Are paid article sites value for money
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As a SEO beginner I am still unsure of the best way to build links.
I have a article which I'd like to distribute, I've used sites like ezinearticles.com however I feel this is too general so I've targeted some sites which are associated to the industry. Many of the sites I've discovered charge a hefty fee. Before I take the plunge and spend money (I'm a Yorkshireman) I'd like the thoughts and opinions of SEO experts.
Is this common practice or are there better, more cost effective ways?
Thanks in advance,
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+1 to Egol. Drop that article on your blog located on your domain and promote it socially and get people reading it. Forget sharing your article and spreading it out.. Duplicating it is a bad idea anyway.
If it's great it's going to draw attention. Make that attention point to you.
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I have the opposite opinion.
If I have a great article they would have to pay me to publish it on their site. But they probably would not be willing to do that because I would be asking a stoopid price for publishing rights.
I want that great article on my own site where my visitors can read it, where it will pull search traffic to me and where I will enjoy any likes, links tweets, shares, etc.
(Some might ask... "What if the article is crap?"... If it's crap then only a crap site will republish it. That is a huge waste of time!)
Lots of people will disagree with me and maybe a few of those people can get their articles place on CNN or the NYT or the LAT. If they can do that they have a good thing. But if you are getting $4 articles and having them published on pissantdaily.com then I think you are wasting your time.
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