Multiple submissions to article directories

[jingliang3_rogers.com]

Hello,

I would like to ask if I can submit the same article to multiple article directories. I have read that while only the first published article will gain credit and show on search engines, but the all the  links generated from  the  publishing the article at different sites will still tally up and count as separate backlinks to my website.

Is this true, or is 1 or a few links going to be counted from the 1 article?

[Dan-Petrovic]

False, all links will be recognised if they have been indexed - they will be recognised as links from duplicate content however. Clearly not as beneficial but still acting as part of the link graph. To say they are completely ignored is taking it too far.

[jingliang3_rogers.com]

Hi Dejan,

Thank you for answering my question. I was wondering on a scale of say 1 -100, how much link value would a duplicate content link have? Also does the link from the original article have normal link value, or does the orignal article get penalized with a duplicate link value as well?