Comments on: Why Use Article Directories? http://performancing.com/why_use_article_directories/ Invest In Performance Thu, 24 May 2012 01:57:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Raj Dash http://performancing.com/why_use_article_directories/comment-page-1/#comment-21482 Raj Dash Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:19:31 +0000 http://performancing.com/?p=3095#comment-21482 Good point, Darren. If I understand correctly, some of the backlinks will be given value, but there may be a cutoff point. However, you do get trust value from having the article on a reputable directory (such as ezinearticles). What I forgot to mention is that you should not submit the same piece to each directory. (Don't use directory submission software.) Rewrite new versions for each directory. Even if Google does not give any backlink value for the republishing of your directory articles by other bloggers, you will get the backlink value from the directory itself. At least until Google decides to downgrade them, though I'm not sure that they will. (But I'm not an SEO expert at this point Good point, Darren.

If I understand correctly, some of the backlinks will be given value, but there may be a cutoff point. However, you do get trust value from having the article on a reputable directory (such as ezinearticles).

What I forgot to mention is that you should not submit the same piece to each directory. (Don’t use directory submission software.) Rewrite new versions for each directory. Even if Google does not give any backlink value for the republishing of your directory articles by other bloggers, you will get the backlink value from the directory itself. At least until Google decides to downgrade them, though I’m not sure that they will. (But I’m not an SEO expert at this point

]]> By: ProBlogger http://performancing.com/why_use_article_directories/comment-page-1/#comment-21483 ProBlogger Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:40:08 +0000 http://performancing.com/?p=3095#comment-21483 I agree with you that article submissions might not impact the content on your own blog - but what I've never seen anyone explore is whether Google actually gives the links that you have in your articles (the ones pointing back to your blog) any value if they appear in an article that appears in hundreds of places around the web in exactly the same form. If Google treats all the duplicate instances out of their index of your article - doesn't this mean the links in it are devalued too? Worse still - couldn't they be seen as spammy links? I'm not saying this IS the case - just wondering whether someone with some SEO cred knows :-) I agree with you that article submissions might not impact the content on your own blog – but what I’ve never seen anyone explore is whether Google actually gives the links that you have in your articles (the ones pointing back to your blog) any value if they appear in an article that appears in hundreds of places around the web in exactly the same form.

If Google treats all the duplicate instances out of their index of your article – doesn’t this mean the links in it are devalued too? Worse still – couldn’t they be seen as spammy links?

I’m not saying this IS the case – just wondering whether someone with some SEO cred knows :-)

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