home page has high PR, which "drips down" to the article page, so it might get ranked higher than yours.
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  • Profile picture of the author Webster Logan
    Can anyone here pls send links to article submission sites?
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael D Forbes
      Originally Posted by Webster Logan View Post

      Can anyone here pls send links to article submission sites?
      Here's a list I found with a fast Google of "Article Directory List"

      Article Directory List
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    • Profile picture of the author Dele
      Originally Posted by Webster Logan View Post

      Can anyone here pls send links to article submission sites?
      Top Article Directories ranking no. 2 on page 1 of google serps for that keyword phrase, for your use.
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      • Profile picture of the author smith33122
        Thanks for the article dirctories - if it says no follow are they of any use.

        I presume no follow means they do not want Google to spider them or have I got this wrong?
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        • Profile picture of the author Dele
          Originally Posted by smith33122 View Post

          Thanks for the article dirctories - if it says no follow are they of any use.

          I presume no follow means they do not want Google to spider them or have I got this wrong?
          Yes, nofollow means google bots are being told not to go further to the destination of the links in question but it still has value for traffic. A good example is Articlesbase which has nofollow links but is highly rated.

          It is also argued that not all bots adhere to this view as yahoo and bing bots do seem to take a more liberal view.

          Also, note that re-publishing of the articles placed on the nofollow article directories still does take place and lands the republished articles on many dofollow sites.

          That said, over 90% of the article directories on this Top Article Directories list are dofollow.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dele
    Originally Posted by Micheal D Forbes View Post

    I have a post on one of my blogs that's getting surprisingly decent results for me. I'd like to put a copy of it on EzineArticles.com but I've been told by someone that I trust that:

    1) EZA may not accept the article if it's already on my site. I've never found this to be the case in my limited experience.
    That is simply not true.

    Originally Posted by Micheal D Forbes View Post

    2) Google may view it as duplicate content and penalize my site. This goes against most of what I have read here.
    Even though it is duplicate content, Google does not penalize for such duplicate content. You can get more information on the way Google views and treats => duplicate content


    Originally Posted by Micheal D Forbes View Post

    3) Google will likely rank the EZA copy higher because my blog is new and I have no PR yet. Wouldn't the EZA copy also have little or no PR since there are no inbound links to the article?
    That is likely and is based on the fact that the home page of Ezinearticles has a high pr which can be passed down as link juice to the article you have on the ezinearticle site. Eventually however, if you begin to backlink to the article on your own site, you should have no problem overtaking that on Ezinearticles in the SERPs.
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  • Profile picture of the author Webster Logan
    hey thanks guys for sharing the links, it's appreciated.
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