I am assuming someone on staff here has registered as an author at Search Warp. They too are very progressive with useful features for authors, such as daily and overall view averages, search engine activity and volunteer writing assignments. Each dirctory member area has its strong points and no one has them all. I’m betting Ezine Articles will be first, but then, I have a terrible personal bias. :-)

Go here to see what the different color codes mean:
http://ezinearticles.com/images/livenotlive.jpg

How about adding an award system for authors who do quality work? Your authors, in turn, could show the awards in promoting their articles in their newsletters, websites, and other marketing materials. It would be a cool motivator and promote Ezine Articles too.

Granny Jean

Instead of orange, you got the blue sign, “not live.” What’s the difference between the blue and red, all saying, “not live”? Does the blue “not live” has some and still hope for the author?

Py Kim Conant

Yes, I like the look too, and as Pamela said, our lives become color coded with systems so this will help. They give the page a contemporary user friendly feel.

I also agree with Edward that the bottom line numbers of views and ezine publishers is most often why I check in, other than to post a new article and check the blog.

All in all, I like the look of the new authors page a lot. Red, black and white are harsh together, but the new colors are easy on the eyes making everything easier to find and read. You’ve given me ideas for my own websites!

Thanks,

Keith……

What I’d really like to see upon logging in is a quick snapshop of the article reports, i.e., the bottom numbers. This is what I check for most of the time. :)

I do have a suggestion: put five star rating option directly under articles. Comments by readers of articles have found it difficult to locate rating option.

Other than that, ezinearticles.com continues to be top notch.