Comments on: Maintaining an Article Directory Isn’t Easy http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:59:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Douglas http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-24049 Douglas Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:31:30 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-24049 No hired help, just a few other people willing to help. All of whom have college educations. No hired help, just a few other people willing to help. All of whom have college educations.

]]> By: Will http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-24032 Will Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:58:25 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-24032 Douglas: Thanks for the insight! Jon: Do you review all of the submitted articles yourself or do you have hired help? Douglas: Thanks for the insight!

Jon: Do you review all of the submitted articles yourself or do you have hired help?

]]> By: Affiliate Marketing http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23974 Affiliate Marketing Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:00:05 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23974 I own an article directory and it is true that they are hard to maintain if you want a good reader base. I once had the site achieving around $100 per day, though those days are long gone due to the hundreds of article directories now existing with all the same articles. Unless you have a great amount of links and a lot of unique content, I think it's very difficult to make a lot of money with a new article directory nowadays. I own an article directory and it is true that they are hard to maintain if you want a good reader base. I once had the site achieving around $100 per day, though those days are long gone due to the hundreds of article directories now existing with all the same articles. Unless you have a great amount of links and a lot of unique content, I think it’s very difficult to make a lot of money with a new article directory nowadays.

]]> By: Douglas Brown http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23912 Douglas Brown Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:25:23 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23912 A ballpark estimate I would presume to be around 60% accepted, and 40% declined. Comparing the reward to adsense, well, I have a few authors making around $30 per month writing articles and bringing traffic to their articles. I have never seen authors get paid over $30 a month from the adsense earning on their articles. A ballpark estimate I would presume to be around 60% accepted, and 40% declined.

Comparing the reward to adsense, well, I have a few authors making around $30 per month writing articles and bringing traffic to their articles.

I have never seen authors get paid over $30 a month from the adsense earning on their articles.

]]> By: Will http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23895 Will Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:05:49 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23895 Douglas, Do you have any ballpark percentages of total accepts and declines of article submissions? I've never seen that type of monetary award system for authors before although I have seen systems base upon sharing AdSense revenue i.e. an article author gets their publisher ID assigned to the ads that appear on their articles when displayed through the directory. How do you think your reward system compares to one based upon Google AdSense? Douglas,

Do you have any ballpark percentages of total accepts and declines of article submissions?

I’ve never seen that type of monetary award system for authors before although I have seen systems base upon sharing AdSense revenue i.e. an article author gets their publisher ID assigned to the ads that appear on their articles when displayed through the directory.

How do you think your reward system compares to one based upon Google AdSense?

]]> By: Will http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23894 Will Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:59:11 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23894 Hi Steve, That's a pretty good list you've got there. Thanks for the heads up on it! Hi Steve,

That’s a pretty good list you’ve got there.

Thanks for the heads up on it!

]]> By: My Articles Directory Resource http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23888 My Articles Directory Resource Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:02:10 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23888 Hiya, I have a pretty comprehensive free resource page of over 200 article directories, and the ones categorized with the highest Google PR rank usually follow the system you mention here (ie. quality requirements). And along with some new 'up and comers' (recently established directories that have a good formula and will probably rank high soon) there are also some gold nuggets in the Niche directory section... Even if their Google PR isn't high (yet), getting an inbound link - and targeted eyeballs - from a similarly themed article you submit there is probably considered quite favorably by Google etc - if the website you link to from it is also about the same topic, that is. ie. you submit an article about dogs to a 'dog' or 'animal' themed niche article directory, and in your article there's a link to your website about dogs. I linked my name here to the resource page, so check it out if you're looking for articles or want to submit your own articles (or article directories). - Steve Gerard Hiya,

I have a pretty comprehensive free resource page of over 200 article directories, and the ones categorized with the highest Google PR rank usually follow the system you mention here (ie. quality requirements).

And along with some new ‘up and comers’ (recently established directories that have a good formula and will probably rank high soon) there are also some gold nuggets in the Niche directory section…

Even if their Google PR isn’t high (yet), getting an inbound link - and targeted eyeballs - from a similarly themed article you submit there is probably considered quite favorably by Google etc - if the website you link to from it is also about the same topic, that is.

ie. you submit an article about dogs to a ‘dog’ or ‘animal’ themed niche article directory, and in your article there’s a link to your website about dogs.

I linked my name here to the resource page, so check it out if you’re looking for articles or want to submit your own articles (or article directories).

- Steve Gerard

]]> By: Douglas http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23871 Douglas Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:58:06 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23871 Way to keep me coming back! ;) My directory only accepts articles via the website, and we get many per day. But we also decline a lot per day. I don't have the stats in front of me right now however. The main reason for the success is that we pay people to submit the articles, as well as the traffic the authors can bring to the articles that get published. So there are a lot of incentives for authors to write and submit content to our site. Way to keep me coming back! ;)

My directory only accepts articles via the website, and we get many per day. But we also decline a lot per day.

I don’t have the stats in front of me right now however. The main reason for the success is that we pay people to submit the articles, as well as the traffic the authors can bring to the articles that get published.

So there are a lot of incentives for authors to write and submit content to our site.

]]> By: Will http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23870 Will Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:46:49 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23870 Hi Douglas, Thanks for stopping by. I've dabbled with running article directories in the past so I can appreciate just how much work they can be. Do you only accept submissions via your website or is your directory fed by any distributors e.g. iSnare? Do you have any stats on how many submissions you receive daily and how many are accepted/declined? Hi Douglas,

Thanks for stopping by. I’ve dabbled with running article directories in the past so I can appreciate just how much work they can be.

Do you only accept submissions via your website or is your directory fed by any distributors e.g. iSnare?

Do you have any stats on how many submissions you receive daily and how many are accepted/declined?

]]> By: Douglas Brown http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23855 Douglas Brown Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:05:15 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2008/01/15/maintaining-an-article-directory-isnt-easy/#comment-23855 Great article, with great points. Their are thousands of article directories out their that all have the same crap content. I run an article directory at, <a href="http://www.informativepost.com" rel="nofollow">informativepost.com</a> that actually reviews articles, and the review process is a bit daunting, but fortunately we have a few people reviewing articles and it isn't just me. It is amazing at the number of submissions that we get from people that can't write in English well, and the other people that submit crap that has already been submitted to hundreds of other locations. It is truly amazing. Great article, with great points. Their are thousands of article directories out their that all have the same crap content.

I run an article directory at, informativepost.com that actually reviews articles, and the review process is a bit daunting, but fortunately we have a few people reviewing articles and it isn’t just me.

It is amazing at the number of submissions that we get from people that can’t write in English well, and the other people that submit crap that has already been submitted to hundreds of other locations.

It is truly amazing.

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