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23Sep/101

DistributeYourArticles Vs. ContentCrooner – Why I Cancelled My DistributeYourArticles Membership

Well, today I cancelled my subscription to Disitrbuteyourarticles.com. I will be re-subscribing to Contentcrooner. As mentioned before Distributeyourarticles really drove me crazy because of the fact that although you are allowed to choose up to three categories, most category selections got disapproved and I ended up with most articles only being sent to 70 (!!) article directories.  Sorry guys, this does not make any sense and is not worth $24.95 every month. By the way ... price has increased and a monthly membership is now $34.99

I still cannot understand why an article in the game copy niche is not allowed to be submitted to etnertainment/games.

There are tons of other examples. You can read more about it in my review: Which Is Better DistributeYourArticles Or ContentCrooner

I also doubt that their addition of the 10,000 blog network via syndication will make a lot of sense. Why? It is mentioned that there is ONE company behind that 10,000 blog network. So I wonder on how many different IPs there blogs are hosted on? If these blogs are only hosted on some different IPs there won't be a lot of benefit getting your articles added to theses sites. May be even worth, it might cause harm if your UNSPUN article is shown on thousands of sites.

So bye-bye Distributeyourarticles!

I know Contentcrooner is far from being perfect and the cost is $39.95 per month. Nevertheless my articles get sent to at least 200 directories and I only get articles disapproved from time to time. Their approval process is pretty fast and although their website does not look like "hello, join us, we are a BIG FAMILY" they are still a lot better than any other article disitrbution service out there.

I also removed Distirbuteyourarticles from my list of "recommended services" listed in the sidebar.

12Apr/1010

Contentcrooner Review – Mass Article Submission Service

If you are doing article marketing you are without a doubt looking for ways to get your article sent to hundreds of article directories automatically. However, there are only a few mass article submission services online that make sense.
In the past years my favorite mass article submission service has been isnare.com. The bad news is that isnare seems to be dead. I personally lost $60 and 30 articles I submitted never got distributed. I tried contacting support several times, no answer. I tried contacting 2checkout and was told that they will contact isnare. No answer.... I checked various forums and noticed that I am not alone. It seems that a lot of people have the same problem and isnare either does not distribute submitted articles at all or it takes up to 2 months for articles to get distributed. I have no idea what's going on and it is really sad to see a great service like this to go down the drain.
The second great mass article submission service has been Articlemarketer. Articlemarketer died in october 2009. The owners split and started two new companies, both offering mass article submission.
Distribute Your Articles
and
Contentcrooner
I have been a member of Contentcrooner since end of January 2010. So let's have a look at what Contentcrooner has to offer. By the way.... I am planning to join Distribute Your Articles later this month and will find out which of the services is better....
But for now let's have a look at Contentcrooner.
* "Access the most comprehensive article distribution list in the industry." ->
Contentcrooner claims to send your article to 1000s of article directories.
NOT CORRECT. I have submitted well over 200 articles. In average my articles were send to 280 directories. (No matter of the niche or category / category level I chose)
However, this does not really upset me, because the article directories my articles are sent to seem to have a decent PR, because a lot of backlinks are showing up in Google pretty fast. I prefer getting my article sent to several hundred article directories than getting it out to 1000s of junk sites.
* "Say goodbye to tedious manual article submissions or "pay per piece" distribution fees."
RIGHT. $39.99 a month will get you unlimited distribution - the price is perfect if you are going to send a lot of articles.
* "Submit your content now, schedule it to go out up to a year in advance."
Nice Feature. This is great if you have several articles for one niche. Just set and forget.
* "Use our social media features to link your article to Twitter and more."
Well, the social media feature did not really impress me. If you feel a "Twitter" button is so impressing....
* Monitor your campaign's results with easy to read Distribution and Exposure reports.
The report tool is OK. You will see when your article was distributed and to which sites it was sent. You will also find a link to check how many times your article got indexed in the major search engines.
One thing that really impressed me is the fact that your article is guaranteed to be reviewed within one day. A lot of times the reviewers are even faster than that and I got articles distributed within one hour after submitting. Contentcrooner review staff is real fast!
* Contencrooner also points out that they offer ongoing distribution. So if they add new article directories to their database your article will be sent to these directories.
I have been a member since end of January and submitted over 200 articles. So far not a single article got re-distributed after the first distribution to the complete list was completed, which usually takes day.
So what can you expect when joining Contentcrooner?
* Expect your article to go out to about 280 directories
* You can be sure that your article will be reviewed for distribution within one day (often a lot faster than that)
* You can expect that backlinks start showing up in Google within some days
* Do not expect your article to be re-distributed once your initial distribution to the complete list has been completed.
So yes, I like Contentcrooner and recommend it.
   

 

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