Hi guys, I was not sure where to post this, so now I goes in here. I hope that is alright. When I went into my wordpress CP I got a new link. So I went to check it out. It is a complete copy paste of my article "10 steps to become a magician", and then in the end there is a few lines about me which is from my earlier "about" page. Then in the very bottom of the post it says "Article Source: http://www.articlepros.com", which is place I have put up the article. But it was not ment to be used by other blogs, not in this way at least. Okay it is giving me a link, but from an absolute worthless blog. Seems like everything is just copy paste. You can find the post here:http://fouldaas.blogspot.com/ I don´t really know what this is considdered to be? Surely I dont feel very good about it. Any comments?
Well, ww.articlepros.com states that it is an "online article directory containing free articles for reprint". When submitting your article you agreed to their acceptable use policy that states: ... which means it can be used by other sites. For webmasters it states" The Blog complied with these guidelines so he isn't doing anything wrong since you submitted the article for distribution, allowing it to be used on other sites. If you didn't want this to happen you shouldn't have submitted it to an article directory.
thankyou for the answer. Okay, I should have done my homework better before submitting it to this article directory. This will definately not be a part of my SEO strategy anymore.
Yup. You should always read the "fine print". In general sites submit a few articles to article directories so they get their links out there. However this is only suitable for articles you don't mind being used on other sites and should not be used for your best unique articles.