I find your information engaging; fresh, uniquely and extremely thorough, AND wise. Now, that’s an adjective I don’t hand out so freely! Thank you so very much. Sincerely. You are a head (and smiiling face!) above the pack; and I am very grateful for your generous sharing of knowledge.

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If your system cannot resurface timely articles during seasonal events which are evergree then the AI backroom system is inadequate and it is unfortunate they you cannot solve or will not solve this problem. Because you have 10 times the number of Ezines as last year and they never had a chance to look at those articles. Additionally many are very difficult to find on your search feature. I think if I was running things I would work harder to fix this problem rather than making an excuse for an inferior system which did not address this issue. Seems a weekness to me. Weakness is Evil.

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Amen to D Kaminsky’s comment. I have been watching My Article Reports with great interest the past few months; on a regular basis. My experience confirms Chris’ contention. Average daily view numbers spike for about one week after (multiple) new submissions. When the week is over thay drop to about the same level they were. Lance is beginning to sound like a weak little baby whiner. In every category one can look at the oldest articles first. I never do that, does Lance? Every thing I have published in the past 3 years keeps turning up on more websites because we all know that new directories and content fishers are automatically recycling our old stuff to new readers. So what if all that does not take place on Ezine article. The day is coming when content hunters will dig deep because they know quality has no expiration date. I often freak out when I read my older stuff to find it just as relevant today. I smile and pat myself on the back.

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For the great tips Chris! I wonder how can make our articles “evergreen” if we include statistic in our articles? Well, statistic usually quotes certain dates when samplings are taken.

Cheers,

Aldian

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Aldian,

Perhaps you could find a way to make your point without sharing a dated statistic.

I’d think more about what your reader is trying to learn from you…and can they learn it without you providing numerical social proof?

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Actually, I have found that statistical data in itself can make an article Evergreen, because it is the data from a specific point in time, that someone might be interested in. Thus if you write;

“The US population reached 300 million people in in mid October, 2006.”

Then you have a data point that is searchable on the Internet so when someone searches 300 million or 2006 population in United States, they find your article?

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Hi Chris,

May be I could but since I just start writing articles and my name is not known, how can I build credibility without solid proof?

Hi Lance,

It may be true. But how many people are looking for that specific information?

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Well, who knows how many people are looking for that specific information, but all who are will find you and if the kinds of people who are looking for that are indeed your target market you just found another way to find them. In fact in your article you might have 20 different things that you could say “how many people are looking for that specific information?” and if so, then you have 20 new ways besides the title, key words to find them and increase traffic. What do you think of my philosophy? Or my stats? – Lance

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Aldian,

How does anyone get started in life without experience?

Get started, take massive action, seek to master your trade and write about it.

With every article, if your intention is to improve and create value, I assure you that you will find yourself well established in the coming years.

The worst thing you could do is ‘wait’ … so I recommend that you dive in and don’t look back. Take action this week. Write & submit those articles.

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I agree w/ Lance. Ideally from the point of view of the contributor, a member should be able to write 50 or so REALLY TOP drawer evergreen articles and they would be so good they would just keep popping and the contributor could retire on the residuals. EzineArticles just wants us to bust our balls all day every day cranking out and repackaging our stuff. Why do WE have to do the work to make it new all the time. What if I just deleted all my old articles that fall to the bottom and resubmit them with slightly different title so they will be “new”? There should be some AI on their site that does that automatically for us. For example, taking 1 outline article and making it 20 (expansion of each point) why couldn’t I just do a mega article on that subject. The user finds the outline. The outline contains internal links to the expansions if they want them. They can also find the expansions directly if they search the keywords.

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Colleen,

If you delete all of your articles and re-submit them, you’ll find that our system will reject them all the 2nd time around.

Our position is that deleting and re-submitting is “gaming the system” behavior because it leads to trust violations with our users. Think about it: You’re a reader/user of EzineArticles and you keep seeing the same content over and over again…until trust is broken… hence the ban on this behavior.

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I keep seeing the same content over and over again anyway, just slightly reworded and different people write it. For example, there are a finite number of things you can do for SEO. So why should some johny come lately take a perfectly fine 6 mo. old article on SEO, steal all the content, paraphrase it in his own words but add absolutely nothing original, and now he’s the hottest new thing. That’s what you guys need to fix. I never really intended to delete and resubmit any articles but how is paraphrasing yourself or someone else 20 different ways any different.

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Good writing is far more than “just the facts.” Presentation is everything. Don’t think of “paraphrasing,” think of writing an exciting fresh article that clothes the old bones of time-tested ideas in your own compelling style.

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Hi Chris,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us; its much appreciated!
I must say though, that I usually enjoy reading your blog posts when I have the time. They are well-written and easy to understand.
While reading this one, however, I actually questioned whether or not you wrote it, or had someone else write if for you. It was wordy, a bit confusing and you had a couple of typos.
I know you care what your readers think, so just thought I’d share.
Blessings,
Heather

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I just made a typo too – “if” should be “it”. Happens to the best of us, I guess. :)

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Heather,

I wrote it 2 years ago…

Yes, I’ve improved since then!

:-)

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That’s what I figured out after writing my response. I saw the dates – yes, you have greatly improved! It’s an encouragement to me. Just goes to show that practice does make (almost) perfect. :)

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I agree ezinearticles get your articles the traffic and page ranking as long as you frequently write fresh original content.

Thanks Chris

lovie

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HI Chris,
Thank you for the wonderfull comments from these fine people,
it is very exciting listening to you guys, ya know ,it really is an adverture to make changes often in our work, thank you for
some very interesting thoughts,
keep up the good work , Chris
sonny

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Hi Chris,

It is always a pleasure and an eye opener to read your articles/posts on how to write articles! It is very enlightening and educational. It broadens my horizons. Keep up the good work.

Cheers
Don

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Chris,

Your blog posts are the standard to follow. It is always very helpful as far as understanding the ins and outs of article writing.

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