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[Matt Mossop Contribution Level: 2]

So I'm currently getting a LOT of backlinks to my blog from the articles I post.

Yes I know this is generally a good thing, but I'm not so sure about the websites that are posting them.

Most of them seem to be taken from articlebase.com.

Here's an example of a couple places that have posted my articles. I mean I assume they're not the greatest sites since they're basically posting my stuff without my permission and they don't look like the greatest sites... but they are including my author signature which links back to my landing page.

So is getting all these links out there a good thing, or is it bad due to the poor quality of these sites?

Here are a few examples:

http://bankruptcy-protection.org/2009/1 ... ate-leads/

http://www.adsensemoney.org/adsense/int ... nal-mentor

http://www.bartamart.com/wp/?p=459

Thanks for any feedback!

[Waseem Mirza Contribution Level: 3]

Your backlinks are always good, aslong as your not distributing duplicate content to thousands of directories I wouldn't ever worry of anything such as a 'bad link' that would be crazy

Imagine your competitor had a site...if bad links hurt someone could easily mess them up by doing 'negative seo' against them..although still possible...but still not to the extent I believe it could really harm them...every good mixture of links are good..if everything link is a good link you put out there....it can even raise eyebrows in front of google..so naturally EVERY site will have some links 'bad links' if you get me

[Jay Ortega Contribution Level: 1]

If your website is new (under a year old), is not that good that you have too many links pointing back to your site. The reason is Google thinks "how is this new site getting all these links so fast? lets sandbox it"

What you might rather do is, submit your article to a few "high quality" directories, instead of a whole buch of unknown sites. You want these directories to have high pagerank..

Now, if you want to post in a whole bunch of directories, I suggest you do some "link layering" to fool Google..

Remember, spread your posting throughout a few months... I know you may want the traffic NOW, but it the long run, it'll be worth it.

Hope this helps.

Jay Ortega
TVI Top Producer
tvitrainer@gmail.com
www.tvimarketingsecrets.com

[Jay Ortega Contribution Level: 1]

If your website is new (under a year old), is not that good that you have too many links pointing back to your site. The reason is Google thinks "how is this new site getting all these links so fast? lets sandbox it"

What you might rather do is, submit your article to a few "high quality" directories, instead of a whole buch of unknown sites. You want these directories to have high pagerank..

Now, if you want to post in a whole bunch of directories, I suggest you do some "link layering" to fool Google..

Remember, spread your posting throughout a few months... I know you may want the traffic NOW, but it the long run, it'll be worth it.

Hope this helps.

Jay Ortega
TVI Top Producer
tvitrainer@gmail.com
http://www.tvimarketingsecrets.com

[Richard Bravo Company: Life Force International Contribution Level: 9]

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Here's my review of your material Matt, which should also answer your question...

There are a couple of key points in your process that you may want to reevaluate.
1. Your author box and links are fine. Discreet and professional looking.
2. However, your anchor text could use some optimization.
3. The flow of "your story" could also use some optimization.

Here's what I mean by optimization...

1. Anchor Text
In the examples you are using 2 primary anchor text themes:
"Need Help Generating Leads?" and "Looking for an Internet Marketing Mentor?"
Both of which go to the same landing page.
To "optimize" these links I would change your anchor text to an actual phrase that people are looking for.
Very quickly you can enter both of your current links in the Google keyword tool and see if there is any search volume for those phrases. I have and there isn't. So yes you get a link, but they are weak.

You could try something like "Need Help With Generating Home Business Leads?"
Making the keyword "home business leads" your anchor text opposed to the entire question.

2. The Story
Here's the headline currently on your landing page:
"26 Year Old Engineer Learns How To Market Online
And Discover the Lifestyle Most people Only Dream Of..."

At first glance most may say "hey... that's pretty good." Sure it is. But could it be better?
When you read that headline, does it continue "the story" you are telling to the person who just clicked on a link that asked.... "Need Help Generating Leads?"

For the person clicking your link, did you provide them with a potential solution to that question?
Did you peak their curiosity even further?

Or did you put up the the same old generic "I've Red This Before..." bold red headline that everyone and their dog has used on their sales page too?...

You're going to have articles that get ripped off - nothing you can do about that if you plan on continuing to post articles. However, you may attract a better quality publisher if you work on the QUALITY of the flow of your story. Right now, honestly, you look like everyone else... kickin out articles for no other reason than to get a backlink.

But if you start focusing on your readers and how they are going to interact with your article then you may see some positive changes. You may also want to seek higher quality directories to submit to. You may only find a handful. But what's better....

Having your articles plastered all over the web getting hijacked by lame ass publishers that are going to delete your links?

Or, get in front a few high quality publishers that respect and appreciate the time and effort you put into creating a quality article with a "relevant" resource on the other side of your link, that provides value to their readers?

OK, I hope that all made sense.

~rb
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[Matt Mossop Contribution Level: 2]

Thanks for all the replies everyone.

To answer a couple things... I do only post to what I believe to be high quality article sites (about ten)... but I can't really be sure which are the best until I test. The only ones I've heard consistent good things about are ezinearticles.com and goarticles.com.

Richard... thanks for all that... you always have good input... I was hoping you'd reply, lol.

I had never actually heard anyone mention anything about optimizing their author box for keywords. In general I try to relate my author box to whatever the article is about.

I was actually thinking about starting a thread on how to optimize author box test, cause I've been reading about it lately and I know mine could be better.

How exactly do I optimize it to get more clicks? I know my copy could be better... I'm not really sure how else to proceed other than to offer help relating to the article topic.

As for my landing page being targetted exactly to what the text says... I know it's off in some cases... but I've been working on my landing page for a while and that's what I have for now... I don't have ten different landing pages which I can target to ten different article signatures etc.

"Or did you put up the the same old generic "I've Red This Before..." bold red headline that everyone and their dog has used on their sales page too?...:

I haven't been in the industry for too long, and was trying out "my story" marketing. Are you saying this is generally bad and generic, or just bad in relation to what my author boxes say?

Thanks again for all your input... I really appreciate it.