I know this is a huge discussion going on and no one really knows the right answer, but I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts. When submitting an article, some people will say submit it once and let it be unique. Some people will submit that article to 1,000,000 article directories. Other times, people will take that article and put it everywhere possible (article directory, blog, squidoo, hubpages, etc) Then there's the whole spin the content and make it unique enough. So, I'm curious to know what are your thoughts on duplicate content. Thanks, Xohaib
Always submit to the top directory first (ezines is my favorite), then I would suggest spinning the articles if you are going to submit to other directories, but I have found other than backlinking purposes its not going to give you much traffic to submit to tons of article directories. Also make sure you never put articles on your website that you have already submitted to article sites or you will get hit for duplicate content because Ezine will always out rank you..
I have been reading a lot about this lately because I'm confused by it. Seems to me that you shouldn't worry so much about duplicate content if you are writing articles. You probably won't be penalized if you put the same article in many directories. However, re-writing is advisable, since you get more search engine benefit. I have read several times that the article should be at least 25 percent different to for it to be considered unique by search engines.
i will usually write 2 article on certain topic..the best will go to ezine..the other one i submit it to others directories rewriting it will have more benefit with search engine but i am way to lazy to do that
I agree with this. I write one article and submit it to Ezine, Buzzle, Idea Marketers and Amazines. Then I rewrite this article and mass submit it to hundreds of the lesser known article directories. Duplicate content isn't as issue providing it's not on your own websites.
The idea is to have your article read by as many people as you can, with as little work involved as possible. So it is just common sense, which many do not have here, to submit the same articles to as many sites as you can. Do both, directories and sites in general. If you think your artilces are good enough, also submit them to such big sites as Yahoo and MSN.
If you're wondering whether Google penalizes you, I really don't think it matters. I rank #1 in Google for a term, but someone who has stolen my content ranks #6. Just shows you can get in the top 10 with duplicate content. I've had someone rank higher than me once, using my content.
Hello Xohaib, I would always suggest that you write your own articles or at least outsource the work. In my honest opinion its better to have your own content, you can also invest in outsourcing aswell to get your articles spun so that its unique. A recent email that was sent to me explained of new software that can spin your articles into new content at the touch of a button, I took the trial and tested it myself and it works. I will try to find the email again and post up the name of the software here later. Yours, Laura_D
I mostly stuck to submitting articles to Ezine Articles before using Unique Article Wizard. Then I'd submit that same article to Go Articles and sometimes through iSnare without rewriting. If I wanted to put articles on my website, I'd either rewrite them a bit beforehand, or put only half my articles on my site and not distribute them anywhere else.
laura_d's please post the link.... i am currently using what seems to be regarded as the best system for generating unique content at a click of a button. I'd be interested to see how your link measures up
I want to submit articles to loads of directories in as little time as possible - I want the backlinks to get more traffic. What submission service would you recommend? I've heard that isnare is good.
I like to post my unique articles on my blog and then link to it and have others link to it. That is my best SEO approach. Submitting to thousands of article directories is too time consuming. Auto submitters have little effect.