When you publish an article to a directory, you are giving reprint rights. It is standard practice across the world. The A.P. reprints the same news articles on hundreds of thousands of sites and newspapers every day, so does reuters.
This is not plagerism, and
SEO holds to the same standard. Do you know what a syndicated writer is? Or did you not learn that in college?
You have have been influenced without justification or understanding.