Article Submissions - Still Worth it After Panda Update?
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Are article submissions still relevant after the panda update? Many of these sites (ezinearticles) are still hit from the panda update.
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Now it is my turn to agree with EGOL.
I would add one idea. In general I prefer not to share content but it can offer value to periodically share a selected article and gain backlinks to your site.
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I agree 100% with what Ryan said.
Something else to consider is... when you give articles away to other websites you are giving them content that could make them competitors in the SERPs of your primary and secondary keywords. They could outrank you and cut off your traffic.
Also, if you give high quality articles away they will earn links for other websites instead of your own.
We never give articles away because we don't like to feed existing competitors and create new ones.
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Yes and No.
YES - If you have a high quality article with good content, and you are submitting it to a quality site, then absolutely it is still worth it to do.
NO - If you are talking about the content farming practice where generic low quality articles are created that are 400 words with the key words thrown in periodically, and these articles are sent to article farm sites, then no.
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