I have to ask – why did this article get such a high star rating? Was it a good example of what not to do?

If the article is about something I want to learn, I don’t notice ratings immediately, as long as it isn’t telling me to check out the submission guidelines again. Article submission articles are, very much, something I’d like to learn. So, I started to read this one, and got through the first generalized paragraph easily, but got hung up on the second one.

Are “* Well preparation before your submission:” and “…Not all article directories will ask for them, but when they need, make this abstract …” examples of “Just replace some words by synonyms…?” It’s not working! Thesauruses can only take us so far.

I even tried to give the article a second chance, after finding out that it had a four and a half star rating. (My vote lowered it by half a star.) I tried ignoring the poor grammar, only to discover that the ideas didn’t make anymore sense to me then the grammar.

“Just replace some words by synonyms then you will have an identical article with readers but different one with search engines.” Am I missing something here? What does this mean?

Well, that’s the point that my frustration got the best of me, and I came to the forum to ask, again, why did this article get such a high rating? What am I missing?

Nothing he probably kept clicking it and sent the family and friends over to do the same..lol

Does it even show the NUMBER of votes?

thegyspsy wrote:

Nothing he probably kept clicking it and sent the family and friends over to do the same..lol

Does it even show the NUMBER of votes?

Nope, but, boy, I wish I could find out how many there were. (I could keep clicking too. Oh, wait! I have a life -- not a thrilling one, but I do. LOL)