Are there any benefits of submitting different articles to the same directory such as ezinearticles.com, for the purpose of getting backlinks for the same website? I read somewhere that each additional backlink from the same domain will reduce the value of this new backlink and all other previously submitted backlinks... But how bad is is? I have many different keywords that I want to be on the page one of Google. What if I submit many articles to ezinearticles.com but will use different keywords/anchor text for each article? Will it do any good to me? Will it reduce the value of my previously submitted to ezinearticles.com backlinks. I know that it will not hurt, but it is a question whether I will be wasting time or not.
This does not sound valid that Google decrease your site value if multiple links are backed from single domain.
The benefit is that the article is syndicated to other sites, who will pick up your article from ezinearticles.com and republish it, hopefully with your resource box and links intact. So yes it can be worth submitting multiple articles - whether it's a waste of time really depends on how quickly you can write the articles. I think a better strategy is to use a few article directories rather than just focus on ezinearticles. Here's a tip - when building backlinks from articles, use different URLs each time in your resource box, instead of focussing on one particular page of your site. My strategy is to write one article each time I create a new page on my site.
No, not the website value, but the value of backlinks themselves from that particular website. For example, if Google measures the value of one backlink as 10 points, then the value of the second link with the same anchor text (keyword) incoming from the same website (although from a different internal page) will not be 10 points. One link 10 points, but two backlinks from the same site are 11 points or even 10.5 points, instead of 20 points... That's what I understand as "reducing the total value of backlinks if additional backlinks are indexed from the same domain". I think it is pretty reasonable to presume that Google works that way. Question is how bad can be that loss of backlinks values. Also the question is what if the backlinks are coming from the same domain but have different keywords (different anchor text and different article). Although all those backlinks will lead to the same home page of my website. Will multiple backlinks lose value in this case?... I guess I will have to perform some tests to answer these questions. But I hope maybe someone knows the answers from his/her own experience, maybe somone have performed some tests regarding that.
Yes, I thought so. But now the quesion on how many article directories should I concentrate. Submit unique articles to just top 5 directories. Or submit the same article to 50-100 less popular directories. Many directories don't care if the article has been published somwhere else before. Yeah, I wish I could do that, but my site is a one-page site
Article resource boxes, as I'm sure you know, give you the opportunity to acquire two backlinks. So I think you are wasting a link here. If I had a one page site, I would create a complimentary site (even if it were hosted on a free site) and use the other backlink for that site. Either that or collaborate with someone else with a similar site although this depends on whether you are writing the articles for backlinks or traffic or both.
Nice point there. A single link appears more natural then adding 2-3 links to same domain in resource box.
The only benefit that I may see is the save u some money and get more chances to get indexed. That's all!
atworld100: I think all atricles are getting idexed at ezineatricles.com I'm not sure what you mean by saving money... I'm not saving anything there, whether I post all articles in the same directory or in different ones. Do you think there are no benefits at all to have more than one backlink from the same website such as ezinearticles.com? (especially from different articles and different anchor text).
hey why to do so submit different articles to different sites so you will get quality links and you will not get plenty from Google too
Yeah that is an option. But I have many keywords for which I want to be on the first page of Google. And there are not so many article directories which Google appreciate as much as ezinearticles. So I still have to figure out which will be better for Google, submit all my articles for all keywords to 3-5 top article directories or spread those articles between not so popular 50-100 directories.
Have a look here http://www.dmoz.org/Business/Publishing_and_Printing/Publishing/Services/Free_Content/ Google puts more weight on article directories listed in DMOZ
First, if you think you will do any good trying to rank for "many keywords" for a single page, you are only wasting your time. That will never work. You want to try for 1 - 2 related keywords for any SINGLE page. If you have a bunch of keywords, make a bunch of pages focusing on 1 or 2 keywords for each page. The more directories you submit to, the better off you are. The only problem there is that you need to be careful with the alt text in your bio. Don't submit the same alt text to too many directories. If you do, they will be competing against each other. Good luck!!
Keywords are related actually. Of course they are not from different niches. For example: adobe download, adobe photoshop download, adobe photoshop, adobe instant download, photohop download, photoshop alternative, adobe alternative download etc. That is not my niche, just an example. For many keywords I'm ranked very good on Google already. So I think it should work, I just want to improve my positions with the help of articles and several other methods. Yes, I was thinking of creating several landing pages for the same domain optimized for the keywords which are not too good presented on my main page and then lure a user to go to my main page. Do you think this will work better?
Yes, that is what I was trying to get at) Depending on the layout of your site, they wouldn't have to be "landing pages", but just a regular page containing good content. When I hear landing page, I think basically of a one pager site, like the one you mentioned. This is different from a "regular" site that may have a few pages.
Yeah, that is what I probably do. I will submit all original articles to the top 10 directories and spinned articles to top 10-50 directories. From what I learned last days, there is not much benefit of submitting duplicate articles to many directories, because only few will be indexed by search engines, all other will be dropped as duplicate content.