Comments on: EzineArticles Changes That Affect Every Article Marketer

By: Alan Mater

Alan Mater — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:42:15 +0000

@Tim Gorman@Article Marketing Soldiers, I would imagine you’re right. Testing is very important, and I’m happy to hear that it’s working very well for you.

By: Tim Gorman@Article Marketing Soldiers

Tim Gorman@Article Marketing Soldiers — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:25:59 +0000

Alan,
No sweat – Not discounting anything Travis puts out because he does know his stuff but I would venture to guess that the method of a short article and long resource box was short lived at best.

I’ve done some extensive testing and have been using article marketing since 2004 with great results so it was a pleasure to pass along that little bit of information.

Respectfully,
Tim

By: Alan Mater

Alan Mater — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:06:18 +0000

@Tim Gorman@Article Marketing Soldiers, Hi Tim, welcome to my blog, and thanks for sharing your insight.

I’m glad you’ve added to this discussion and laid out these important points. I wasn’t aware of point 4 before now, so thanks for bringing it to me and my readers’ attention.

I would certainly like to know how some are getting away with it and using Travis’s tactic that I described in the post, and also knowing the CTR of those articles.

I’m glad this has brought up a lot of discussion, and I look forward to more.

By: Tim Gorman@Article Marketing Soldiers

Tim Gorman@Article Marketing Soldiers — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:51:07 +0000

This is something I would avoid doing for several reasons:

1 – 250 words barely allows you the opportunity to get your keyword phrase in the article along with any additional complementing keywords.

2 – How much can really be said in a 250 word article that will keep the reader engaged to read the resource box?

3 – Most people can barely create a compelling resource box that will get a click through to their website. Adding additional words will only make this process worse instead of actually helping the author.

4 – Ezinearticles.com won’t allow it. Here is what they have to say in their own words on the EZA website – We would like to help you get this article approved but there is an issue which needs to be resolved first. Your resource box is longer than we recommend. Please keep the size of your resource box so that it’s no larger than 15% of your total article size and resubmit it for Editorial Review. Based on that information above if your article is only 250 words than they will allow a resource box that is around 37 words long.

Thanks,
Tim Gorman

By: Alan Mater

Alan Mater — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:55:26 +0000

@Dennis Edell, Nope. I checked and the article length has to be between 250 and 5,000 words.

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:38:11 +0000

@Alan Mater, Hmm OK, I thought EA had an article requirement of like 4-500 Dennis Edell’s last blog post..100 Strategies Book Review FollowUp - I Name Names!

By: Alan Mater

Alan Mater — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:34:35 +0000

@Mal Tindle, Hey Mal, thanks for stopping by.

You’re quite welcome

By: Mal Tindle

Mal Tindle — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:43:45 +0000

Hi Alan, Firstly, thank you for bringing the changes to my attention and secondly for pointing me to this tip by Travis. It's a strategy I haven't tried but anything that makes articles more productive (and shorter LOL) is ok by me, thanks again, Mal. Mal Tindle’s last blog post..PLR Products, Are They Worth The Effort?

By: Alan Mater

Alan Mater — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:02:36 +0000

@Dennis Edell, Resource box is a maximum of 300 words. Article length can be from 250 to 5,000 words. So yes, it’s possible to have a resource box that’s longer than the actual article. I have yet to actually see this being used, though.

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:58:18 +0000

I thought they had a length requirement. Dennis Edell’s last blog post..100 Strategies Book Review FollowUp - I Name Names!