EzineArticles Buzz

For fun, we created a mash-up of Blogspot, Twitter, Technorati, Digg and YouTube to show a snapshot of how or what people are discussing relating to EzineArticles.

• The “Buzz” about EzineArticles

Any suggestions for how we could better display & aggregate the buzz that is generated by EzineArticles members, fans and friends?

Posted by Christopher M. Knight on April 13, 2008 at 6:14 am

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Send To Friends - 900k Pages Removed

Thanks to AJAX technologies, today we introduced a new way for our users to more easily send an article recommendation to their friends.

To use this new feature: Just click on any article and click on the “SEND TO FRIEND” tool within the Article Tools located in the upper right corner of all articles.

Why this feature rocks:

• Instead of having a page of content that was only dedicated to helping the SEND TO FRIEND tool work, we were able to shrink the size of EzineArticles by 900k+ pages. We gave up some ad revenue to do this, but our research and feeling is that we don’t want to make it difficult for the search engines to find the right main URL for each unique quality article.
• The user-experience is enhanced as it’s faster now. No need to load a new page to get a job done.

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Posted by Christopher M. Knight on April 11, 2008 at 12:43 pm

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Free Traffic Sale

For a limited time only, we’re running a special offer of free traffic, in exchange for your quality original articles.

Want more traffic to your website, blog, business or personal site?

Write & submit more quality original articles between 450-800+ words that highlights your area of expertise. You can include a resource box below your article body that pitches/positions yourself and your website as a credible source.

Posted by Christopher M. Knight on April 10, 2008 at 2:53 pm

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Charles Nash - Author Spotlight

EzineArticles Expert Author and bodybuilder Charles Nash is today’s Author Spotlight.

As a new EzineArticles Platinum Author, many of Charles 40 active articles focus on how to lose weight, build muscle and transform the body with proper nutrition and exercise.

KEY LESSON TO DISCOVER: He has mastered the art of providing actionable quality tips in a ~300 word count range as demonstrated in his articles Muscle Growth Tips and Easy Ways to Lose Weight.

Typically, it’s very difficult to produce a sub <500 word article and be able to deliver real user-perceived value. Many of our members write 1,000 word articles and cut them in half to create two 500-word articles. Anything below 500 words and you really have to make sure you’re delivering solid advice or quality original information that isn’t ‘regurgitated-blather’.

Charles further increased his credibility by creating an extended author bio and uploading his author photo. …now back to the gym!

Posted by Christopher M. Knight on April 9, 2008 at 11:47 am

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44 New Book-Review Niches Served

NEW: We greatly expanded the EzineArticles Book-Reviews niche to become a main category and added (44) new sub-categories.

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Posted by Christopher M. Knight on April 8, 2008 at 2:56 pm

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Ryan Wade on EzineArticles

EzineArticles Expert Author Ryan Wade created this short video that’s worth a watch:

Notes: A reminder that we don’t allow multiple membership accounts - Instead, one account per human please so that we can create a ‘trust profile’ with you. Last month, quite a few members had their accounts suspended in our deep database scans that identified members who had multiple accounts.

Ryan recommends Guru.com and paying $5 per article. This makes Ryan a non-ideal member because we seek original content written by the original author… but because he stands behind the article by putting his photo, bio and name behind the articles he submitted… we feel better about him as a quasi-ideal member. Perhaps Ryan improved on the content he received from his ghost writer?

UPDATED April 14th, 2008 10am: Ryan clarified that he writes his own articles and thus, it makes him an ‘ideal’ EzineArticles author. Thanks Ryan for the clarification. :-)

BTW, the best ghost written content acid test: If we can’t tell a ghost writer wrote your article, you’ve just succeeded.

Your Thoughts?

Posted by Christopher M. Knight on April 8, 2008 at 9:31 am

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Vigorous Writing Freelance Face-Off

Came across an interesting blog entry by EzineArticles expert author John Lockwood who compared EzineArticles to Associated Content: Freelance Face-Off: EzineArticles Versus Associated Content

Summary:

“Two popular web sites where you can publish your articles are EzineArticles.com and Associated Content. The two are very different in how they compensate authors. I’ve tried both sites, and even though Associated Content pays their writers a small amount for their work, in the long run I believe freelancers will profit more from writing free articles on EzineArticles.com.”

We agree with John and glad to see he ‘gets it’. Most freelance writers want to write and profit instantly only vs. writing to attract traffic back to your website where you can sell further products & services.

Lastly, take a read of John’s article: Six Tips to Improve Your Online Writing

Posted by Christopher M. Knight on April 7, 2008 at 7:32 am

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New Travel-Leisure and Fitness Niches

NEW: Based on member feedback, we’ve greatly expanded many niche categories:

Here are the new Travel and Leisure niche additions:

• Travel and Leisure: Bed-Breakfast-Inns
• Travel and Leisure: Budget Travel
• Travel and Leisure: Car Rentals
• Travel and Leisure: Cruise Ship Reviews
• Travel and Leisure: Destination Tips
• Travel and Leisure: First Time Cruising
• Travel and Leisure: Limo-Rentals-Limousines
• Travel and Leisure: Luxury Cruising
• Travel and Leisure: Pet Friendly Rentals
• Travel and Leisure: Ski Resorts
• Travel and Leisure: Vacation Homes

See the newly expanded Travel and Leisure main page.

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Posted by Christopher M. Knight on April 5, 2008 at 2:59 pm

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Google Secret: filetype:pdf

Next time you’re surfing Google, try this:

Search for your keyword or keyphrase and then add “filetype:pdf“.

Example: “writing articles filetype:pdf”

Essentially, it shows you all results that are in a PDF file type. Reason why this rocks: Many awesome whitepapers are in PDF form only and viewing a PDF file in HTML extrapolation doesn’t always look right.

Examples:

• Writing Features
• Writing a research article: advice to beginners
• Twenty-Five Writing Secrets

Posted by Christopher M. Knight on April 5, 2008 at 1:55 pm

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Ask Christopher Knight Day

I’m unable to respond to everyone who writes me directly, but here are a handful of common questions asked in the last few weeks:

Mark writes:

“how to write a good article that can really make people think i am a very smart people?”

Chris Knight Responds:

First, hire someone to proof your articles. If you’re not going to capitalize the first letter of a sentence to me or capitalize your “i”…or use improper sentence/grammar structure… you’re going to need an editor to fix your work before you submit it anywhere. You will be judged by your ability to write in proper English. No one will trust your words or think you are smart if you can’t put a simple 500-1000 word article together without spelling/grammar/sentence structure mistakes.

D writes:

“how i never wrote any thing in my life can u help me please”

Chris Knight Responds:

Uhhm, just do it… and judging by your question mechanics, you’ll need an editor anyway to help you. Start some where. Put your thoughts down. Article title, 5 short paragraphs with a lead sentence in each paragraph and 3-5 supporting sentences that reinforces your first sentence of each paragraph… Read the article writing articles to pick up the basics for free. Better yet, subscribe via email or rss to the Writing Articles feed to be emailed daily with lessons. Lastly, join our free 12-part e-course.

James writes:

“Sorry I don’t have a question at the moment. However, I just wanted to thank you for granting me Platinum status. Such an award makes the task of writing all that more worthwhile.”

Chris Knight Responds:

Glad you earned it!

A ‘different’ James writes:

“I was told that there were some company’s that allowed free articles on there site. Is this true or have I been misinformed and if so,is there any way that I can obtain a list.”

Chris Knight Responds:

I’m not sure I understand your question, but do a Google search for “article submission sites” and you’ll find a laundry list of sites you can send your articles to. I just wouldn’t trust 99% of them… but most people have to go through the experience to see for themselves. Sorry, I don’t provide any lists of article sites because most are transient at best.

Samantha writes:

“My biggest question is - Will you come and write something short on my blog? LOL I’m serious because I love you and I am a freelance writer who constantly promotes ezine articles. This is my blog - [DELETED] and you can help me get traffic, which helps me sell articles, which helps you because I submit them all free to ezinearticles for my clients….*big, genuine, puppy dog eyed grin designed to convince you.* Thank you thank you thank you and I will sing your praises the world over if you help me!!! Oh, and a *batting eyelashes.*”

Chris Knight Responds:

In my “Brian the dog” voice… Uhmm.. WOW. … ok, seriously, sorry, I can barely get this blog published frequently.

TB writes:

“Hello, I have been wandering what is the traffic source percentage breakdown for an article? If an article I write gets 100views how would you break down where it came from? 30views from direct ezinearticle readers, 40views from search engines..etc. Thanks again for this great reseource!”

Chris Knight Responds:

Yeah, I bet you misspelled “reSEOurce” on purpose, eh? Sorry, we have not disclosed the exact percentages, but a good chunk comes from repeat visitors, 3rd parties such as search engines, social media sites, RSS feeds that are on high traffic niche sites, our own email alerts that goes out to millions of permission-based members monthly, and forwards to a friend.

Eduard writes:

“How do I submit my articles?”

Chris Knight Responds:

Create a free membership account here and send in your best quality original articles.

Gentle Note/Request: Please don’t use the AskChristopherKnight.com site to ask member support questions. I’m the last resort after our team has failed you. Most members seem to contact our support team and then me redundantly and it creates more work to sort through the questions to get fast/accurate answers back.

Posted by Christopher M. Knight on April 3, 2008 at 9:03 am

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