You may use this image in your ezine or website if you choose to publish my article. Click here to see the picture full-sized.--- Bill Platt

QUESTION: Do you feel like giving me a reason for rejecting my 
article, considering all the other major article sites have 
published my article?


ANSWER:

There are a dozen of reasons why I could have chosen not to 
publish your article. Without knowing which of your articles I 
rejected, it is a hard call to make from memory.

I own and manage more than 150 article distribution groups. I own 
and manager seven websites that are either article directories or 
websites that print reprint articles. I own and manage one 
article distribution service. Soon to be two services.

I see tons of articles.

Any and all article directory managers are free to make their own 
choices about what to publish and what not to publish.

On my distribution groups, so long as you follow a few basic 
group rules, your articles will be permitted through the systems. 

1. 2 posts per day maximum.
2. Not subscribed to the group in NO Mail mode. If you want 
   other people to read your stuff, you should at least 
   demonstrate the same courtesy to others.
3. No straight advertising.
4. No press releases.
5. Nothing that reads like a sales pitch.


In my services, the only rules that apply:

1. Nothing that reads like an ad.
2. No press releases.
3. No foul language, or disreputable business practices.


In my directories, I follow the same basic rules above. I also 
follow many other internal guides. 

 * I don't want any of my sites to look just like all other 
   sites. So I reject some at will, based on an urge or based 
   on nothing.
 * I don't want to be a sheep who does exactly what everyone 
   else does.

 * Bad formatting in article will get it rejected.
 * Perceived advertising in body of article could get it 
   rejected.
 * Certain topics are generally always rejected.
 * If the website listed in your resource box consists mostly 
   of information scraped from search engines, and if I catch 
   it, I will usually reject your article --- no matter how 
   good your article might be. I know other directory managers
   who have the same policy.
 * All acceptance and rejection decisions are made in just a 
   split second.


Chances are that your article has been published in 90% plus 
of the reprint article resources I own, primarily the reprint 
article distribution lists.

Do you need 100% exposure across my networks? No.

Do you want 100% exposure across my networks? Probably.

If all article directory managers accept all of the same 
articles, then your article on their site will be nearly 
worthless. If there are five to six sites with exactly the same 
content on them, then chances are that the spiders will 
eventually figure that out, and then they will stop indexing the 
"mirror" sites.

Your article 100% across the board is the worst thing that you 
can hope for. On the surface, it may seem good, because you have 
that many more links. But, these "mirror" sites with 100% the 
same content will come back to bite you in the arse. They will 
hurt your SEO rankings in the end, because these sites will be 
penalized by the search engines, AND the articles on those sites 
may be hurt as well.

I am happy to reject articles "at will" on my free article 
directories, because I definitely do not want to be seen as 
exactly like another 30 article directories.

Let's face it, few article directory websites are the same. Some 
are simply better than others and they are recognized as such by 
the general internet community.

The site where you are complaining your article "was not 
included" is a new directory with little recognition in the 
marketplace. I set it up to test out and play with its article 
directory software. 

When we get to the end of the day, each article directory or 
website that hosts articles is part of a democracy. The webmaster 
can accept your articles or reject your articles. It is up to you 
to provide an article that the webmaster will want to use on his 
or her website. This business about expecting people to use your 
articles is totally off-base, and could net you the result of 
being forever barred from participation in the offended 
webmaster's website.

Tread carefully and wisely. 

Bill Platt is the owner of the Phantom Writers Article
Distribution Service: http://thePhantomWriters.com .
Bill has been providing his service to writers since 2001.
You may submit your articles for free at his newest reprint 
article directory, which can be found online at: 
http://www.Articles4Reprint.com