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sharycea
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2008 13:58
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After writing an article is it okay to post the same article to a number of article directories or should a different article be posted to each article directory?
Seems I read somewhere that it will hurt you on Google if the same article is posted to the different article directories.
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naturalis
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2008 16:37
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Hey Sharycea,
After writing an unique article you should only post it on one single article submission directory, that's my thought, because then the search engines treat your article content as unique and not as a copy.
Yes, as much as I've heard too Google is pretty harsh regarding copied content.
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MamAtWork
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2008 17:35
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I would guess it would depend on the purposes of posting the article. If its just for getting link backs then post away! You see, the purpose of articles is hopefully to write them so well that other people will copy them, and post them on their own site. You even post a waiver at the bottom that you are ok with this as long as they include your link back to YOUR site when they do so.
If the article is good enough it will go viral, and then, well you're set 
Google won't penalise you, because the article isn't on YOUR site. Yes, the original may be, and that was already indexed. But the people posting your article won't benefit in that way from it as they will be seen as posting a duplicate.
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sharycea
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2008 17:52
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Thanks for the insight. It is much appreciated.
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VictoriaNTC
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2008 21:17
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Yes, I read the duplicated content was somewhat a myth.
I submit to Ezine, and have links to my articles on my website, no problems so far.
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2008 21:26
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NTC: Yes, I read the duplicated content was somewhat a myth. I submit to Ezine, and have links to my articles on my website, no problems so far
Yes, I agree, many times the first page results of Google have the same article on different websites
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Barb Thornback
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2008 08:48
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Mamatwork said it all.
It only becomes duplicate when you have the same article on the same site.
Barb
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sahota7
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2008 11:58
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really? I have always been taught to do fresh content?? Do place like hubpages and squidoo notice duplicate content?
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2008 12:47
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Hi Question Much help needed regarding articles and referral to site.
Can you do an article for Ezine articles and refer it back to your blog say to squidoo and have the signature to your website with the same article?
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sahota7
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2008 13:48
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So for example can I have the same article on my blog, my hub page, my squidoo and my weebly????
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Barb Thornback
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2008 14:17
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Sahota7,
Yes you can. That would not be classed as duplicate content.
Barb
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savvygrind
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2008 18:11
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Submit your article to as many article directories that you can. This will increase back links, link popularity, and subsequent search engine traffic.
I have numerous articles that appear multiple times in the top 10 of Google search results for the same keyword.
Don't worry about duplicate content. Create valuable articles and submit them everywhere.
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2008 20:20
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It seems there will be duplicates even if you don't want it due to other people using your articles on their blog so I figure I might as well be the one to duplicate since it's my article. I've seen several blogs with my articles on them and sometimes they take my links out so I leave them a message telling them they need to put my links back or take the article off. Then they usually do one or the other. I don't do it often, but once in a while I'll put it on my blog first and then later send it to EA and Goarticles. If I'm on the wrong track let me know I could easily be doing this wrong since I am a newbie.
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# Posted: 21 Oct 2008 02:25
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You can use the same article in different article directories, but it helps to change up the title and some of the keywords within the article.
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# Posted: 21 Oct 2008 12:59
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What I have noticed is that google will pick the one with the highest rank and all of the others will jus basically fade away...This happens MOST of the time with my articles.
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# Posted: 24 Oct 2008 08:29
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I submit to 15 different article directories and I haven't had any trouble.
Namaste
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MrSmileyface564
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# Posted: 24 Oct 2008 23:25
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Yeah other wise i makes it seem like you are just a copy cat i wouldn't do it. It best to just submit to one article directory.
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sharycea
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2008 00:38
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I really appreciate the feedback on this post. However, there are so many varying opinions that it is hard to know what to do!
If anyone is doing Bum Marketing and receiving the e-mails from Travis of "Bum Marketing" he has stated that he writes 30 articles for one product and that each article is different and that each one SHOULD be different. Maybe we need to get Travis on this post...
Also my experience has been the same as Prodaters. It appears that Google picks the one with the highest ranking and the others just disappear.
And Sonni states that others use his articles on their blogs and remove his link. That has happened to me as well and I had to request that my link be added.
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2008 01:26
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I haven't wrote any articles yet, but people actually copy the entire article or blog? I used some contents given to affiliates to use from the programs resource center and put them on my website, but for someone to STEAL other people's work is so wrong!!! I know I like to read other people's blogs and articles to get ideas.
Hmmm... maybe I'll just try one article first because it's hard to write different articles for different sites. Thanks for the advice!
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2008 01:40
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On whole, it's best to vary the articles a bit before submitting them to different directories. There is always an easy way and a difficult way. The easy way is always attractive and hence it gets abused and loses its value in the long run. The tough way or the road less taken is opted by few and they are always rewarded.
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# Posted: 2 Nov 2008 17:51
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I am new to internet marketing so this post is very informative. I have heard many different opinions about this topic.
My conclusion is to stick with one article, submit it to Ezine, then start on the next article. Although I may put it on my website for future reference, it is a great article about my true passion.
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# Posted: 3 Nov 2008 12:08
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I am currently submitting my articles to 3 directories. I have been changing only the title before I submit to each site, but I leave the rest of the article the same. At the moment, I have 2 positions on the first page of google for the same article with several of my articles.
I recently acquired an article submitter, so I will now be blasting my content to 100's of directories...I'll let you know how that goes!
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# Posted: 4 Nov 2008 12:27
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NTC: Yes, I read the duplicated content was somewhat a myth. I submit to Ezine, and have links to my articles on my website, no problems so far. Victoria
Agree, we always do the same and it seems fine.
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# Posted: 10 Nov 2008 10:42
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If you check out Google and other search engines you will find, from time to time, the same article on many different directories. Writing a good article is an art form. When the skill has been honed to the level of artist then people will notice. Your article will show up on lots of sites and run for very long periods of time. With your back links in these articles you will get maximume exposure. If you feel unsure about duplicate articles on many directories then simply make small changes to them but keep the overall point the same and submit, submit, submit.
Have a great day!!!
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# Posted: 17 Nov 2008 10:40
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First, You should be submitting your articles to as many places as possible, this will increase your rank.
Second, You won't get stuck with duplicate content because it is not your site. It's when there are several sites that all have the same content. This usually happens when people buy "ready made adsense sites".
Third, You can change keywords and/or re-write paragraphs so that the articles are unique. No it is not like copy catting, this is your article and you have the right to post it, it's just providing flavour
Finally, posting your article in many places will give others the ability to read and benefit from your article. If it's only in one place, not too many people will see it.
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# Posted: 10 Dec 2008 09:10
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Google's public stance is that they "like to see" unique content.
Read into it or don't at your own discretion.
Google is fully aware of the practice of blasting an article every where. Don't you think that they have a measure in place to avoid indexing duplicate content?
Their algo may not be perfect but you can count on the fact that it is constantly improving.
They catch some duplicates and they miss some duplicates, but they are getting better and better at it. It is certainly their objective to prevent duplicate indexing. There will come a day, in the near future, when duplicates are stopped cold in their tracks.
I've seen that some duplicates make it for a time and then get de-indexed.
Why waste time blasting your articles all over the place when you could send varied versions to a very small handful of key high traffic (80/20 rule) directories and then move on to creating your next article?
I've never blasted an article to "a ton of directories" and never will. It's unGoogle-like :D
Google's main objective - in addition to monetizing from its ad network - is to provide an index of relevant and unique SERPs to its searchers according to search phrases. Think about that for a minute ;)
The more you behave in accordance with Google's objectives, the better you will fare. Try to think like Google and act accordingly. Try not to expend too much time and energy in over-gaming the system.
You'll just get slapped eventually and then you'll feel slighted when it blows up in your face. Folks who over-game the system bitch about Google slaps all the time but they deserve to get slapped and I never feel sorry for them; only contempt at their sleaziness and pathetic whining.
Work with the system and you'll benefit in the long term. Work against it and you'll eventually suffer.
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# Posted: 11 Dec 2008 09:05
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I learned this, that when you write an article its supposed to be original and you do not want to copy one article you wrote and then paste it on another, because it won't be to original and someone is bound to catch that. I recently had my article accepted from ezinearticle.com and now its on the google search engine, giving me traffic. I written different article of the same subject but there all original and not the same. Hope this helps.
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