Article submissions vs. one-way directory submissions

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Janet, May 16, 2006.

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    Which method do you think carries more weigh for seo purposes? Do you think they are valued the same or is one better for backlinks, PR, etc?

    Just wondering.....
     
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  2. stymiee

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    A one way link is better then any other link. You get PR channeled to your page but none channeled out. Plus they do not look lke they are part of a trade and thus they are a real endorsement of your site.
     
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    Do them both. SEO is about covering all the bases, there is no magic bullet.
     
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  4. Janet

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    Thanks guys. I am doing both, but was just wondering if one was 'better' than the other.
     
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  5. ahkip

    ahkip Prominent Member

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    IMO article is better, since your link is on a content page. Also, article page has less outbound link and directory page

    but as everyone agree, you should do both
     
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    I'd say article syndication has the potential to be better simply because it's a complete page of content containing your kind of target phrases. But definitely do both because there are some quality directories out there - some with decent link pop, pagerank, well themed/categorised and can include keywords in the page titles. It all helps.
     
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    directory submissions although i'm not knocking them as such often cost money, and the results a little compared to running regular article marketing campaigns. I would attribute about 70% of my current rankings for my regional keyphrases/terms to the keyword rich links i have obtained from submitting my articles, here, there and everywhere.

    One has to be patient with article marketing though, as a new pages will most likely be created for your article, this then has to be found by Google in the first place which could take months, then up to another 3 perhaps 4 months for this pages to get decent pagerank and hence pass any substantial value to your page.

    I wonder what the main one way directories are these days though (apart from the obvious)
     
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  8. Janet

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    I only submit my site to free one-way directories so they don't cost me anything, but my time. ;) I just started submitting my first article to directories so I guess it may take awhile to see the effects of my efforts. I don't mind waiting, though, as long as it helps me in the long run.
     
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  9. dcallan

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    I don't really submit to article directories myself, just too much competition from other webmasters just like me and you. I usually approach site directly to see if they will accept my articles and if the do, I make a note of the URL and if the allow keyword rich anchor or not after about a year I had about 400URLS of which 60-80% would publish my monthly articles. Pretty effective, but of course time consuming. Some of the software out there at the mo, is good but still pretty limited.
     
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  10. Janet

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    Interesting...How do you go about finding these URL's?
     
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  11. amitpatel_3001

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    I would personally suggest and also personally do directory submissions.
    My reasons:
    Everyone who copies dont give back a backlinks , as i have seen many people copy part of 4-5 articles and show the total content as their own article :(
    The Backlink in article page is in this way normally - www.aaa.com and in case of link in directory is shown in a relevat category with Anchor text and SEO friendly link in this way - AAA
    Many a times your article is not taken by people i mean to say not shared in many websites, but in case of directory links the listing is permanent and never removed.
    May be iam wrong, but these are the reasons iam never in article submissions.
     
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  12. Subzero

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    I do both, IMO think article submissions carry a bit more weight since the link is on a relevant content page
     
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    But if the directory page is all about the topic, and they usually are, why would they be worth less then an article page?
     
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  14. LazySEO

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    I'd have to say article submissions are more valuable than submitting to directories for a few reasons:

    - More relevant content on each page.
    - You can usually put in more than one link with your choice of anchor text in the bio box.
    - Other related sites may pick up your article. Even if you get some scraper sites linking to you, they may bring traffic because the visitors are so anxious to get off that spammy site.
    - You can tailor your article to pre-sell your site.

    Don't get me wrong, directories are still useful and some of them pass great PR. But, if I had to choose only one, I'd pick article submission. (Thankfully we don't have to decide that way. :))
     
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    I favor article submissions over website directory submissions. I agree with all of the reasons stated above, and in addition, I feel like I'm contributing something of value, which I hope will come back to me in some kind of "grand karma" way. ;)

    Sam
     
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  16. genkied

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    it wont hurt your site but it will help your site rankings if you do both artcle submission and one-way directory submissions.... but i prefer article submission..
     
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  17. premkumar

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    I do both, because both gets backlinks, if your aim to generate the leads I prefer article submission is the best.
     
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  18. MattUK

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    Exactly, SEO is about doing everything you can to make a page rank. If it's for a competitive term and part of the mix isn't there then you'll find it hard to rank. When link building it's important to keep things as diverse as possible.
     
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    Submitting to directories is a good idea too, i personally just don't do it as i feel i've almost perfected the way i submit articles and thus my time is spent going directly to sites as opposed to directories. Some directories are not worth anything at all, not even small pagerank boost as some uses outdated technology like cgi and some with complex query strings, while others have just plain awful navigation structures. I would recommend keeping track of the useful dirs in an excel sheet and just use them one, rather than submitting to every little directory.

    stymiee askes above why they are worth more than directory articles, the reason might be that google can tell a directory article, and thus tell that it is of lesser quality and that almost every article that is submitted is listed.
     
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    Article Directory Benefits after one year:

    * more than 200 subscribers
    * Hundreds of Dollars in affiliate sales
    * Ranking for chosen keywords.

    Free Article Directories:

    * Some are just sending me a confirmation email!
    * Traffic? I didn't see that.

    Paid Directories:

    * I am starting to experiment. I've paid two placements with "small" directories at DP, but I will try to go with more higher paid directories now like alive and others.

    Conclusion: I like article marketing, and also dir sub, but I think that paid dir sub will be more benefitial.

    You should practice the two for all your sites if you can.
     
    Franck S, Jan 24, 2007 IP