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Submitting articles, can I not use them on my own site?

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by FFMG, Feb 25, 2006.

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    Hi,

    I have a website with about 20 articles written by me.
    I was quite happy with 2 of my articles so I decided to submit them to ezinearticles and goarticles, (I was assuming that all other articles repositories would pick up the articles from them). Of course the articles point back to the pages in my site.

    After the PR update I noticed that Google gave me a PR3 for all my pages except for my two articles, (they remained PR0).

    Is it just a coincidence, or is Google under the impression that I copied the articles?

    FFMG
     
    FFMG, Feb 25, 2006 IP
  2. weblord

    weblord Well-Known Member

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    #2
    for sure you have your by-line and resource box included so it's your content not goarticles/ezinearticles but mostly article directory implement a no follow on articles placed on their directory, i could be wrong, though.
     
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  3. FFMG

    FFMG Well-Known Member

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    Sorry, I am not sure I understand your post, but they don’t use "_nofollow".

    FFMG
     
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  4. weblord

    weblord Well-Known Member

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    #4
    something like this
    
<html>
<head>
<meta name="robots" content="noindex,[b]nofollow[/b]">
<meta name="description" content="This page ....">
<title>...</title>
</head>
    Code (markup):
    sorry to speak my native language :)
     
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  5. FFMG

    FFMG Well-Known Member

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    No worries ;) .

    I checked goarticles and ezinearticles, they don't use "nofollow".

    That doesn't explain why the only two articles submitted got a PR0 while all the other, (not submitted), got a PR3

    FFMG
     
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  6. weblord

    weblord Well-Known Member

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    can you show me somr url so i can pinpoint exactly? what does your awstats say about those specific articles? the more activities it has the more backlinks (some factors) can help boost your pr. also depends on the actual content.
     
    weblord, Feb 25, 2006 IP
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    Im about to do the same but wondering about duplicate content - is this what you are thinking?
     
    lyndonw, Feb 27, 2006 IP
  8. FFMG

    FFMG Well-Known Member

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    Well, it looks like you need to make some changes to the article.
    Maybe add a few paragraphs for the article on your site. And maybe a few pictures.

    I don’t know for certain, I just find it odd that the two articles that I submitted are the only two that didn’t get PR3.

    Maybe I am just been paranoid.

    FFMG
     
    FFMG, Feb 27, 2006 IP
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    clancey Peon

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    It might not be a bad idea when submitting material from your site to rewrite the lead paragraph on the submitted material. It would not hurt just to turn editor and run through the full article and look for text to tighten up, delete, and so forth. A quick edit will transform it. This will also ensure it is not an exact copy. This is easier and quicker than a complete rewrite.
     
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    FFMG Well-Known Member

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    Yea, it looks like something I might need to do from now on.
    But I don't really know for certain, only a guess really.

    FFMG
     
    FFMG, Feb 28, 2006 IP
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    I think it wil be related to some other factor rather than the fact you submitted the articles to other sites.

    The duplicate content filter simply stops sites with duplicate content ranking highly for search terms relating to the content - it will not affect your PR in my experience.
     
    mad4, Feb 28, 2006 IP
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    websiteideas Well-Known Member

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    mad4 is exactly right. Just think about this. There are thousands of Amazon clone websites that have the same exact page indexed in Google with a PR greater than 0.
     
    websiteideas, Mar 4, 2006 IP