Article Submission: Post on own Site First?

[DuncanM]

I am just getting in to article submission. I find writing pretty hard to do, and am pretty slow at it. However, once I get going, I was planning to work my way through some lists of article submission sites. I seem to recall somebody stating that material should be posted on your own site first, before submitting it to an article submission site. Is that correct? If so, why? Are you just submitting a summary to the article submission site and directing people to your own site for the complete post? Do articles have to undergo significant changes between each submission site?

Cheers,

[philiboy]

yes.. it is hard... it is hard to get quality content for the article, and not to be duplicate.
it is easy to find article submission sites that are free and dofollow.
It is not necessary that the material to be posted on your own site first.
Build the article and submit it to the article submission site.

Cheers!

[innominds]

If you can write 2 versions for each article, then you can go with article submission in the article directories. Otherwise, I would publish that article in my site first and then go with article directory submission.

[full house]

I do submit my articles on my blog first then submit it to some article directory sites.

[MayaLocke]

Yes I usually post them on my sites first then syndicate a week or two later.

[DuncanM]

Okay. So do you post the full article on your own site and just a summary on the article submission sites (with a recommendation to visit your site for the full story)?

Also, a related question. I have gathered quite a long list of article submission sites from these forums and others. I am now wondering if some are supplied with material from others. For example, perhaps siteA on my list forwards material to siteB, siteC, and siteD. In which case, I should not submit to all four of them. Or I should wait a few days between sites so that I can check if my article appears on other sites before submitting to them. However, if I wait days between submitting to sites, it would take a really long time to get through these lists. Any suggestions?

[funbiz]

I think it doesn't matter, just as long as you post a different version on your site.

[allisonays]

Yes, indeed, you must take time in order for come up with unique and original articles and that is very important. Yes, you must come up with contents for your site first, contents that will be helpful to readers. You do not have to post the contents that you posts to your site to article directories, you can come up with new and unique articles, but if you wish to posts it too, do so.

[SunnyG]

Yeah writing article indeed a time consuming task as it involves research and writing. I am not sure how many of you submit content of their website in article websites. But I feel, we should not submit website content as its our website's ornaments. If my website doesn't have uniqueness, but similarity with other websites content like Article sites then what my users will get?

Doesn't it sounds odd?

So I suggest you, creating content for your website only and do not use for article submissions purpose.

[Gennie32]

I never use article in second place. Either I submit it on to my blog or else I will do it for article submission for a purpose of back link. When I place it on my site I will social bookmark it and tweet also.

[morestar]

Okay. So do you post the full article on your own site and just a summary on the article submission sites (with a recommendation to visit your site for the full story)?

Also, a related question. I have gathered quite a long list of article submission sites from these forums and others. I am now wondering if some are supplied with material from others. For example, perhaps siteA on my list forwards material to siteB, siteC, and siteD. In which case, I should not submit to all four of them. Or I should wait a few days between sites so that I can check if my article appears on other sites before submitting to them. However, if I wait days between submitting to sites, it would take a really long time to get through these lists. Any suggestions?

I must say, with respect to the second site in my signature, I've had a large number of articles being submitted that were also submitted on other sites, first to boot. I had a pr2 just before the holidays and it has gone up to PR 3.

I'm not too convinced about the ins and outs of re-doing articles or editing them before submitting to other sites or my own (when it comes to be doing it myself for my other sites). I usually check to see if the proposed article has been placed on other sites and 95% of the time they have, but I still approve them and some of them rank pretty well.

[thersey]

Try submitting you article as a press release. This will get yo a lot of exposure. You should be able to choose a few text link keywords to put in your article.

[mjtaylor]

Try submitting you article as a press release. This will get yo a lot of exposure. You should be able to choose a few text link keywords to put in your article.

I have to respectfully disagree with this advice. Articles and press releases are entirely different techniques and require different writing and SEO skills. By all means, if you have newsworthy information or an event, write a press release. But simply submitting an article as a release is not a good SEO practice, IMO.

[thersey]

I think you take your article and refine it for a press release and if it is informative it would be a good SEO method.

[mjtaylor]

I think you take your article and refine it for a press release and if it is informative it would be a good SEO method.

I think if it's was newsworthy to begin with, it should have been written and released as a press release in the first place. And then turned into an article if it really has more value. Maybe.

I would suggest that most articles cannot be refined as legitimate press releases. And as a former journalist, I can promise you that reporters and editors remember when someone sends out junk and when they send out something of value, they are likely to be overlooked. It's like crying Wolf!

To the readers of this thread I say: Ask yourself: are you a professional or a hack? Are you interested in short term gains, or lasting success?

Just my point of view.