not much I can say except their must something in the line: "submit only content you have produce" Editors can even check the web for similar text.
Put it past scopyscape. There are a million posts on ezine, and most of them look the same so the chance of an editor spotting a "conceptual" dupe should be pretty low, as long as they cannot do some long tail text search and find something totally similar.
Use one of the widely available tools to help you 'generate' a new article based on existing stuff. Heck, even contentboss has the 'wizard' which does just that. And at the end, check it's unique before you submit it.
I think its vital that you provide fresh content. I used to type my articles but have since started using voice recognition software and it has speed up the process significantly. I can usually create 4-5 articles per hour if I'm really humming along.
Original and unique contents written in a proper manner are instantly approved by the ezine authorities. Of course, you can check your luck by submitting completely rewritten articles but approval is not guaranteed.
[bangs head on keyboard and sees the death of the internet]. sigh By the way, wouldn't that be copywrite enfringement?
Yes, definitely make it a high quality unique article. You can hire someone else to write it for you, but make sure it is easy and enjoyable to read. Why? Studies have shown that you will get a higher Click-thru rate if the reader loved the article. And after all, if you have a lot of people clicking your links in Ezine, you have a better chance of making the sale. Never submit junk articles, or spun articles, as they will probably be shot down anyway.
Write fresh content for Ezine and do not distribute to other directories. Just ezine. I'd like to think ezine is special because it gives me good traffic.
Indeed. Using Ezinearticles alone bring a lot of traffics to my site. To OP, you need to submit fresh contents to EzineArticles because they won't allow a duplicate contents. - Dynashox -
But fresh content does not mean original. I read 2 to 3 articles that I find thru search on ezine, and then I write my own version which is the combination of these - using the concepts not the words. So the end result is unique, but hardly original. And that is just fine, specially if you don't know much about the niche.