Friday, February 24, 2006

Duplicate Content - more Q&A

More on duplicate content and article marketing at the SBI Forum recently...

Below are several questions from Christopher (football-england.com) and my replies (basically my 2 cent worth of advice based on my past experience, and trails and errors):


Q: As far as duplicate content goes, is it better to write an article and submit it to just one directory? Would submitting the same article to dozens of places not be classed as link spamming?

A: Submitting your article to Article Directories is similar to submitting your web site to the Search Engines/Directories. I don't see how it can be classified as link spamming.


Q: Also, is it wise to be duplicating your own site content in other places for the same reason?

A: This is Google's no. 1 definition of content duplication (not so much article duplication in retrospect). Never duplicate your site content at other places (why do you need to do that?) especially at your other web sites.


Q: Would a well written keyword rich article not get a good ranking at a directory anyway, bringing traffic with it?

A: Not if it has thousands other web pages with the same well written keyword rich article to compete with for SE top positions.


Q: I'm just starting off on the road with writing articles - I've got loads of site content that would make good articles, but I'm a little loathe to publish them elsewhere for the above reasons.

A: Christopher, Just get them publish (at your site first) and start by manually submitting to the top 5-10 Article Directories and your niche's directories. It will do your site more good than harm in terms of traffic.

Just make sure to make the same article (that you submit to the article directories) a bit unique at your web page (e.g., rewrite at least the first paragraph, change the title slightly, etc.).

posted by e-borneo.com @ 6:06 pm

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home