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Article submission, is it wort it?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by jonline100, Oct 28, 2010.

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    I was looking at the front page of http://ezinearticles.com/ and saw that quite a few of the article posted there have very few views and I started wondering whether this benefits you.

    However then I started thinking that the amount of views don't matter. That it's the link juice that matters and for article sites it means alot.

    I was just wondering if this was a correct assumption.
    Also I know page rank depends on a number of articles but I was just wondering that if I posted, say 20-30 articles. Would I be likely to get a pr of 1 atleast?

    I also wanted to know what article site you would recommend as the best for SEO?
    Lastly, If you could let me know whether it's a good idea to submit the same article to several article sites (is this even alowed) as wouldn't your articles decrease in pr value due to duplicat content.

    Thank You so much for your help :
     
    jonline100, Oct 28, 2010 IP
  2. Offshoreally

    Offshoreally Peon

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    Yup Article Submission is by far one of the best method for optimizing your website, ezinearticle is one of the best article submission site.. I would say submits unique article on top 10 to 15 article submission sites, One thing I really like about article submission is that you get a strong backlinks from a website to which you can reuse by bookmarking the published articles also now days guest post has become a good way to create solid backlinks which is similar method like article submission but needs more effort, here you need to contact the editor of your niches to post articles or you can also try wiki sites which will help you to get natural backlinks which google index well..

    For article submission list try this thread:
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1703148
     
    Offshoreally, Oct 28, 2010 IP
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    Arya Mandodi Peon

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    Article submission is the best way to get the backlinks...
     
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    lukeg32 Peon

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    This would depend on your strategy. Article directories do provide link juice and if this is what you are after, then fine - however, by adding some (anything - even social bookmarks) backlinks to the articles to get them page views as well, you will in turn get click throughs to your money site. If you have a good enough author bio you can easily get a 20-40% CTR on EACH article - you do the maths, submit enough articles and do you even need visitors from the SERPS? [This is why article marketing is so good, you can get both]

    Page rank is meaningless, unless you want to sell the site to someone that still values it? You might want to read up on page rank if you do however want to increase it;
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank

    EZA is the best and has been for a long time - there are several others too;

    http://www.goarticles.com [can be spammy due to non-approval of articles]
    http://www.ezinearticles.com
    http://www.articlesbase.com
    http://www.amazines.com
    http://www.articlealley.com/
    http://www.buzzle.com
    http://www.articledashboard.com

    ... and so on - there are plenty of other directory lists around, E.G

    http://www.vretoolbar.com/articles/directories.php

    Its worth bearing in mind (see above) that even nofollow article directories can get you a good amount of TARGETTED visitors to your site; if your strategy is purely
    for the backlink, then you can ignore the nofollow ones.

    There is no duplicate content penalty (for this scenario at least)

    http://www.im-wizard.com/clearing-up-the-duplicate-content-myth/

    You will however need to check the rules of the directory you submit too - some (E.G buzzle) only allow unique articles to be submitted. EZA will allow anything that you have the rights too, as will most others - but be sure to check the rules if in doubt.
     
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  5. jonline100

    jonline100 Peon

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    thank you guys, especially lukeg32. That post has helped me loads, this is definately going on the bookmark list :)
    Yeah sorry about that, i'll rephrase the question. In a medium to high competitive market, I know there are many factors that are hard to judge, but would you say I could rank around page 2/3 with that amount of articles? (link wheeled perhaps)

    I also have a question about linkwheels, is it better to have continuous one or several ones.

    Are there any properties you think a good author bio has? Do you or anyone else know of any examples?

    Thanks again
     
    jonline100, Oct 28, 2010 IP
  6. lukeg32

    lukeg32 Peon

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    It's hard to say - to give an example I have 2 niche websites (same niche) that have the same amount of article submissions done, and are pretty similar across the board; one is PR 3 one is PR1...... I wouldnt like to comment either way since there is no guarantee but if you make sure you get full value from your articles you are heading in the right direction.

    I.E Write 25 articles, submit them to EZA (be sure to use them on your site(s) first).
    * Submit to other article directories, as you have already suggested
    * Use them on other web2.0 properties - with that many articles you can even create a couple of link wheels, keep some of the content the same (no dupe content problem), respin others, throw in a few videos.
    * On the subjects of videos, create a few videos from your articles... they dont have to be master pieces, but its not hard to get some slides and images together. If you dont want to speak, do a search for speech to test or speech to mp3 and include that instead.
    * Since you now have images / slides, look at creating a screensaver and put them on download sites
    * If the mp3 is good enough, upload it as a podcast - it only takes You can use 2 articles per "podcast" and have enough for one a month that way - a whole years worth of content

    [.... i could keep going ....]

    As you can see there are lots of ways to get value from just a single article. This is why article marketing is so powerful - the 'hard work' is writing the content.

    You should always mixup your linkwheels - dont keep doing the same over and over; create a wheel, then maybe a pyramid, then a wheel with smaller spokes and so on. As long as you can create feeder sites that arent spammy and arent just there for the backlink.

    Basically, get the visitors attention.

    "I am an expert on [hyperlink here with your keywords] and I have a lot more information on my blog. If you would like to know more about [hyperlink here with your keywords] or any other matter relating to [your niche] then please [hyperlink here as CLICK HERE NOW]"

    These type work quite well, though you might want to make it more interesting. Why should the reader click there now? What can you offer them? Do you have a free PDF for them? a video? a mailing list?

    Another one that has worked well - when used sparingly is to write a bio that is a few lines long and at the end include a hyperlink as " .... [ read more ] ". You do have to be quite creative with the opening though.
     
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    Never heard of this but I did a quick search and kinda found out that it's like a blog but the posts come from users, is that correct?

    Do you mean create videos that are related to my article e.g. if i am reviewing televisions, I would make a video involving televisions? And I don't understand, why would people download a screensaver of a video about televisions?

    Thanks for this, Looks pretty good :)

    Thank You for all your posts luke, they are realy appreciated!
     
    jonline100, Oct 28, 2010 IP
  8. lukeg32

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    Yeah, kinda - except you would of course be the user. Squidoo, hubpages, zimbio, tumblr and sites like that. Its free to sign up and with 25 articles you have a lot of content to reuse on them. Take squidoo for example - its easy to create a lens, though can take a little bit of practice when you start out. If you respin portions of 3-4 articles you have enough content for a good read, throw in a couple of images and youtube videos, and include a couple of backlinks to your site. Simple.


    Thats correct; in your example, if you are reviewing televisions you will probably have an informational article on some of the lingo - HD, 1080p, resolution, HDMI and so on. (if not, theres an article idea for you :) Create this into a slideshow, and you have yourself a video.

    OR - if you have a bunch of images, throw it into something like animoto and get a video in couple of minutes. (dont overdo animoto videos mind, one of two is fine though).

    http://www.im-wizard.com/creating-high-res-videos-for-your-blog/

    WRT the screensaver, i wasnt overly clear - i also meant wallpaper, but screensavers can work too. TV reviews is probably a poor choice for screesavers, but theres plenty of other niches where you might have a bunch of images that you can use to create a desktop wallpaper/screensaver. The backlinks arent that high quality some of the time, and BUT if it doesnt take you too long and it fits your niche, then why not.

    no problem at all :)
     
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    Thanks again for your reply, I think I've asked you all the question I can ask for now and you've answered them fantastically, thank you. Do you have an msn account or is there a way to add friends on this forum?
     
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    Article submission is one of the good processes of link building,we can achieve good traffic from search engine also you may get traffic directly from the article submitted.
     
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    yes..indeed very good for link building..also good for internet user too :)
     
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    article submission is the best link building method for generate quality backlinks.
     
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    Article submission is very important off page activity because it keeps maintain your keyword ranking as well as give you backlinks. From all article directories ezine article, articlebase, goarticles are very important with high PR.
     
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    I wish page rank calculation to be that simple. But, if writing 20-30 article on ezine to get PR1, everyone would have done it. Probably, that is the reason why Ezine have exponential growth in number of authors compared to 5 years ago.

    Page rank is depending on your back link.

    If you manage to get one good dofollow back link from PR7 page that have 15 outbound links, then you could possibly reach at PR3-4 in next PR update.

    PR is depending on the amount of dofollow backlink juice you receive from your back links.

    Probably, you will get better idea of how PR calculated from Matt cutts at http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/
     
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