But then, a few years ago, along came Google Panda and Penguin which wiped the article directories off the SERPs (Search Engine Results Page).
Before the changes it was easy to write an article for directories such as EzineArticles.com and soon your article would be republished and indexed all over the internet.
After the changes it's hard to find your directory articles in the search results even if you search the exact heading through Google.
So everyone said that article marketing is dead.
But is it?
