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jsmith06 Joined: Nov 20, 2006
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Posted: 11/20/2006 08:37 am
I'm looking for feedback on the tactic of using free article sites to build one-way inbound links. ... I have a list of questions about it: Is it worth posting an article to multiple sites if the link in your article has the same anchor text to the same page in each article? Is there any risk in having a link back to your page that is duplicated dozens or hundreds of times depending on how widely your article is distributed? Would it be worth it to vary the anchor text each time the article is posted on a different articles site? In the case of having multiple sites in the same topic category using the same articles sites, is there a risk in developing too similar of a link fingerprint? If anyone has any other feedback or experience with these sites, I'd appreciate hearing about it. Jeff |
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oldwelshguy Joined: Aug 01, 2006
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Posted: 11/22/2006 04:52 am
Is it worth posting an article to multiple sites if the link in your article has the same anchor text to the same page in each article? YES -------------------- Is there any risk in having a link back to your page that is duplicated dozens or hundreds of times depending on how widely your article is distributed? NO -------------------- Would it be worth it to vary the anchor text each time the article is posted on a different articles site? YES -------------------- In the case of having multiple sites in the same topic category using the same articles sites, is there a risk in developing too similar of a link fingerprint? YES, gogle will soon find a pattern to your link building and will cluster you accordingly. --------------------- Try to vary your approach to article writing, if you write good articles, they will get picked up and added to sites a lot. I have PR6 on topic backlinks from sites that have used my articles. |
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jsmith06 Joined: Nov 20, 2006
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Posted: 11/22/2006 08:40 am
Thanks for answering my multiple questions so clearly. More questions come to mind now, of course. Regarding multiple site ownership and the link fingerprint, I'm not sure I understand what is meant by being clustered accordingly. I understand that Google would find the pattern of link building, but how would it interpret multiple sites having the same pattern ... that they are somehow duplicates of each other or would it devalue the incoming links? If you or anyone can clarify or hypothesize, I would appreciate it. So in terms of varying the approach to article writing, it sounds like the best practice would be to vary the anchor text each time the article is posted and if using article sites to build links for multiple sites owned by the same entity it would be best to mix up the article sites used so that the inbound links aren't coming from the same exact places. ... |
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oldwelshguy Joined: Aug 01, 2006
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Posted: 11/22/2006 10:19 am
There is nothing wrong with using the same sites for backlinks for different sites, it is just that Google will know there is a relationship between these sites, so if they know, your competitors will also know. I wouldn't worry about it. |
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stevegg Joined: Nov 24, 2006
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Posted: 11/24/2006 10:20 am
Heyya, Well, I'd popped on here (after finding the thread via a search) to answer some of your questions, but 'oldwelshguy' beat me to it and I certainly concur with everything he's said. 
I think the main thing to do is write a GREAT article. Ensure it's interesting and brings some definite value to the reader. The second part is getting it seen. It's a cliche to reference that requirement with the Field of Dreams quote: "If you build it, they will come", but it's worth mentioning again that this ISN'T the case with the internet. *grin* There are a ton of ways to ensure "they will come" to your website, but specifically in regards to using article submissions I'd try to get it in front of as many (relevant) eyes as possible. To that end, consider checking out my Directory of Article Directories page... It's got a ton of free article directories listed there, and best yet they're arranged in categories (including niche specific directories that may be related to your article's theme) and sorted by the Google Page Rank (PR) for the page individual articles get linked to on each of the directory websites. Therefore, whether you want to just submit to a half dozen or dozen of the best and most relevant directories, you can do it reasonably fast using this webpage. And if you want to get it in front of a LOT of eyes, find the best category and start submitting from the highest Google PR site to the bottom. And note that many of the zero PR directories are new and I've seen them leap up to PR 4 or even higher within a couple months. (I just updated the entire directory yesterday by hand, and saw big changes in many directories' PRs - both up and down). Edit: Google seems to be flopping around today with it's results, so to find my free article directories resource page, click on my profile button (to the left) and check out the url indicated as my homepage.
www.arcanaweb.com/resources/article-directories.html Hope that helps and best of luck! -Steve |
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quality-ins Joined: Jan 18, 2001
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Posted: 12/11/2006 06:41 am
From time to time we use articles on our site that we get from article exchange sites. I've done searches for keywords on these articles and many times I see the article exchange site ranking for the keyword. The one that benefits ALOT from your articles is the article exchange site. |
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oldwelshguy Joined: Aug 01, 2006
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Posted: 12/11/2006 02:59 pm
And if there is a bio link to your site as the author sorce, then you benefit from the traffic. |
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jsmith06 Joined: Nov 20, 2006
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Posted: 12/11/2006 03:57 pm
Thanks for all of your input. I have noticed some traffic from article sites in our logs and I've seen the links counted from my bio (in some cases). It almost seems, though, that it might be best to write these articles and post them on our own site to try to get traffic directly to it instead of going through a sort of middleman. ... |
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oldwelshguy Joined: Aug 01, 2006
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Posted: 12/12/2006 03:33 am
Had to check to make sure I didn't duplicate information on the same thread
Ok the aproach I like to use is a 3 pronged approach 1. write an article for general distribution. This article is shotgunned across every single outlet available and is allowed to be copied with a bio. 2. write articles for use ONLY by a handfull of selected websites (these will be trusted sources and the backlinks will count well, and will help when trustrank kicks in fully). 3. write articles only to be displayed on your own site. This approach will serve you well, as it will cover more or less every element of benefit that article writing can gain. |
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quality-ins Joined: Jan 18, 2001
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Posted: 12/12/2006 01:11 pm
oldwelshguy, That seems to be the truth. It's extremely time consuming to cover all bases, but highly necessary. I am a little shy of putting articles on article exchanges. It seems that many sites strip out your bio link. They get the benefit of your article and you get no link. |
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oldwelshguy Joined: Aug 01, 2006
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Posted: 12/12/2006 03:22 pm
Use copyscape, and get them to remove the content if they do not comply. If they don't then report it to Google/Yahoo/MSN under a DMCA and their host, and get the site shut down and removed from all the search engines. I have full instructions on this on my blog. |
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quality-ins Joined: Jan 18, 2001
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Posted: 12/12/2006 04:58 pm
oldwelshguy... have you had success with that? |
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oldwelshguy Joined: Aug 01, 2006
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Posted: 12/13/2006 12:25 am
Absolutely I have, but only twice have I had to resort to getting the site taken down. If you are 100% professional and forceful and give them the out. (I normally say that in most cases like this it is because someone the innocent site owner (them) has hired to build the site or write the copy, has copied it without their knowledge). This approach allows them to remove the copy and keep face at the same time. The site owner invariably says that this is in fact the case, and they THEY are 100% innocent, and will be happy to remove the offending content (I know they are lying through their teeth though and that THEY stole it LOL.
The outcome is the same though, stolen content removed/acknowledged. Here is the complete article and instructions (Mods hope it is alright to post this link) [link] |
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