Article submission software, backlink services, and outsourcing content

akkabat

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Hi folks,

I have a few questions for experienced IMers. I will greatly appreciate your answers.

  1. So far I've been doing article marketing by publishing articles to web 2.0 properties and established directories such as ezine and goarticles. Is there value in submitting spun versions of the content to hundreds of crappy directories as well?
  2. On a similar note, I'm questioning the utility of services that drop feed articles to crappy sites with different class C IPs in order to build backlinks. Is Google really that stupid or are these services ineffective?
  3. I tried to outsource content creation to writers, but I got back garbage. Good writers exist, but they cost $15 per article at least, which is too much for a review blog that needs to post reviews every day. How do you find good, affordable writers? How much do you pay them on average?

Thank you for your help.
Akka