I anticipated a reaction to the introduction of this new software. I was right. I chose to submit last month's article, "Penury Perpetuates Poverty" the "hard way"...one by one to various lists found on the Internet. Out of about 80 submissions to date, I discovered about 25% have temporarily (I hope) ceased accepting new authors/articles. Some submission pages came up with a 404 Error upon clicking the "submit" button.

Some have extremely obtuse instructions. Some simply don't work. Some are very specialized. Some are email submissions only (which opens the door to being spam'd). Some of these bounced.

Right now I'm in the midst of checking each site if my article was accepted. I know it is "loading the dice" when I access Google, Yahoo, MSN and search on ["Robert Leggett" Penury]. At this time I'm getting over 600 listings and dominate the first few pages of these search engines. I'm even listed on sites where I never submitted.

Of course just after doing my first "submission run" I periodically checked Google. Wow! Exposure just kept growing! Then...one day...I got no listing at all on Google. Yahoo still liked me a little. The following day I was baaaaaack... I need to research why Google didn't like me that one day.

Shortly after going to press...I shall continue checking latest submissions and begin submitting my new article above. I am "paying my dues." I must know how this all works. It is new to me. Once I see everything has settled down and a more stable balance has been achieved, I will seriously consider purchasing Jason Potash's "Article Announcer"...if it saves me time. Always intelligently automate whenever possible!

Taking time to "do it the hard way" I have learned much. My articles must have strong headlines. They must contain words search engine spiders like. They must have valuable content. Don't take my word on this. Check out a lot of "Submission Guidelines" at different sites. Through necessity, I must become a better writer.

This exercise is time intensive. I have learned more not taking a "magic bullet" approach. Other benefits include "sharpening up" our webZine "Cyberspace Marketeer"...offering greater content and more user-friendly design. It will become even more useful to you when I include links back to many of the Article Submission Directories. A new page for these will go up sometime during August. I'll let you know when it's a fait accompli.

Meanwhile, write and rewrite your articles you plan to submit. Do a little research with different submission sites. If you publish your own eZine or webZine, some sites accept these also. Some sites also accept News Releases. Definitely get a feel for these submission sites. Work with them. When you eventually decide to put much of this on automatic, you will have a much better overview of the process.

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