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How To Generate Blog Traffic Using Articles
When it comes to getting traffic to your blog, enough is never enough. To put it in plain terms, the more traffic you get, the more money you make. But very often, getting a steady stream of traffic to your blog is a big problem for a lot of people.
There are tons of ways to get more traffic to your blogs, but one of the most effective is to write and publish articles related to your market.
1) How To Write Articles Easily
The trick to writing articles is to write them constantly, which really sounds easier than it is. If you’re not outsourcing the articles, you need to write and publish at least one new articles every two weeks.
One of the easiest ways to do this is to look back at some of the posts you’ve written, and turn these into full-fledged articles. Generally, this would mean anywhere between 500 – 800 words. Anything shorter and you’re likely to be rejected by most article directories. Anything longer is still ok, but would mean your readers get bored.
2) How To Publish Your Articles
Writing the article is really just one part of the traffic building campaign. You still need to publish your article to as many sites as possible.
There’s one service I currently use to publish and syndicate all my articles, which is MyArticleMarketer, available at http://www.MyArticleMarketer.com. The service will syndicate all your articles to other article directories, and depending on your niche, this could mean 200 – 500 instant back links to your website. Some of your articles, if they are good, will end up in other people’s ezines and blogs.
With a free account at MyArticleMarketer.com, you will only get distribution on the “partial list”, but an upgrade for a reasonable amount of money will give you unlimited article submissions to a list of more than 5,000 websites.
Each article you submit comes with reporting features so you can check exactly how many sites have published your articles.
All your articles will be examined and approved by a human editor. If you don’t upgrade it takes up to two weeks, but upgrade authors can expect 24-hour approval of their articles. You can post as many articles as your want, based on your membership level.
3) Using Private Label Articles
Although there’s been a lot of flak regarding using Private Label articles recently, the fact is that it is a useful back-up supply when you run out of ideas.
Private Label means that those article were initially ghost-written by someone else, and if you have the rights to use them you can pretty much do whatever you want with them. I recommend that you edit and reword not less than 60% of the PLR article so that it becomes unique content instead of the same article that is being used by the other marketers out there.
One word of caution: most article marketing services like MyArticleMarketer.com will not accept PLR articles, so make sure you also change the title and reword most of the content. Other article sites like EzineArticles.com may even penalize you for using PLR articles, so use them wisely and at your own risk.
Gobala Krishnan
http://www.articlesbase.com/internet-articles/how-to-generate-blog-traffic-using-articles-88866.html
Legal online content question: Can I use photos from online magazine articles on my blog?
I’m pointing to a few articles on my blog and commenting on them. At the same time, I’m using photos from the ‘destination’ articles to make my blog richer and better lead into the article links. Is this legally ok? I’m basically using the photo to help lead into the article that’s hosted at the magazine’s site, so if anything I’m generating traffic for that magazine (a good thing from their perspective, I think), but technically speaking, I’m using their photo without permission. Is my activity within the bounds of fair use, or am I out of line? I just want to make sure I’m not stepping on any toes. Also, if this is out of line with legal guidlines, can I realistically expect any legal action when I’m basically helping their traffic? I’m not slamming the articles or anything, and I’m not substituting or plagarising their work – really just adding a few comments to introduce the article.
Thanks in advance for any and all advice.
This is a question of copywrite – check to see if the photos are copywritten, additionally it might just be a good coutesy to ask permission before using the photos.
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It’s kind of a gray area. Just make sure
A) You aren’t hotlinking the pictures, eating up their bandwidth
B) Give credit
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I believe this would fall under the Fair Use Doctrine, especially if it is used for the basis of commentary and you are not profiting monetarily from the use.
"The practical effect of this law and the court decisions following it is that it is usually possible to quote from a copyrighted work in order to criticize or comment upon it, teach students about it, and possibly for other uses."
See "Fair Use Doctrine" at Wikipedia.com
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I don’t think you can legally without their permission but if you decide to do it anyway then make sure you state where the photo is from and if possible the photographers name.
As long as you’re taking no credit for the article or photo & are giving the credit where it’s due you should be ok I think.
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1) This probably is not fair use, because you are using the whole of the photograph. (There are several factors, some are in your favor, such as: I presume you make no money from this, and you are not supplanting the market for the original, but on the other hand, you are taking the whole photograph.) Unless it is fair use, it is a copyright violation.
Remember that the online magazine may not be the copyright holder of the photo, and may only have a limited license to post the photo from the copyright holder, who is probably the photographer. It sounds like you are commenting on the articles, not the photos, which may make a difference (not in your favor).
2) I don’t see how you would be liable for any actual damages, since from what you’ve said there don;t seen to be any. However, there are statutory damages which you would technically be liable for whether or not the copyright holder is damaged.
3) In practical terms, I doubt you would get any legal response, and if you did, it would probably be a cease and desist letter rather than a lawsuit.
4) If you are worried, why not just write an e-mail asking for permission?
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My philosophy on this is simple: get permission.
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Opinion
did you check the TERMS OF USE for the sites
that is the determining factor
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My husband does it, but he puts a disclaimer on his blog. He also gives credit. Check it out at darchtimes.com
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Strictly speaking, but without seeing the exact terms and conditions of the specific site, I am pretty sure you would infringe their copyright by copying and republishing anything without their permission, regardless of your good intentions.
I am pretty sure too it is not covered by ‘fair use’ but realistically I woud guess there is little chance of the copyright holder discovering.
If you are really drawing people to their site then I suggest you contact the webmaster and confirm what you are planning is okay with them. Good luck.
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