No, your article won’t get penalized.

What happens is that only a few of the major sites (usually EzineArticles.com) will actually have enough authority to become the “ambassador” for your article in the SERPS.

The other sites might only show up for supplemental results, etc.

Also, remember that with the lesser engines (like MSN), they still seem to be hugely influenced by the influx of one-way links from these sites, reprinted content or not.

I would generally agree that submitting unique articles to individual sites is the better way to go for long-term results, but it might not be as efficient.

What I do is a mix of mass-submissions along with individual requests to niche sites. It’s actually surprisingly easy to get one-way links just by asking, so long as your site has something worth linking to.

Now, in regards to USING reprint content, there is no penalty. The only “risk” you take is that the time spent publishing/using reprintable content might not equate to much traffic.

But it WILL equate to some, to be sure.

One thing you DO want to avoid though is “duplicate content” on your own domain. Each page should contain largely unique content as it relates to your other pages.

THAT’s what Google is talking about in regards to duplicate content.

Think about it – sites like Reuters, PRWeb.com, several news sites, Answers.com and a whole slew of other aggregators would go out of business overnight if “duplicate” content was being penalized.

Take care,

-Chris

My main concern is, if I write an article, and cut and paste it in a bunch of directories, will I get penalized?

Chris,
Thanks for the reply. I think my site falls in second category. That is too much competition.
But I have tried to optimize my site for the “money keywords”, so that even if the traffic is low, it should bring me some sales. And as a result I made my first sale from that during this week.
(If you would like to take a look at my site, it is at: http://www.dietcontrolpills.com )

I still need to work more on the sales text on my site. But my initial aim is to bring more search engine traffic.

Anyway, thanks for all your valuable suggestions.
Regards,
Neo

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That either means there’s no demand for your topic, or you’re targeting stuff that’s too competitive and getting buried.

Either way, though, indexed content should at least be getting “some” traffic by way of long-tail search terms.

Remember that as your primary-target rankings climb – it usually runs across the board. Meaning that you’ll rank more highly for hundreds or perhaps thousands of keywords.

Cheers,

-Chris

After buying Chris’s ebook, I started a site on a one year old domain. I bought several links and some directory submissions. Google indexed most of the pages of my site very quickly. But no traffic even after couple of months. I have no outgoing links on the site except to the affiliate sponsor. And all those links carry nofollow tags.

Anyway I will try TK for a month or two and see the results. Or may be I chose the wrong niche.

Another term for this is siloing your website.
This works.

Spun content just isn’t unique.

That’s the issue.

Try it out by all means, but I would be concerned about the long-term value of the service.

-Chris