I do not put the article on my site any longer, I used to, and later spent about $3k on rewriting all the stuff on my site to ensure its uniqueness. I put unique content on article sites, and different unique content on my site.
I include the article on my site also, but after reading lorien1973 's reply... think i might be doing wrong :s Any more suggestions from other DP members?
Keep the really good stuff for your own site and make sure any articles are indexed on your site first.
So, what are you saying, put the article on your site, have it indexed, submit it to directories, and then remove it only keeping the good ones? I am confused.
Either write 2 versions, one for your site and one for submission, or write one version but release it on your site a few weeks before you submit it to other sites.