SEO Article Writing – Get Your Credit!

I have written an article and published it in an article directory… now what? The first rule is to not publish to a single directory. Post to as many directories as you can. Remember that each of those directories are links to your site. There are services that will submit your article to multiple sites for you, saving you a lot of time and hassle. Once that’s done, it’s time to keep track of your article and make sure they all link to the resource or to you via the resource box.

In a perfect world, everyone would follow the posting guidelines and keep their links intact. This is not a perfect world, and many will try to use your article as content for their sites and resort to tricks to avoid the outbound link. It is up to you to control this. You won’t be able to stop them all, but you can limit “content stealers.”

Step One: Go to Google, MSN, and Yahoo, type your article title in the search box enclosed in quotes. Example: “SEO Article Writing – Get Your Credit.” It’s best to wait about a week after your article is published to start, and then repeat once every two or three days for about a month. You will see the sites that use your article grow every time you review it. Hurrah! Search engine optimization is working! Not so fast. Now is the time to keep them honest. Without the links, the article is useless as a search optimization tool for you.

Step Two – Use the cached link to view your article on the site it is being published on. You do not have to worry about the article directories, they will be fulfilled. Please check all other sites to make sure they are following the posting guidelines. Is your resource box intact? Are your links clickable? Have you inserted other links within the body of the article? Has the content of the article changed? Click on your link and make sure you are not being redirected. Teasers with links to the article source are acceptable as they increase the popularity of your articles.

Step Three: View the page source. You can do this in Firefox or IE by going to view–> view page source. A box will appear revealing all the html for that page. Check the meta tags, make sure there is no “index, no tracking” description in the robots meta tag. Check the link itself to make sure no no-follow rules apply. You’ll find that most abide by the rules, however you’ll find some that don’t. Step four: Get the site compliant. Once you’ve spotted someone trying to scam you out of your well-deserved link, DO NOT send a nasty, nasty email. You’ll email them politely and assertively, after taking a few other steps. Take a screenshot of the offense if possible. Record the date and time you are viewing the web page and the exact URL of that page.

Step five: a professional, courteous and assertive email. In most cases, this step will stop the offender. Very few will require you to take additional steps. Your email should be specific, short, and require action to be taken. An example email might look like this:

Dear Sirs,

I would like to thank you for using my article titled “SEO Article Writing: Get Your Credit!” I really enjoy seeing websites and people using my work. It gives me great joy to help provide you with content. and readers with information and entertainment.

However, I noticed that you made an oversight by posting my article to this url: [http://www.thiersite/myarticle.html]. In accordance with the EzineArticles.com posting guidelines listed here http://ezinearticles.com/terms-of-service.html, you have not {mentioned the specific offense i.e. list my resource box, or you’ve placed a no-follow rule in your meta tags, etc.}

I understand that sometimes we are in a hurry and you may have overlooked this. I work hard to write these articles, and a link is a small price to pay to use them. Please correct the issues or remove my article from your site. Once I comply, I do not need to rush this matter into any legal action.

Thank you,

Your name.

Wait, they might delete my article! Well, if they don’t provide the links, they’re basically stealing your content, and without the links, you don’t benefit. Step Six: If after a day or two, the article is still published, contact the article directory and let them know. EzineArticles for example will be happy to contact the site as well. Let them know that you have emailed the site administrator and what the results of that email are. Check back a week later to see if the site is still publishing your article, and if so, check to see if they fixed the problem.

If after this stage they are still not compliant, contact the board again and let them know. They will advise you on what other actions you may want to take and what other actions they will take. As to whether or not you will be able to take legal action will depend on many factors. I will deal with this in another article.

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