I have been using this system as one of many marketing options to promote myself and my business and have not received any negative impacts or rankings as a result.

My traffic and statistics continue to show good results and growth month after month. As with any marketing strategy, tracking results is one of the most important factors in determining the success of any Internet marketing option.

If I were to find that in tracking my return on investment (ROI), article marketing was having any sort of a negative impact, I would certainly rethink my position, as anyone should.

I am simply sharing my opinion of the advantages and success this particular marketing effort has allowed me in my business. It is up to the reader to decide whether or not this is the right option for them.

I’m pretty sure that for just about any such option there would be negative connotations as well as positives. If you feel the negatives outweigh the positives, then this may not be the right option for you.

Wishing you all the best.

In January of 2011, Google published its first Panda update. This update effectively removed many sites — including ezinearticles.com — from search results pages due to the high amount of duplicate content (meaning content published multiple times on the net) they contained.

These sites still “existed” online, but to find them people had to either type their address in a browser bar or follow a link elsewhere on the web. These sites saw their Google-driven traffic disappear overnight. Ezinearticles survived; many, many other businesses did not.

Since that first update, Google has fine-tuned its algorithm and ezinearticles.com will now appear in some searches — but only for “ezine directory” or “ezine articles” or the like — and not for any of the topics that you might write about (which would help to explain why @ianrod2000′s article attracted no readers).

Google is out to remove ALL duplicate content from its search results and will not stop until it succeeds so the only way to do article marketing as described in this article AND protect your search engine rankings is to NEVER EVER publish any article that has been published elsewhere (including ezine directories) on your own website; that goes for your own work as well as republishing the work of others. If you only publish original work on your own website, you will not have to be constantly looking over your shoulder at Google, wondering when you’ll be “google slapped” and see all of your Google traffic disappear overnight.

@Andrea: Yo Yo Yo. Ain’t no thang. We chill.

I love the positive feedback. This fuels me for some other stuff I’m doing and keeps me in touch with how to best serve you all. And you know what keeps poking me? -> “Keep it simple and sweet.”

Kenn

This is brilliant! Going now to change all my page titles.

Thanks so much.

An eZine is distributed to a database of people you already have a connection to, or who have shown interest in your products/services.

Article submissions to free sites with a well-crafted resource box and bio will not only increase traffic to your webiste, but opens prospects to your entire site. As long as your article keywords speak directly to your prospect’s challenges/pain, you’ll reap the benefits of capturing those prospects most interested in what you have to offer.

Both are great tools for your marketing toolbelt – enjoy!

Yo made it easy to understand and duplicate!

Thanks for sharing this great post. I really enjoyed reading your article because it will really help me gain more insights on the advantages of article marketing for my business. I couldn’t agree more in any of your given tips because they are all sure boosters! I have been using Ezine to help me market my articles for a while now. I find Ezine a great tool to connect with my readers by getting them to try my products. It’s also a great way of finding good people to invest in my business. Your tips will definitely come in handy. Thanks for sharing and keep your posts coming.