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Q. Could you put the links in 'About the Author' credit to look like the sample below. This makes the links much more powerful for my sites. This is important because the reason I distribute these articles is to get the quality (keyword-rich) links back to my site.
A.
A few writer's have asked me to construct their
article and resource box with hyperlinked URL's and
preferred keywords inside the hyperlink. While this does
provide real value to the writer once a page is dropped into
a webpage and the webpage is spidered by the search
engines, it also creates other problems.
Through my service, I only distribute articles as
plain text. This guarantee's that more people will
open and read your article and consider it for
publication. Remember that we should always Strive
to Meet the Lowest Common Denominator for Maximum
Performance. The Lowest Common Denominator for
email software is Plain Text.
If the article is delivered in HTML, most publishers
and webmasters will not take the time to apply the
hyperlinks to the article when they publish it. Again,
it is in our best interest to send an article in plain
text with visible URL's.
Most ezines will not be spidered, so the forced hyperlinks
will not serve their intended purpose when the article is
published in most ezines. (A large percentage of publisher's
still publish only in text format. Remember the Lowest Common
Denominator Rule?)
A simple URL in a Plain Text email will have the
URL appear as a hyperlink like this: http://thePhantomWriters.com . These simple hyperlinked URL's and hyperlinked mailto: tags will
appear as links, even in a plain text email. The only thing
they will not do is appear with keywords imbedded in the links.
Due to popular demand, I have adjusted my software to be able
to send keywords imbedded within hyperlinks. Simply send the article to me in text format so that I can see the href tag, and I will deliver your article with your imbedded links.
If your sole desire is to get into webpages, then this system
will serve you well.
If your sole desire is to get into ezines, then I would honestly recommend against imbedded keywords.
If your desire is to hit both mediums, then I strongly suggest not to use imbedded links, as this will result in much lower publication rates in association with ezines.
The danger we face in sending imbedded links in articles destined for the ezine market is that the imbedded keywords will appear in the plain text medium, and the URL will disappear altogether, which defeats the advantage in being published in ezines.
If you intend to target both the publishers and the webmasters, and you want to use imbedded keywords, then may I suggest to use a combination of imbedded keywords and hyperlinked URL's. See the box for an example of what I mean:
Did you notice that one of the hyperlinks I used in the copy did in fact contain within it the actual URL I want people to visit? This is how you can ensure that your URL does not get lost if a publisher simply copies the article text minus the hyperlinks.
Keep this in mind. I do require with your article submission that all URL's and Mailto: tags are hyperlinked, and I do require that all links are carried forward. But, there is occasionally the unscrupulous who do not follow our rules of reprint. When this happens, we must locate the person who violates our Terms of Reprint, and then I or you, or both of us must contact the person and enforce our the Terms of Reprint attached to the Copyright you own on your printed works.
Like I said, for distribution to ezine publishers, I don't recommend imbedded keywords; but yes, I can distribute all of your articles for you with keywords imbedded in the hyperlinks.
Bill Platt - Owner
http://thePhantomWriters.com
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