Article vs blog [Archive]

mark.smith

02-01-2008, 06:05 AM

Hello Everyone,

As we all know, that Articles and blogs both are the valuable terms in regards to Search Engine optimization.
they both having their own importance when it comes to SEO, but what you think which one is most important over other ?

is it feasible to posting blogs rather then articles or vice versa ? which of these two having an upper hand when we talk about the global accessibility of them........?

Thanks ...
Mark Smith
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ShaunParkerHP

02-01-2008, 07:09 AM

ushuiah

02-01-2008, 02:05 PM

I prefer blog. A blog with a good post can attract visitors.

bobitza

02-01-2008, 03:55 PM

I think as both are valuable SEO, the deciding factor should be the way in which you write your articles. If the articles are more descriptive or advice-giving, maybe you should go with articles submissions. If you want more interaction from your readers, blog. Or maybe both: write articles AND blog in the same time. Like I do :)

02-01-2008, 08:03 PM

There is one BIG difference, and that is that most Blog software allows you to PING the update services when you post new content on a blog. So from the point of view of SEO, I'll post as a blogpost every time, since every time I do I'm adding one way inbound links to my site, and to that article in particular. And using tagging I have a very targeted focus, perfect for SEM. Then there are all my subscribers. If I post on the blog, I'll have a flurry of traffic in via subscriptions.

It doesn't matter much to the search engines whether you call it a blogpost or an article. What counts is INBOUND LINKS which are tied through the kind of targeted linktext you get with Tagging.

Stu Wright

02-01-2008, 08:23 PM

I am very new to SEO and have found this site to be a great resource. I have started to write a Squido Lens and am not sure if this is a blog or an article? Also it asks about having an RSS fead and am not sure what this means.

Any answers would be appreciated.

Thanks

Stu

bobitza

02-02-2008, 12:42 AM

@bj

Still articles have their strong points too. With the main articles directories, your articles may be picked up by hundreds of publishers, so instead of having one IBL per post per service you might get a lot more IBLs. I know that with the blog you have subscribers but still ...

There's also different style of writing. With the blog you go "hey buddy, guess what I found this morning?", with the articles you usually go a little bit more "academic" ... imho.

WDC

02-02-2008, 04:42 AM

I suggest both even one forum also

davidweb

02-02-2008, 06:52 AM

Article promotion was quite popular prior to 2005. Article promotion has suffered a major set back due to duplicate content issues.

Take for example, I wrote unique article ( visible on my site), and I submitted this article to 25 article sites.

Now if google crawls any one of these article sites before your website, then it is highly likely that google will perceive them as duplicate.

Moreover certain article sites do not allow you to include an active link, which could prove detrimental to your rankings.

Google might feel that you ( originator) have copied content from some article website. If an article site is pointing back to your link, even then having 100 same articles with author link pointing to same website could trigger GOOGLE ALARM.

It is best to play safe and rely on RSS blog promotion, and always abstain from giving out whole content within <description> element within your RSS feeds. Only give out synopsis of your blog text within <description> text. There are RSS hijack scripts which can suck your RSS elements, and display them exactly on other sites. :(

You can try making your site more helpful, and I am sure several websites will subscribe to your RSS feeds. This is far much better than using article promotion technique. :)

incrediblehelp

02-02-2008, 10:09 PM

Why do you need to differentiate between the two. Put your articles on your blog and let them work together.

fernimac

02-03-2008, 04:55 PM

Why do you need to differentiate between the two. Put your articles on your blog and let them work together.

Exactly. That is what I do. You can even change the style a little: more informal in your blog, more formal in your articles. But they work terribly well together and you get the best of both worlds: user generated content and feedback plus some IBL from your blog, hundreds of IBL from articles directories from your articles.

chrisJumbo

02-04-2008, 01:11 PM

One tip I learned here, was to post the article to your site first (whether by blog or separate landing page) and after it is indexed, add it to the various article directories that you like.

Since it is found on your site first it is credited as the source as far as the SEs. Having it in Article directories gets you some link love and additional traffic.

bobitza

02-04-2008, 01:55 PM

So you're saying from your experience that the "crawl date" is the deciding factor for duplicate content? I mean, the content with the earliest crawl date is regarded as the original by the SE ?

chrisJumbo

02-04-2008, 02:03 PM

So you're saying from your experience that the "crawl date" is the deciding factor for duplicate content? I mean, the content with the earliest crawl date is regarded as the original by the SE ?

That is my understanding.

coolguy27

02-04-2008, 02:44 PM

I go for putting articles on my blog... Since blog is one of SEs favorite nowadays...

So instead of consuming your time creating long articles save it by blogging your articles....

seo4china

02-06-2008, 11:14 AM

There has been cases where, even after publishing an article to your own blog/site first, subsequent publication on article directories have actually pushed the original blog post as duplicate content, especially if the original site or blog is relatively new or without much back links. On the other hand, articles on articles directories are frequently stolen, sometimes it is just not worth it to have your content stolen and copied over and over again on the Internet just for the benefit of a single back link.

If one is to go with article directory submission, the best would be at least to make a 30% modification on the original content to avoid duplicate content issues.

02-06-2008, 11:40 AM

Still articles have their strong points too. With the main articles directories, your articles may be picked up by hundreds of publishers, so instead of having one IBL per post per service you might get a lot more IBLs. I know that with the blog you have subscribers but still ...

I've done well with article directory submissions in the past. There is value there.

There are also only 24 hours in a day, and I get most and best conversions off direct traffic to my site through the SEs, and most of that comes through my blog articles, rather than the front door. The more you blog, the more entrypoints you have for that many more keyphrases. PLUS you're creating backlinks, and the opportunity for more, since a lot of people trackback as well, by taking your idea and running with it.

Do I do the occasional article submission? Yeah, and probably not as many as I should. But that only happens during a rare LULL in my work schedule.

Bottom line is that blogging is the biggest bang for the smallest amount of time put in.

YMMV.

If one is to go with article directory submission, the best would be at least to make a 30% modification on the original content to avoid duplicate content issues.

I totally agree with this statement. Plus I'll go one better. I want UNIQUE content for my own site. I don't want my site's articles copied exactly elsewhere. When I write for the article banks I'm careful what articles I let out there and what keyphrases are included in them. I don't want to DILUTE my own onsite efforts, even if it gets me a link back.