Do I just not get article marketing?

[Techxan]

Can someone explain to me about article marketing?

Search engines do not count more than 3 or 4 links from any single domain for SEO purposes. The first link is valuable,the second is useful, the third id so-so, and generally all the rest are not counted.

In addition to that, article directories have been devalued to the point of uselessness, with maybe 3 or 4 exceptions.

Their links are almost valueless.

I know the value of posting good articles for traffic and to boost your online reputation.

Since at most for each successful submission you get 3 links of dubious quality, what is the point?

I can search in Google for an hour and find 3 or 4 PR4 links, it will be more valuable than thousands of article marketing links.

Why bother with all that writing(or buying) articles, spinning, and posting?

Before you go there, I know article marketing used to be gravy in a golden bowl, but so was keyword stuffing. I also understand that squiddo, hub pages, and a few others are still valuable, but after two or three links from them you are literally wasting your time.

Aren't you spending a ton of time and expending a ton of energy for what is equivalent to a bunch of low authority low pr junk links?

I am not trying to pick a fight or mock anyone, I just want your opinion.

 

[Rookie999]

Use 3-4 links to money and then use articles as teir links to other mediums of links (i.e. Web 2.0s)

 

[Techxan]

Use 3-4 links to money and then use articles as teir links to other mediums of links (i.e. Web 2.0s)

I know how to, I have done it in the past.

I just don't know it it is worth the time suck anymore.

 

[the_demon]

@OP: I think for the most part your spot on. I really don't have much else to say other than use article marketing as a part of your seo strategy but don't rely on it.

 

[icashmumbai20]

@the_demon: Any Other Link Building Work we can reply for good ranking. Actually Before Panda Update Article works for me.

 

[lizmoz]

Well, at least if you still have articles that rank well, you'll get direct traffic. I still have some articles from ~2 years ago that rake in a sale or two every month .. Some tens of hops to clickwank products via a simple review domain.

SEO purposes, I'm not an expert on that

 

[jetsetter883]

Is it recommended to throw in a few links to your home page with article marketing? Or should article directories only point strictly to buffer sites?

 

[3CardMonte]

I've found the most success with article directories where anybody can snatch them up. Even though google penalizes for duplicate content they don't penalize THAT much. I've seen 3 or 4 pages of duplicates on the top of google in certain niches.

Just write an article submit it to ezinearticles or the like, and a LOT of people will be taking this in-whole and autoblogging or reposting it 100% as is. Backlink to your site in the body and the 'about the author' section and you're fine. I had a small niche site that had 10-25 backlinks per article submitted here...

Don't bother spinning, just write 100% unique and original good-quality articles and submit it to article syndication sites and watch the backlinks come in. Not to mention the traffic you'll get from the article itself.

 

[zebrahat]

Just because article DIRECTORIES have become devalued, doesn't mean the article itself is devalued, so just aim for guest posts in high PR related blogs.

 

[shannonfoster74]

I know how to, I have done it in the past.

I just don't know it it is worth the time suck anymore.

You mean that it is not worth and we should not concentrate much on the article marketing.