Instead of trying to rewrite articles for submission, I like using Word's autosummarize feature to make the version I'm submitting to the directories.
That's not true. The algorithm for determining whos site is shown first is MUCH more complicated than "whoever the spider saw first". Even if there are ten sites in the search results, that are all there because of the same article, the last one to be spidered can still be shown first. This happens all the time.
Oh crap, I accidentally submitted an article before it was spidered. This is the second time I've made that mistake. This isn't good! Look at this! http://www.google.com/search?q=w4t3...ient=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official My site is below my article on ezinearticles. Horrible!
If you want to get even more links to your site, register for as many free blogs as you can such as http://www.blogger.com or maybe http://www.blogurple.com , ideally the free blog hosts that do not put nay ads. Then link all these free blogs to each other. Then submit your articles to your own blogs which have links to your main site, then you have many links from different servers and domains from around the web as your blogs are eventually spidered. All totally free.
what excactly does great results mean. have your rankings increased or just your link count? very interesting will have to try this myself
Both, but the key to the rankings is how well the article is optimised to begin with and also the other links you put on the blogroll. Try putting related resource links with trustrank.