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Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Raj Krishnaswamy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:23:46 -0000

I started a highly technical niche blog on thermal spray coatings and while it had quite a deep technical spin to it, there was no traffic to speak of until I started submitting articles to ezinearticles and such. Each article submitted was completely unique in content; none of this change a few words and phrases game involved. That was the best thing I ever did, because traffic to my site went up significantly to the point that I decided to start my own article directory. So article marketing does work and the degree of success completely depends upon the quality of the article, I believe. Thank you.

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Raj Krishnaswamy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:23:46 -0000

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Matt — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:40:52 -0000

Being the owner of 2 article directories I can say that it still does work. There are several reasons and theories about this - but the least of which is that while the links may not all count in the big 3 serps - there are still users who visit each of the article directories every day and look for new content to syndicate or content to read or stories to use in newspapers.

Having a wider distribution base - aka article marketer - benefits you in 2 ways - 1) bigger net to catch interested parties 2) potentially more links.

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Matt — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:40:52 -0000

Having a wider distribution base - aka article marketer - benefits you in 2 ways - 1) bigger net to catch interested parties 2) potentially more links.

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Peter Leitsch — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:29:30 -0000

First of all, a nice article Andy!

Well, I've just started my own article marketing experiments and I hope it will pay off in the future (I hope it still holds true that brute force AM still works).

At the moment I use different, keyword optimized articles to gain some backlinks for a niche site I created. So far no positive results, but it takes some time for sure.

Bye,
Peter

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Peter Leitsch — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:29:30 -0000

First of all, a nice article Andy!

Well, I've just started my own article marketing experiments and I hope it will pay off in the future (I hope it still holds true that brute force AM still works).

At the moment I use different, keyword optimized articles to gain some backlinks for a niche site I created. So far no positive results, but it takes some time for sure.

Bye,
Peter

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Dave Foreman — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:34:15 -0000

Does anybody have examples of sites that rank well purely from article site back links? I have one or two that are 90% article back linked and do very well. One is www.legalaidman.com for the search "eye injury lawyer" (no quotes necessary)

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Dave Foreman — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:34:15 -0000

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

The Freelance Writer's Blog — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:03:49 -0000

Very informative, in-depth post Andy. I don't think that article marketing is dead, per say, but as you lay out in this article, how you use it has to be custom-fitted to your purpose.

With search engines penalizing duplicate content more and more, and the sheer number of free article directories out there, the penalties could easily outweigh the benefits.

As a freelance writer, I prefer to sell my content first (eg, on a site like AssociatedContent.com, or as PLR content), then submit it to free article directories at a later date, once I've exhausted all paid methods.

Thanks for the indepth examination of this subject.

Sincerely,
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
InkwellEditorial.com

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

The Freelance Writer's Blog — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:03:49 -0000

Very informative, in-depth post Andy. I don't think that article marketing is dead, per say, but as you lay out in this article, how you use it has to be custom-fitted to your purpose.

With search engines penalizing duplicate content more and more, and the sheer number of free article directories out there, the penalties could easily outweigh the benefits.

Thanks for the indepth examination of this subject.

Sincerely,
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
InkwellEditorial.com

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

m07 — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:54:51 -0000

according to me article marketing is not dead.i still use article marketing at ezinearticles.

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

m07 — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:54:51 -0000

according to me article marketing is not dead.i still use article marketing at ezinearticles.

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Cooper Murphy — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:44:15 -0000

I think that article marketing takes some time to show results. Usually, especially on a new site, if you through a lot of links at something with targetted anchor text then it hits a penalty. However, if you then leave that site for a few months then you can be sure that it will start ranking for those keywords.

On a side-note I feel articlemarketer really went down hill. I stopped using it a couple of months ago. Do some checks on the amount of links your getting from it and you may be suprised to find out it's less than you think.

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Cooper Murphy — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:44:15 -0000

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

AndyBeard — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:48:25 -0000

I just submit to one primary place now, Article Marketer, and articles end up everywhere.
If I was to suggest an alternative, it would be Submit Your Articles - a similar service.

As to sites, I suppose Ezine Articles and Go Articles.

After that what I would do is do a search on an author name you know submits a similar number of articles in your niche, and see where his author profile appears in the SERPs on various sites.
Also do a search based on article titles for articles submitted around the same time.

As an example, if you check my name on the serps http://www.articlealley.com... came well above my profile on Ezine Articles, even though they only have one of my articles there (I can't remember the history of that)

If you check someone like Jack Humphrey or Willie Crawford, who both do a fair amount of article submission, the mileage varies.

Then again, WebProNews who have just started picking up my content from the blog have already sent me 21 visitors.

For niche stuff , I use different names

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

AndyBeard — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:48:25 -0000

I just submit to one primary place now, Article Marketer, and articles end up everywhere.
If I was to suggest an alternative, it would be Submit Your Articles - a similar service.

As to sites, I suppose Ezine Articles and Go Articles.

If you check someone like Jack Humphrey or Willie Crawford, who both do a fair amount of article submission, the mileage varies.

Then again, WebProNews who have just started picking up my content from the blog have already sent me 21 visitors.

For niche stuff , I use different names

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Dane Morgan — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:12:46 -0000

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It takes longer to publish articles to 500 article directories than to write 4 new articles, and publish them to the top 10 article directories that do give you traffic. This only really applies if you are submitting by hand or software.
[/quote]

Care to share your top ten list? ;)

Re: Does Brute Force Article Marketing Still Work?

Dane Morgan — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:12:46 -0000

Care to share your top ten list? ;)