Article Directories Revving Up for New Rules in the Year 2010

Author: Simon Stepsys

Author: Simon Stepsys

Ezine Articles (EZA) is perhaps the best known article directory and most widely used by Internet Marketers. It used to be that you could submit any topic to them, include links how you wanted, and reap the rewards for your content efforts. But slowly but surely, EZA has been cracking down on marketers and this may be an inconvenience to you, but it will ultimately provide a better marketing venue for you. Chris Knight, the owner of EzineArticles.com, has implemented new rules that will probably continue to grow in the year 2010. In 2009, they stopped letting you submit articles about certain topics. For example, you could no longer submit articles about private label rights because they dont want to promote the use of PLR to the public. Some people were sorely disappointed when a new rule impeded their progress. EZA implemented the Premium account where you could pay almost $600 a year for faster service, better reporting, and more convenience perks such as an increased number of resource bio boxes you could store onsite. Chris Knight is deeply aware of how Google perceives his site. For 2010, hes considering making a change that will eliminate or hinder your ability to edit your article after its submitted and live. Why will this be done in 2010? Because Google is being told theres an article in a certain place. If your article is edited (and according to Knight, about 83% are just resource box edits), it ceases to be live, so Google goes there and sees nothing there making EZA look bad in the eyes of Googles indexing system. Other article directories are going to clamping down on affiliate links and spam topics, too. Just like social networks, they fear their site will be slapped by Google if they allow marketers to create a bad neighborhood online. As Knight said in his EZA blog this year, Our reputation (and the reputation of everyone who participates in the EzineArticles platform/system) is on the line with every single outbound link included on every single article. They have to be very careful of where youre linking and for what reason. Instead of being angry about the new rules they create, why not embrace them with a thankful attitude that this article directory is working overtime to help ensure your content is safeguarded against prevalent spammers and that it maintains its positive reputation in the eyes of search engines everywhere?About the Author:

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