How long for backlinks/referrals to start showing up with distributed articles?

[bizmart]

Can anyone comment on how long it normally takes before you start seeing backlinks and referrals show up after you’ve submitted an article to the various article directories? I submitted my first article to 4 of the main directories about ten days ago. One of the directories says that it has been downloaded 30 times. Apart from on the directories themselves, I have yet to see it appear anywhere despite making a search on all the major SE’s for a unique phrase it contains and also on copyscape. Referrals seem to have been almost nothing too.

I have read numerous threads here praising article distribution as a good way of building up your link popularity but I guess I’m just looking for some additional reassurance that it really works. Should I have submitted to 50 article directories instead of just 4, or was I right to start off with just a few?

Any experience you can share would be much appreciated.

[Tim_Myth]

Google updates their backlinks about every 30 days (usually longer) MSN is nearly instant, and Yahoo is pretty quick.

Don't expect to see 1 backlink for every page that publishes the article though. Duplicate content filters will "hide" your links. Don't think this means they are uncounted though. I beleive the links still pass PR, and no matter what, they will attract traffic.

[john269]

I have also found MSN to be quick at updating backlinks.

[libertines]

google alos does not show all the backlinks to your website.

they like to be mysterious...:cool:

[qwestcommunications]

I have heard that a good article can pick up hundreds of back links. Is this true?

[Tim_Myth]

Yes. Read my sig. :)

[john269]

Yes. A good article can get alot of exposure which is then likely to results in alot of backlinks.

I have heard that a good article can pick up hundreds of back links. Is this true?

[bizmart]

Thank you everyone for your reassurance and explanations!