The most important points for me in getting better url click-throughs from my articles were keeping the articles short and trying different author resource boxes until I found one that worked. When I was able to delineate a tangible benefit to the reader and a utilize a specific call to action, my click-through results improved drastically.

Some articles produced unexpectedly good results, while others that I thought would do well unexpectedly underperformed. What I discovered is that a short and catchy title and strategic keyword targeting are also invaluable. I found that when I didn’t target the right keywords, my articles were buried under hundreds of other articles and couldn’t rise to the top of the search results.

Also one quick correction to this post, since it was written in 2006. EzineArticles no longer allows you to change the article title after submitting, so make sure to choose your article titles carefully!

The best way to write articles (and blog posts) is using good templates. Its possible to automate these so that the results are good quality unique articles or blog posts.

This has worked well for me. (see Article Boxer)

cheers
Tony

But what I had so far of about a 50 articles a day when I was lucky I could use just about 20 most of the time actually less. I read every article and check the links.

I had an article directory by Article friendly where I used an automated service “I snare and others (at the moment I like to try Article Marketeer but somehow I have difficulties signing on) I could not believe what a lot of crap I received and If people which write these articles realy believe It would advertise their products in anyway.

Quite frankly If an article doesn´t keep me reading after the 5th sentence I´can´t even be bothered clicking the link and some sites these links lead to ….. Nevertheless, I also had a few very good articles which I was happy to publish on my site the only shame is I´m only a small site.

Oh yes I forgot, If you guy´s realy have to use Articlesoftware please take the time to read that article over, some of those articles are horrendous. My toes curl up reading them and my native tounge is not even english (you most likley guessed).

And by the way if you ever have time to write a nice article for me please not plain advertisment or any other crappy book on how to make money on the net ,something real people would be interesting in reading, hey would be nice to see you on my site

Thanks for the informative information about article submission. I actually just submitted two article at Ezine but waiting approval.

As far as read, it’s okay to use duplicate article but just has less potency to it. I use free syndicated text all the time instead of writing things down. It does help to bolster you blog content.

It’s too bad that your results are not so great. I was hoping to write more to get some one way links. I guess I’ll keep trying. I think that having genuine, fresh topics will help you get those links. My wife is in school and writes bunch of papers, I think that I will use hers to submit to ezine and similar websites. I just have to get her permission.

Ezine articles can also be a way to get traffic. If your article gets to the top 10 in Google then many people might come to your site. It’s easy for an article to get to the top 10 because of the high trust rank. However, I think it’s always better to put your own page in the top 10. Why? Because I think people are more likely to click on your site listing then on an article that leads to your site.

I wouldn’t use them for content because Google does not like duplicate content. However, that’s just my opinion. Google’s duplicate penalty might not be that serious. Does anyone one know?

I do believe article marketing works especially if when starting out you have more time than money. I have submitted hundreds of articles to EzineArticles and I am now starting to see the fruits of my labor. It does not happen overnight, but once you start to lay the foundation it only gets better.

Thanks.