Did EZineArticles get effected by G's new algo rollout?

[bigcat1967]

I was just wondering about the above - since I'll be putting some articles on EZA.

 

[djbaxter]

Yes, definitely. See Number Crunchers: Who Lost In Google?s ?Farmer? Algorithm Change?

<TABLE border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=435><TBODY><TR height=40><TD height=40 width=145>Domain</TD><TD width=145>Visibility Index Loss</TD><TD width=145>SISTRIX (percentage loss)</TD></TR><TR height=20><TD height=20>ezinearticles.com</TD><TD>58.4273</TD><TD>-90%</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

[AllanJames]

Yes, definitely. See Number Crunchers: Who Lost In Google?s ?Farmer? Algorithm Change?

I would suggest that everyone think closely on these figures.

Given the average low clickthrough rates I generally see, and how EZA's rankings (therefore your traffic) has lowered, is article marketing still worth the time?

If you're a great! author, would you be better using other sites?

 

[janellelk]

Ugh, I see hubpages has fallen. What are some effective article sites? PR sites? On with the hunt..

 

[Hulbert Lee]

I would suggest that everyone think closely on these figures.

Given the average low clickthrough rates I generally see, and how EZA's rankings (therefore your traffic) has lowered, is article marketing still worth the time?

If you're a great! author, would you be better using other sites?

I would still use article marketing as a means to get back links for SEO, since many article sites still have a high page rank and high authority.

 

[djbaxter]

I would still use article marketing as a means to get back links for SEO, since many article sites still have a high page rank and high authority.

1. They may have PagheRank but since they've been seriously devalued and deindexed by Panda I think it's safe to conclude that backlinks from those sites have also been substantially downgraded. Indeed, I think you'll find numerous reports on various webmaster sites that those people who had most of their backlinks from article repositories were also negatively affected by Panda as secondary damage.

As for "high authority", they no longer have any authority, let alone high authority.

 

[Yana]

mister minstrel could you suggest an alternative to article marketing/submission?

 

[djbaxter]

Yes. Publishing good content on your OWN site that people will want to quote and link to.