Last updated: Dec 19th, 2011

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GoArticles: A Review

My Author Profile on GoArticles

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GoArticles is an article directory (http://www.goarticles.com/). The site proudly boasts "The Web's Largest Free Content Directory". However, as with most things in life, largest does not equate to best, and in this review, I will explain why I find this website is a less-than-mediocre option among article directories.

My Experience with GoArticles:

I have experimented with article marketing as a means of helping people to learn about a tea website, RateTea. Being a statistician by education, I enjoy publishing on different websites and analyzing what kinds of results such publishing generates in terms of traffic to my websites. GoArticles is one of several article directories I have experimented with, the others including EzineArticles and Buzzle. As with any websites that I publish on, I collected data and measured its performance in terms of driving traffic to my site; when the sample size was big enough, I concluded that it was not performing well and wrote this review.

Strengths / Advantages of GoArticles:

The strengths of GoArticles are few. The site has a visually pleasing and professional-looking design, and the process to sign up is straightforward. And I've found the staff is quite responsive, in terms of responding to bug reports and general feedback. For these reasons I would find it hard to give this directory fewer than 2 stars.

Weaknesses / Failures of GoArticles:

In Conclusion:

I would not recommend using GoArticles, until the site administrators make fundamental changes to address some of the concerns given above. As alternatives, I recommend EzineArticles and possibly Buzzle, although Buzzle is weaker. I also recommend moving beyond article directories and using other methods, such as blogging and writing for more reputable sites.



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