Comments on: What’s Killing the Article Directories? http://kennadreau.com/2009/01/26/whats-killing-the-article-directories/ Ramblings of an Old Internet Marketing Guy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:35:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ken http://kennadreau.com/2009/01/26/whats-killing-the-article-directories/#comment-481 Ken Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:28:57 +0000 http://kennadreau.com/?p=34#comment-481 Social Bookmarking is very popular right now, and probably will be for quite some time. But again, a lot of people don't look at the Big Picture. Socializing content bring about a flush of traffic almost immediately, which is great for the short term life of an article. It's also great for getting a quick listing on the search engines. But in the long term, articles posted on article directories tend to stay in a search listing much longer. Plus when you submit an article to multiple directories, the weight from all that exposure will give you a listing for a much longer period of time. Then there's the issue of targeting. Social networks tend to me more general in nature, whereas an article directory with its specific categories makes it easier to find exactly what you're looking for. So yes, social bookmarking has taken a chunk out of the article directories' traffic, but when you talk about relevance and longevity, you're talking apples and oranges :) There really is room for both the social networks and article directories on the web as they both have strengths and weaknesses that, in the end, compliment each other. Social Bookmarking is very popular right now, and probably will be for quite some time. But again, a lot of people don’t look at the Big Picture.

Socializing content bring about a flush of traffic almost immediately, which is great for the short term life of an article. It’s also great for getting a quick listing on the search engines. But in the long term, articles posted on article directories tend to stay in a search listing much longer.

Plus when you submit an article to multiple directories, the weight from all that exposure will give you a listing for a much longer period of time.

Then there’s the issue of targeting. Social networks tend to me more general in nature, whereas an article directory with its specific categories makes it easier to find exactly what you’re looking for.

So yes, social bookmarking has taken a chunk out of the article directories’ traffic, but when you talk about relevance and longevity, you’re talking apples and oranges :)
There really is room for both the social networks and article directories on the web as they both have strengths and weaknesses that, in the end, compliment each other.

]]> By: dave simpson http://kennadreau.com/2009/01/26/whats-killing-the-article-directories/#comment-480 dave simpson Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:49:43 +0000 http://kennadreau.com/?p=34#comment-480 article directories are dead IMO - social bookmarking is where its at today article directories are dead IMO - social bookmarking is where its at today

]]> By: Claude Pelanne http://kennadreau.com/2009/01/26/whats-killing-the-article-directories/#comment-464 Claude Pelanne Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:39:51 +0000 http://kennadreau.com/?p=34#comment-464 What a timely article. Just today I got two emails about using software to spin articles. I write my own material and spinning wouldn't be anything that would cut it off line so it never seemed a viable option online. I hope the article directories do start weeding out spun articles. It would kick the quality up a notch. Great article. What a timely article. Just today I got two emails about using software to spin articles. I write my own material and spinning wouldn’t be anything that would cut it off line so it never seemed a viable option online. I hope the article directories do start weeding out spun articles. It would kick the quality up a notch.

Great article.

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