Why Are My Articles Being Rejected By Ezine Articles?

Well, it’s about time to answer this question because many article writers and marketers are totally puzzled over some of the rejections that they’re getting lately.

So, it’s time that we cleared up some of the confusion and explained some of these rejections. Some are simple to explain and some, not so simple. Keep reading and you’ll understand what I’m talking about.

For starters, I’m not talking about the usual reasons why you would have an article rejected, such as poor grammar or submitting blatantly obvious PLR material. I’m talking about articles that you’ve been submitting all along that were always approved and suddenly are not approved.

There are essentially three reasons for these rejections.

Reason number one is that, while the official Ezine Articles site still says “minimum 250 words” for each submitted article, they have finally raised their standards, unofficially, to about 400 words minimum. Now, that doesn’t mean that you can’t submit a 250 word article and get away with it. You might. But the seasoned editors have been instructed to require longer articles. The news ones have been instructed to do the same, but you know how it is when you’re new. You don’t always do what you’re supposed to.

Reason number two is that, because of the FTC crackdown and all the scams out there, some topics are no longer allowed at Ezine Articles. While these aren’t specifically spelled out in their TOS, if you submit an article on a topic like Satellite TVs or Acai Berry, there is a good chance that an editor who is on top of these things will reject your article, where at one time, it would have been accepted. Unfortunately, there is no way to know what these topics are until they are publicly posted. So you’re just going to have to submit and take your chances.

Reason number three has to do with the general error that has no valid reason. In most of these cases, like it or not, the reason for rejection is because the editor made a mistake. Many times, what will happen is that you will get a response to a ticket you sent in on the matter saying that the article was rejected in error and they will then approve if. I know it’s annoying, but people make mistakes. Don’t get bent out of shape over it. Eventually, your article will be approved if it doesn’t violate any of their guidelines.

There you have it…the three main reasons why articles that used to be approved are suddenly getting rejected.

If you keep these things in mind, it will go a long way to preserving your sanity when submitting to Ezine Articles.

Directory submission, or the placing of various articles related to your business or website on article directory sites is an easy and effective way of getting your web site noticed, thus increasing the traffic flow to your business site and bringing a steady flow of customers who are purchasing your product or service.

Furthermore, there is no cost for this plan unless you are paying for the writing of the articles themselves.

Search Engine Spider Magnet

Search engine spiders are those tools that look for keywords and links on the internet. They are the process of collecting and identifying on the individual websites that help those searching the internet for a specific term to be able to know the web page where the term is located.

By directory submission, you can add many keyword rich articles that are then linked to your website through the description and especially through the resource information. The major search engines each have ways of tracking and quantifying the value of the keywords you use as well as the links to your site.

Visitors to your site strengthen the importance of your web site, thus bringing even more visitors and by extension – customers for your product or service.

Web Site Index

Indexing your web site is a process of ranking it or listing it so that it is noticed by the search engines. Directory submission makes it possible to speed up the indexing process and once indexed, to improve the rankings in the indexes. Each search engine have different algorithms to measure the level at which the web page meets the defined standards for quality. You can improve your chances of an effective index for your web site by using a service that specialize in preparing and submitting articles to various directories.

Economics

Sites where directory submission is available are either free to use or can require payment of a fee to post your articles. Depending upon your budget, you can use either type of directory website effectively. It may seem obvious that using the site where there is no fee for articles inclusion would be the best deal for you. After all, free is a pretty good price

However, you may find that paying a fee to get your articles posted may actually be a more sensible financial decision, because web sites that require a submission fee often have a higher page ranking from the search engines and thus end up higher on the search engine results page (SERP).

This means that your articles will also end up higher on the search results when someone submits a query that uses keywords you have included in your article.

Beating the Competition

If you have been concerned about the fact that your competitors seems to be doing better than you in pulling customers into their websites or selling their products or services, using directory submission is a way to get one up on the competition.

Revamping your web site helps ensure that you are presenting an image of your business that will attract customers to your site. Presenting information to articles directories is also going to help get you recognized as an expert on the internet, increasing the number and quality of pre-sold prospects visiting your website.

Best of Success!