When doing article writing and submitting the articles to all the directories out there, whats OK? Is it Ok if the articles have a link to my website in them? Or is it only OK if the link is at the bottom? Or is there a separate field for the URL that should be filled out? And must the link be related to the article or could it just be a link to the authors website?
It depends on the directory. Most sites give you a resource box which you can put anything there (normally up to 2 links) Some directories allow 1 link in the body.
Factchecker has got it right. It really depends on the article directory you are submitting too. You will have to check the submissions guidelines when you submit your articles. As a general rule of thumb, it is safer/more practical to just put the links in your resource box. Especially if you are submitting to a lot of directories at once. If you want to keep links in the body of your text, I would recommend submitting a few articles to blog networks as well.
Yeah, it depends on the directory. GoArticles and ArticlesBase are two directories which allow links in the body text.
Ok Thanks! Should I use HTML like: <a href="www.mylink.com">My Link</a> or should I just type the URL in the article like: www.mylink.com ?
Some article sites automatically convert www.mylink.com to a clickable link (like DP does), others use just HTML, so it's best to just use <a href="www.mylink.com">My Link</a> to be sure.
I would recommend to put links only at the bottom/resource part of the article. This way you don't have to constantly edit it based on the directory you are submitting to; also it looks more professional and less spammy.
I would suggest keeping most of your links in the resource box. First, you don't want to violate any of the directories' terms of service (some flat-out say no links in the body of your content). Second, and just as important, articles used in article marketing are supposed to be informative. They are not meant to be a hard-sell of your product. If you have articles that are full of links, it's going to look like an ad, rather than an well-researched, informative article - and people don't respond to that.
Use the body of the article to grab your reader's attention. You should be utilizing the article by filling it with informative information that the reader actually is interested in. Your link should be placed at the bottom of the article. Use incentives for your reader to click the link to by offering a free e-book or something if the click the link and sign up. Some article directories actually only allow you to put links in the resource box so to stay out of trouble just stick to that. The link doesn't necessarily have to be related to the article but it would be most beneficial if they were at least in the same niche.
Depends on the article directory. Some article directories give you a resource box which you can put there 1 to 2 links.
I only pout links in the Author Resource box, Some sites allow textual links and those actually get better search engine rank but many directories don't allow it so I don't do it for any. Also, links should be to a site you own and not to an affiliate site or landing page.
I agree it's best to use <a href="www.mylink.com">My Link</a> when putting a link in; if a site does not accept this they will normally inform you somewhere on the page in which case you can try using BBC coding or just state your site in plane text. Though instead of hyperlinking 'My Link' or 'site name' i would probably take advantage of the situation and hyperlink one of my 'keywords'.
Generally you're not supposed to put your link in the article. You're supposed to use the resource box to say a little something about yourself, including your link.
hey judging from what you said, you never look into any article directory's rules for adding links, so just go read each article directory you are going to use and read their instruction on site, and you should know everything you asked here.
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Depends on the Article Directory. As far as the links go: If you submit to a large number of directories it's faster to just put two links in your resource box/sig using html. Some allow putting links in your copy but if you are all about speed and syndicating to many directories you won't have to change your articles.