The longer they stay, more likely it is that they will click on one of your google ads, thus earning you income. The longer they stay higher chances also, that they will end up buying something or joining affiliate program or purchase affiliate product that you are marketing.

However, not all articles are effective in driving traffic where you want it to go. To be effective articles will have to be very well written and they will also have to be loaded with lots of valuable information. Some affiliate marketers or online marketers deliberately hold back a lot of information from their free articles and end up referring people to their site for any useful information. This is a big mistake. If your article is not well written or information in your article is not valuable, then you will find that most people will not bother to visit your website or blog.

There should really be no excuse for poor writing online. There are loads of good writers available (click this link to read about this writer’s very affordable online writing services; http://marketingurhomebiz.blogspot.com/2005/06/9-per-article-experienced-writer.html).

If your site is well established, been around a while and suddenly disappeared, then you'll need to check your inbound links. You do this by running a character check and entering "+www.yourdomain.com" into Google, then noting results. This isn't number of links Google associates with your PageRank, but actual number of website pages that has your domain listed either by hyperlink or plain text. Write down number of results.

Next run a link check. Enter link:www.yourdomain.com into Google and write down results. This lists number of sites offering value to your site that Google knows of so is very important to get as many as possible.

Analyse results

Now, analyse numbers. If you have no character check results, you must start getting inbound links to your website. Read up on my SEO article on how to start a marketing campaign.

If you have character check results but no link check results, then links you are getting are wrong ones.

Download Google Toolbar and monitor PR of pages your links appear. There are many ways of linking to websites and those that link to you must do so properly.

Rule: Your link must be a proper hyperlink and not a redirect through an ID. No JavaScript, Flash or other such links either. Proper hyperlink or nothing at all.

Another thing to note is make sure you see location of where link will be placed. It must have a PageRank value. Remember Google Toolbar. Quality and quantity equals results.

If you have character check results and link check results then basically you need more of them. Remember, quality and quantity.

OK, so you have tons of links, both character check and link check. It's not your marketing that's problem, it's SEO side of coin. Search engine optimisation consists of document structure and correct keyphrase placement.

I'll refer you back to my SEO article to get started there. Google, as do many other search engines, constantly shift posts as to what they deem a relevant website which is why results and positions constantly move about.

This makes things extremely difficult to keep up with but it's important to stick to certain rules to be as consistent as possible.

Google will take time to display changes you have made so be patient. It could well be that competition have simply squeezed you out which does happen, however you'll know if you've suddenly taken a hit in listings as it can be very immediate.

Ultimately, follow steps laid out above, be methodical and be patient.