Hi guys If I submitted an article to 100 of the biggest article directories how many links would I expect to see after say 3 months. I understand that links will appear quickly but then many will disappear due to the dupe content filters. Also I'm presuming you will get more links from yahoo than Google is this correct. I understand it depends on how good your article is, how many people publish it etc. but i just mean on average how many can i expect to see even if its an approximation. Cheers Troy
Depending on the article directories that you have submitted to you should be ready for soem new backlinks within days from your submissions and distribution of content. Regarding duplicate content - this should not be a problem if you are writing unique content, or ?
I understand I will receive backlinks, im wondering how many. In regards to unique content - yes all my articles are unique content but when you submit them them to 100+ sites and more sites publish them, this all becomes duplicate content therefore alot of it does not get indexed by google, or gets indexed and then gets dropped.
That is exactly the reason why content is king. Write more, publish often, if 100 article directory submissions result in 20 long-term links the article did its job (at least from my view) Regards
The # of backlinks also depends on whether you submit a unique version of the article to each site. You need rewrite the article. Bear
That is correct, and this is why content is considered king, the exact reason why all small - medium monetizing oriented websites are looking for constant, SEO friendly ghostwriting services
It all depends on the quality of your article. If it's spammy or badly written, expect less than 5-10 links. If it's a great article with an eye catching title, you might receive well over 200+ links (assuming it's picked up many times)
Times have changed with Article Submission and it depends "Where" your submitting the articles to. Free article directories and places like this is a complete waste. Just because you see your traffic increase a bit and a some backlinks doesn't mean its working. The backlinks are in most cases worthless (since they hold no weight) and the traffic is from others looking for free articles (worthless traffic). Three years ago I would have said article submission helps with backlinks and SE rankings, but not anymore times have changed. Now submitting articles to websites that are targeted to your website is another story. If you submit a gardening article to a popular gardening site, then it will work. But these generic article sites or generic directories, not a chance. Its been tested and proved over and over again... Keep the content on your own site or submit one article to a decent site not hundreds of useless sites. the hard part is getting your article on a good site.
Article submission still brings nice backlinks and also provides awesome SEO benefits if you choose your anchor keywords wisely.
No it doesn't, maybe three years ago but not any more.... I'm even an article directory owner and saying these things. Backlinks hold no weight since article directories are just large link farms, not to mention the content is not related since article directories seldom have focus. Not all backlinks help you know... Article submission is up there with FFA pages, links farms, and other outdated ways promoting a website.
Some posts worth mentioning: SEO Experiment with articles. Analysis: SEO Results of Article Submissions
"extensive categorization"... Sorry but those test prove nothing... the test would be to create two pages with the same title, same SEO done to it, and then submit one to an article directory. Maybe having the only page index that has "extensive categorization" in the title and in large text on the page got him number 1? None of them mention what directories as well... Believe what you want.. just test it yourself before trying to convince others it works. opps "Full Service Article Marketing: $10 per article" sorry guess you have a reason to believe it.
I have tested it to work, and you'll find webmasters doing it weekly/monthly. You need decent articles and it's a good idea to be selective with the directories you submit to. Quality over quantity. At any rate, the largest investment is your time. I've found it to be worth it, but I always publish the article on my site before I submit it to directories.
I am curious. Who would publish an article from any of those programs on their own site. I mean, is there any better way to get punished for duplicate content then picking any of those articles? So is everyone chasing after 200 links from supplemental pages now?
Search for extensive categorization now on google... my site is number one after 3 days. I did no article submission and I have no backlinks and I'm #1, I think that pretty much proves my point.
I have a few articles on a few of the top sites and I have found that about 12 people so far have used it. One of the sites that has it up is a pr6 so hopefully it can help me, i will let ya know
Give me a break, article submission does work. I've seen it in person. I know of a site that is in a very competitive field (hint: real estate related). He has absolutely no "relevant" links from other websites. But has maintained a constant article campaign. He writes one unique article a week, and submits it to about a dozen article directories. And he is #1 in a search that has over 2,000,000 results. All the elements of a valid test are there. 1. Not a single other incoming link, other than just articles. 2. The articles aren't even that great, so it's not getting picked up and relinked from elsewhere. 3. The proof is in the pudding, less than a year in a very competitive market, and he's in the #1 spot. I'm not exactly sure what your motivation for saying that article submission to article directories doesn't work anymore, when it quite clearly does. I too prefer to find relevant websites to host my articles, but that isn't always possible. MR
my motivation is to stop the nonsense of people believing in a 3 year old idea. That's like saying link farms still work.... For some reason this forum and some others are full of people that thinks this works.... I’m only trying to help. "very competitive market" how do you figure? The point was it wasn't competitive and I clearly showed that. In 3 days I jumpeed to the top and I did nothing but gt the page indexed (lkeyword in title, keyword in content). Listen, believe what you want but if you think article submission works you're crazy or a newbie. With that said there are times will it will work and that's not using these free article directories. If you submit the article to a decent site that is related to your website, it can work. But mass submission to free directories is a waste of time.