If I get an article from ezinearticle and put in my lens , am I violating copyright law ? I will also get the links the author put at the end of his article but is it wrong , Is squidoo lens like blogs or is it like article directory . thanks for your answers .
You'll need to ask the people at ezinearticles to be sure, but I would imagine you shouldn't use them there. Ezinearticles has a rule about how many articles from their site can be used on a domain in a year - all squidoo lenses are on the same domain, so using it there would probably violate the terms of use for EA, simply because the quota's likely been already met.
Original content is always your best bet and it is safest too. Duplicate content such as what you'd get from an article site is not going to do as well as fresh content. If its a topic you don't know much about, or not sure what to write, you can always grab a few articles on that topic, read them and rewrite the best parts in your own words. Learning from someone else's articles to write your own is the easiest way to write fresh content. Plus when you write it fresh you have total control over keywords and keyword phrases. Jacob Treant
You can use articles on Squidoo, but you have to credit the author and then work hard to get them to out-rank all the other copies on the web. The advantage of Squidoo is that you can enhance the articles you use, by adding other content, visitor interaction (polls, guestbooks) as well as promoting products (Amazon, eBay, etc). By surrounding the article with extras you can give it an advantage.
You're missing the point Cryogenius. He's not simply asking if he can use articles from any article directory, but specifically EzineArticles. They have a rule in place with limits as to how many articles can be used on a domain. Using them on Squidoo wouldn't fit within those terms of use.
Oh, okay. If that's the case, he could presumably get an article from another directory that doesn't have that restriction, then?
I know a lot of people like to use these articles from article directories but you'd be much further ahead (IMHO) if you use fresh content. You're also better off if you submit articles to the directories rather than use them from the article directories. (Give and ye shall receive) Jacob Treant
I've found quite the opposite - I do very well by keeping my own unique content on my own sites. If you want a solid long-term business model always invest your assets (in this case your unique content) in yourself first. You never know when Google's going to decide to penalize all backlinks from article directories or kill those sites in the SERPs, or when an article directory will be sold, shut down, or have a change in TOS. Always keep control of your best work. Model your sites more on what larger publishers are doing, and you'll usually be better off. That's even true of affiliate marketing - by building trust with your own content on your own sites, your reviews of affiliate products carry much more weight with potential buyers.
I should have been more clear. I meant use fresh content on your own site AND write articles to submit to the article sites. I edited the original post to make it more clear, thanks for pointing that out Jenn! Jacob
That's the rub! Squidoo will allow it. But it would depend on ezinearticles ToS. But the important thing that must be asked, is WHY? Why should you do it? What benefit will it have? Search Engines won't give it any favour, they've already got indexed the original. It will be ignored by them. They will provide 0 traffic.
Wouldn't using articles that have already been indexed defeat the primary purpose of Squidoo? That's just my humble lil ole opinion but I feel it is more important to be original with the content on Squidoo than in many other mediums because there simply isn't enough content to counterbalance it.
When doing Squidoo lens building you have to remember that unique is what makes your lens stand out and attract readers. Using articles from directories won't do you good especially when you are trying to promote another site/blog or forum with your lens. Even if the case is that you want to build a lens that will sell/offer particular products you'd be better off writing your own content that targets the most searched keywords and phrases by your target audience. The only way you can make sure that your content is focused on your audiance is by writing it yourself.
original content is always the best however i guess you can use ezine articles the rules are that obviouly you do not tamper and the second rule is that you mention curtsey with all links etc
I have do combine an article from ezinearticles.com and add some unique content in it, and i got success with that.