Very good question!

Okay, so your focus is traffic… Right?

I don’t believe in using article submission services such as the one you mentioned, isnare, etc. I can and should probably write a blog post about this topic but let’s just say for now that I have done tests and that I get more traffic by submitting one article to a site like EzineArticles.com than by using isnare to distribute my article to “thousands of article sites”.

Many marketers focus on quantity… They write one article and submit it to as many article directories as they can. I am not one of them…

The bulk of your traffic will come from search engines and not from article directories. I’ll rather focus on writing an article that’s optimized for the right keywords and gives people a good reason to visit my site. Next, I’ll work on promoting this article (to give it a boost in the search engines) by linking to it from one of my websites, squidoo lens, etc. I’ll also bookmark it using various social bookmarking sites and syndicate it using RSS, etc.

This does not happen in one day and by promoting several articles at the same time using a specific site every week it will only take you a couple of seconds per article.

Trust this answers your question?

Kindest,
Francois

What do you think about submitting article to multiple article
directories.For me, I think it is my article,thus it is up to us where to
submit the article.Rite?You want traffic rite?So you need more
exposure to your article..

I’d see Willie Crawford also submit his article to submityourarticle.com..
You can see his testimonial there.

Just want some of your opinion about submitting same article
to multiple article sites.I heard too many opinions on this issue.

Azim

Many thanks for your kind comments.

Regarding your first question… If another site copies your content, they are the ones using duplicate content, not you. In other words, it should not have a negative impact on your site.

This is what Google has to say about it:

“If you find another site is duplicating your content by scraping (misappropriating and republishing) it, it’s unlikely that this will negatively impact your site’s ranking in Google search results pages”

They continue saying: “If you do spot a case that’s particularly frustrating, you are welcome to file a DMCA Request to claim ownership of the content and request removal of the other site from Google’s index”

For further details, refer to:
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=66359

For information on how to file a DMCA Request, please have a look at:
http://www.google.com/dmca.html

You can also try to approach the webmaster directly and request him to remove the duplicate content. However, from my experience this is often a waste of time as such requests are often ignored.

A “Cease and Desist” letter from your attorney will probably have a much bigger impact (but costs money).

Lastly, if you can trace his or her hosting company (try a whois.net search) you can contact them directly and requst them to take action on your behalf. I have found US based hosting companies to be quite willing to help. However, you may have some trouble getting help from non-US hosting companies.

Trust this has answered the first part of your question.

Now for the second part…

If you post an article at ezinearticles and then post that same article in your blog, you are actually posting duplicate content on your blog and may indeed be penalized for it.

It would be better to first post the article on your blog and wait for it to be indexed by Google before submitting it to ezinearticles.

Obviously, the “best” solution would be to only post unique articles on your blog. You can always link to other articles that may benefit your readers.

Wishing you all the very best!

Francois du Toit

Now about dup content - I ran a scan with CopyScape and found a site that has copied mine almost word for word. What would you suggest I do about it?

And one more question - If I post an article at ezinearticles and post that same article in my blog, will I be penalized for duplicate content?

Keep up the good work - Neill