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Posted by Christopher M. Knight on September 29, 2006 at 4:02 pm

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Author Spotlight – John V. W. Howe

I was watching the morning news before heading into work, enjoying a cup of coffee after letting the dogs out and a story came on about Baby Boomers and their changing lifestyles as they grow older. So when I was searching for an author to Spotlight this week and came upon John V. W. Howe, who’s bio reads “and has recently started several web sites to help Boomers (baby boomers) become entrepreneurs when they retire”, I figured it had to be a sign. So besides this little bit of kismet, I also thought John did an excellent job with his extended author bio and this article in particular:

Publish Your Own eZine Without A Website

…jumped out at me as this question is sent in quite a bit by authors who want to start an ezine &/or submit articles but don’t have a website. Here’s another good, thorough article on a topic which we receive many questions on as well:

Really Simple Syndication – RSS

If you’re a person that is looking for information on Entrepreneurialism I would also suggest his Ezine or website, good information for pretty much anyone no matter what age.

15 New Health & Fitness Categories

The 15 New Health & Fitness Article Categories:

• Popular-Diets
• Eyes-Vision
• Ears-Hearing
• Skin-Care
• Allergies
• Arthritis
• Back-Pain
• Dental-Care
• Mental-Health
• Home-Health-Care
• Physical-Therapy
• Diseases
• Drug-Abuse
• Eating-Disorders
• Heart-Disease

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Posted by Christopher M. Knight on September 27, 2006 at 10:28 am

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Word Count Data-Mining Study

I went data mining (means to drill figuratively into a database to analyze data or data about data (meta-data)) to try and prove my gut feeling that articles less than 500 words outperform articles with more than 500 words in terms of total page views of traffic earned per article.

Over time, I found my hypothesis to be true, but it was only true over time and almost never true in the short-term. Check out the 6 charts below that cover my 27 day analysis period of 2005 vs. 2006 for various word count ranges:

Here is a chart for the first 27 days of September 2005:

Compared to the first 27 days of 2006:

Mini-Conclusion based on 500 word analysis: In the short-term, shorter articles receive less traffic than larger articles, but over the long-term, shorter articles outperform longer articles. However, the difference is negligible.

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Posted by Christopher M. Knight on September 27, 2006 at 6:14 am

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Ghostwriter Checklist

Before you hire a ghostwriter to write articles for you, here’s a simple checklist you can use to make sure you don’t get taken for a ride or find your EzineArticles account suspended:

____) Will the content be original works only?
____) Will I own the exclusive rights to the content?
____) Have I checked each article received from the ghostwriter in CopyScape or performed random complex sentences searches in Google, Yahoo and MSN to make sure it’s really original works?

What else should be on your ghostwriter quality checklist?

Posted by Christopher M. Knight on September 22, 2006 at 6:30 am

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Casino-Gambling Content End

As of this morning, we are no longer accepting articles on anything Casino or Gambling related and all articles have been removed in that category. This was a tough decision because of our desire to balance the needs of our authors & publishers vs. the needs of our advertisers.

In addition, we are no longer accepting articles with any variation on the “F” word due to complaints received. This only impacts a very small number of articles. We’re also working retroactive to help authors edit their articles if the F word was used or remove them all together if the message can’t be delivered right without the use of the F word. This F word decision was not one that we made lightly, but we knew it was one that had to be made to ensure the long-term success of the website.

What’s really interesting is that the greater majority of usage of the F-word were not relating to the act that it describes, but in the use of the word as a descriptor of intensity or from quoting a movie or song lyrics. In any case, it’s time has come and passed for our site and thanks for understanding.

Posted by Christopher M. Knight on September 21, 2006 at 4:54 pm

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Author Spotlight – Rikki Arundel

This week’s Author Spotlight is on International Keynote Speaker, Rikki Arundel. While only having 13 articles, the quality and consistency of her submissions quickly elevated her to Platinum Status with EzineArticles.com. Good use of keywords in her titles, pretty much spot on in regards to article content and length and her Resource Boxes are great too.

When reviewing Rikki’s articles, this one really struck a chord with me as I had just experieced something very similar to what she describes on a recent shopping trip:
Small Business Marketing Tip – Putting the Customer First

Finally, Rikki went an extra-step by adding EzineArticles.com to her ma.gnolia.com bookmarks under her profile. Nice job Rikki!

Stick With EzineArticles, Yes

Nanci writes me, “Hi Chris! If I use Ezine by writing articles (I’ve already written 3) is it necessary for me to buy software that automatically submits my articles to hundreds of other sites that allow free article writing or am I better off just sticking with you? Thanks so much!”

I can only offer a biased answer so, YES, you should just stick with us for the highest yield on your time and the greatest traffic return for your article submission time investment.

Do you really know where your content is going or how they will use it when you “blast” it to the wind?

Posted by Christopher M. Knight on September 20, 2006 at 7:32 am

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17 New Sports Categories

Call For Sports Articles: Are you a sports expert or an expert in any of our new 17 categories of sports & recreation? If so, this is your call to submit your best articles on any of the topics below (or any sports related articles for that matter).

Despite my interest in all things fitness, running, cycling, racquetball, etc… I’m not actually a sports nut. I’d rather play a sport any day than watch one on TV. Sorry if your favorite sport didn’t make the cut for the new line up of article categories. My favorite sport didn’t make the cut either (racquetball).

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Posted by Christopher M. Knight on September 19, 2006 at 1:13 pm

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Downside To Fractionalized Sub-Categories?

Recently EzineArticles Real Estate expert, Luigi Frascati sent in some private crtisicim and I asked him for permission to publicly post his thoughts so that I could respond to them. Essentially, his main argument is, “I do not believe it is such a good idea to fractionalize categories into so many sub-categories. It dilutes the quantity of views from the readership.”

Here’s his full email reprinted with permission and my response:

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Posted by Christopher M. Knight on September 18, 2006 at 8:26 am

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