Roy, your point about writing getting someone involved in their web site is certainly valid, and it will even serve to get a new site crawled by search engines. When the article directories first appeared, they were generally a good way for people to get good content. It even helped build credibility because the early adapters were usually publishing to share their knowledge and gain exposure.
It didn't take long for them to turn into a wasteland of useless garbage as they turned into an SEO trick. For a new author to submit now is like throwing a tin can into a landfill IMO. Your point about copy generators creating content just shows how the cheaters seek to gain some advantage without having to work for it. Article directories are plagued with this.
For the extra time it takes to seek and gain appoval of specialized/niche sites, the payoff is worth it. One article on something like Tom's Harware Guide would be worth more than a thousand on Go Articles. Granted though, the thousand could help make someone good enough to get published on an authority site.
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