Under the Hood of the New Submit Form
On May 27th our members received a new and improved submission form that assists in eliminating errors during the submission process. Now articles can be approved even faster. A lot of people have asked us for a list of the specific errors the under-the-hood logic is looking for, which makes a lot of sense! What better way to avoid making errors than to know in advance what those errors are?
So with that thought in mind, here’s a list of the items that are automatically checked when you submit a new article. Each of these will result in an error window asking you to correct it.
Title
- No author name is allowed in the article title
- No pipe (|) character is allowed in the title
- No HTML/PHP/JavaScript is allowed in the title
- Title is confirmed as unique – You have the option to change or accept a duplicate title
- Title must be no longer than 100 characters
- Excessive or duplicate punctuation is not allowed (i.e. !! and ??, etc.) in title
- Title cannot contain a URL or domain name
Article Summary
- No author name is allowed in the article summary
- No HTML/PHP/JavaScript is allowed in the summary
- The summary must not be too short (less than two words) or too long (more than 200 words)
Article Body
- No links are allowed in the first (3) paragraphs (“above the fold”)
- Body must not be empty
- No images may be placed in the body text
- No JavaScript is allowed in the body text
- Article body must be longer than 400 words and shorter than 5,000 words
- Keyword phrases can comprise no more than (2%) of body + resource box total word count
- Anchor text (linked text) may contain a maximum of (5) words (we suggest 3)
- Body must contain more than one paragraph
Resource Box
- No PHP/JavaScript is allowed in the Resource Box
- Resource Box must be no longer than 300 words
- Anchor text (linked text) may contain a maximum of (5) words (we suggest 3)
Keywords
- Keyword fields may not be left blank
- No HTML/PHP/JavaScript is allowed in keywords
Invest a few minutes committing this list to memory because knowing what errors NOT to make will significantly speed up your submission time for every single article you submit to EzineArtcles.com. Think about it – if you save even (1) minute per article by submitting 100% error-free articles, your savings in the course of a year could be hours of valuable productivity!
Any questions/comments?
Rule was not strengthened.
It’s still up to 3 words allowed, and if your content blows us away in terms of being high quality/unique original…the Editor has the discretion to allow up to 5 words.
November 4, 2009 at 8:30 AM[Reply]
All I’m saying is that the editors have suddenly become much more zealous about this rule even when the anchor text isn’t unduly stuffing keywords for SEO purposes but fitting in with the overall message of the article.
November 4, 2009 at 10:59 AM[Reply]