Hi art,
It doesn't happen often, but today I am FUMING!
But since I always believe that good (for you of course!) can come out of
bad, please bear with me as I explain what's happening; why I am so mad;
the changes we made; and how it is going to be better for both the authors
and the directories.
Why am I so MAD? Mostly because the service you have been getting from us
over the past few days has been below par - and for that I am very
sorry...
Here's what has happened:
We are in the process of integrating the Wizard in with multiple
high-level marketing services as well as working on integration
partnerships with directory clubs and services to increase the distribution
base - your distribution base. That means more places to put your articles
- and more backlinks to your sites.
In order to do this, we needed to review our article submission and
approval process prior to moving forward.
Unfortunately right at the same time we got crushed by a handful of
spammers.
These spammers inundated our system to the point where the article editors
could not keep up on the approvals because they were getting hit up with
thousands of articles that needed to be declined. Some of them have been
uploading as many as 100 articles, all drivel, in one day!
Never in our history have we done mass declines or suspended or terminated
users accounts as we have done over the last five days. We always wanted
to work with our writers and gave them the benefit of the doubt in most
cases. But no more. People abusing the system or trying to put crap
through it will be thrown out because the only people getting punished
otherwise is the good people like you who submit good content and the
directories who accept that good content.
I am sure that you are not one of these people, art, but still, please
would you review the guidelines of submitting articles that we have
included below so that you don't have to deal with the inconvenience of
having your articles rejected.
Related to this, the system has also been slow at times and even
non-responsive. We are feverishly working to get the upgrades and new
servers online before the new directories and services come on board. At
times it was necessary to shut down some of the services in order to
process all the data. We apologize for any delays in service. We are
almost done, but there may yet be a couple of times that we do have to
briefly suspend some of the services. We appreciate your patience.
And lastly, some articles got submitted before being complete. For this
we apologize to both the authors and directory owners. An unfortunate side
effect we did not anticipate of cleaning the database. It appears to have
only affect 10 or so accounts, however if you notice that you articles you
had previously submitted say 'unfinished', we apologize. Just submit them
again.
Rest assured that we have every available person reviewing articles at the
moment and based on the count, we WILL have ALL your articles approved
today!
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SO WHAT'S THE GOOD NEWS?
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How these changes are going to be good for the authors (That means you,
art:
1. automated SPAM controls will identify spammers and halt their
submissions until we can investigate. This way your articles don't get
held up in the queue.
2. tighter editorial controls which will ensure that your articles are in
the correct format so that they are accepted by more directories
3. more directories coming on board - LOTs more! Hence the editorial
controls. We need to make sure they are getting good content so they stay
with us.
How this is going to be good for the directory owners:
- Everything as above. No spammers. Great content from great authors.
And a long, professional relationship.
Naturally by implementing tighter control processes and editorial
approvals, the quality of the articles is going to improve - along with the
approval and submission times. And this will make our current and future
directory owners very happy. And the better the article quality, the more
freedom we will have to publish to their sites, for they will know that we
are watching even closer now. So please ensure that you are following
these guidelines with your articles.
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READ THIS TO MAKE SURE YOUR ARTICLES DON'T GET DECLINED
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1. Title should be succinct and captivating. They should also be in
traditionally accepted format with the first letter of each word
capitalized. eg. This Is The Way A Title Should Be Written
2. Author names should be in traditionally accepted format eg John Smith.
Do not use nicknames (user1234), business names or URL's. Your article
will be declined. Also ensure that the first letter of each name is
capitalized.
3. Ensure the article is full of useful content. Give advise that people
would want to read - that you would want to read. Do not put up an
advertisement disguised as an article. And do not SPAM. SPAM accounts
won't even get a warning, they will be terminated immediately.
4. Resource boxes and links. Resource boxes still need to be readable. Do
not keyword load your resource links if it is unreadable. Chances are the
directories are just going to delete your article and ultimately block your
submissions, so why chance it. And make sure the resource box links
pertain to the article's content. Don't write an article about automotive
maintenance and the link to a flower shop. The article will not get
approved and just wastes everyone's time.
Also, make sure you test your own resource box links to make sure they
work. If they do not, the article will do nothing for you in terms of
backlinks.
5. Categories must be pertinent to the content. This is a HUGE issue with
the directories. Want the fastest way to get your articles deleted and
submissions blocked? Just put your article under the wrong categories.
This wastes the directory owners time and they are not real appreciative of
that.
6. Keywords - ensure that the keywords match the article content. If they
do not, the article will most likely be declined by our editors. And if it
happens to slip by, your article won't get indexed in the right spot and
the directory's keyword matching software will kick it out and it won't get
published. You've just wasted your time.
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COMMON SENSE?
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I realize most of this is common sense but after going through 3000
articles over the last few days myself, it appears that common sense isn't
quite so common after all.
Look at it this way: anything worth doing is worth doing well. And the
better your content is and the more your article conforms to traditionally
accepted norms, the more it is going to get published and redistributed -
and the more backlinks you are going to get. So whether you outsource or
write your own articles, make sure they are something you would be proud to
attach your name to.
art, we appreciate having you onboard. We know your interest is in getting
the best possible promotion of your website - so you are in the right
place. I get very upset when a handful of idiots abuse the system in such a
way that it impacts on good people like you. So, rest assured, as a result
of all this, the Wizard will be even more powerful and effective that it
has been so far.
And that's the good news.
To your success, as always.
Noel and the UAW Support Team
Any Qestions? Please reply to this email or use the helpdesk:
http://allegrettopublishing.com/support
Allegretto Publishing Ltd
218 Panamount Drive NW
Calgary, AB T3K 5M3,
Canada
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