EZA Topic Clampdown

03 Mar 11 5:29 am

ezinearticles.com lost some rankings in the recent google algorithm change so there are bound to be some changes. Oh well, they do say that change is the only constant thing.

It seems that, in your ezinearticles author resource box, you can have links to sites that are unrelated to the topic discussed in your article. I have sample articles in different niches/topics in my ezinearticle account and I use the same resource box for all and it does not seem to be a problem. You can access my sample articles on http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Fara_Dina_Aquino to see my author resource box.

So perhaps you could cover a totally different topic (if your niche is no longer allowed on ezineraticles) and then include a link to your niche site in your bio in the author resource box.

03 Mar 11 9:53 am

They're gonna ban get ex back article but allow weight loss articles? That's weird, if there is saturated niche, I'd say it's weight loss

03 Mar 11 6:23 pm

It's a good thing for EZA because there are waayyy too many articles on these topics that are all competeing for the same keywords.

I also bet that like Squid-gate a year or so ago the list only gets longer too!

Re; links in the resource box - I'm pretty sure that links need to be relevant to the article (add value to the reader) and this is one of the things that they will also be clamping down on.

05 Mar 11 1:17 am

Hi I Know a lot of people really believe in Ezines but I am not afan because my writing is not that quality if you can get lots of traffic from ezines you are more than likely a great writer . I have heard from pro marketers that they get more traffic from Buzzle site because it has less competition and you stay on top longer. I was just checking my keywords for a jet pack site and all the Ezine articles that are on the front page of google in the golf niche have a page rank of 0 I guess google does not see ezines as websites. The other thing I noticed is the twenty ads around every article posted in Ezine !!! CAN YOU SAY SPAM ARTIST or what.I also have had many 3step ads make google front page with no great writing skills. Heres another idea all US free ads have page rank of 5 they can have lots of links and for $10 dollars a month the paid version you can post hundreds. I am getting off topic now so by.

14 Apr 11 8:54 pm

Over the last 2 weeks I have been having a (one-sided) battle with eZines. I have started a website in the make-money-online niche and had a few articles approved - including a review article on AffiloBlueprint 2.0. Now they are refusing to approve a good article, in my view, on SEO basics that is not spun or copied or produced by any other technique hated by Google.

The limp response from eZines is:
"Your article is unable to be accepted due to content on your link. We do not accept articles or links with content relating to
Affilliorama or any similar product. Please remove all such content
prior to resubmitting your article for review."

I do not see "Affiliorama" on any so-called super-saturated list. There is nothing on their site relating to this, as far as I can see.

A follow-up response, after yet more delays, said that the problem was specifically in my links. I have 2, as allowed, both in the resource box, pointing back to my home page and my page on SEO basics. Now take a look at their editorial guidelines on permissible links:

"Affiliate links will be allowed if the link is a domain name you own which forward/redirects to the affiliate link from the top-level of the domain name. For example, it is permissible to forward to an affiliate link from:

http://your-company-name.com/

...but it would not be permissible to forward to an affiliate link from:

http://your-company-name.com/page.html
http://your-company-name.com/subdirectory/
http://your-company-name.com/subdirectory/page.html
http://sub-domain.your-company-name.com/"

I read this as saying that links can only go back to your home page. If this is right, it means you can only have one link in your resource box (2 to the same URL are not permitted, even if you thought that could be worthwhile).

I have had quite a few backlinks and sales from other eZine articles so am reluctant to chuck the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak, by cutting any further ties with eZines, but this latest saga seems to be absolutely nuts to me. I am getting pretty hacked off with them, in case that is not already evident!

Am I missing something here? Has Affilorama been banned by eZines? Is affiliate marketing dead? How can we write about making money online without mentioning, let alone promoting, Affilorama?

All thoughts welcome!

16 Apr 11 10:05 am

Thanks James, advice and offer much appreciated. When I have something good enough for your site I will PM it to you.