Hello...just have some general questions about writing and submitting articles to article directories. 1. What are the top directories you suggest? 2. Should I submit the same article to many directories or change it each time I submit to a new directory? 3. Is it beneficial to put my the articles I submit to directories on my site also? thanks, please help!
Honestly, I was just now wondering the exact same thing. I've just started writing articles and want to get them out there, but not sure if I should submit one to many directories, or write many and submit them each to one directory. Any experienced opinions here?
What people usually do is write one unique article, rewrite it many times and then submit the rewritten versions to multiple directories.
By the way, if you browse inside this forum and here, http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=25 you will find article submission listings to make easier your submission task.
Answers to your questions: 1. I use Ezine, Article Base, Article Factory, and GoArticles 2. I would suggest submitting it to Ezine, then once approved you can submit the same to the others. 3. This is up to you, depending on how your site is designed and whether or not this is beneficial to you and your company. Hope this helps a little.
thanks for the info...what are some good article spinning services/software? still a bit unsure about changing the articles around for different article directories based on comments above. any other input would be very helpful thanks!
Currently I am beta testing a new software that looks as if it will beat all the competition hands down. I'll provide further details once it is released. You can also PM me.
I usually submit it to one directory and after its approval, spin it and then submit it to other directory. It works well.
thanks for the advice. why not just submit the same article to all the directories? won't get accepted and not as good for seo?
I just want to mention Buzzle here quickly. This seems to be a directory that is overlooked a lot. I assume that's because they only accept quality, original articles and not spun rubbish, so it takes more effort to get an article onto Buzzle. And they only allow you to have one link back to your site. But the reason Buzzle is great is because that one link tends to be a lot more powerful than multiple links from other article directories. Buzzle articles regularly reach a Pagerank of 2 or 3 FOR THAT PAGE, which means they send more link juice to your site.
Yes it's free, you just have to register as an author - I think you might have to provide a sample, don't remember. But they are pretty strict on quality control, which why I think these links carry a lot of weight with Google - it's a lot more trusted and more authoritative than most of the other article marketing sites. You can submit up to five articles at a time and it usually takes a couple of days to get them reviewed. One thing I've noticed though is that they usually don't send you a message to tell you what's wrong with an article if it doesn't make the grade - they just don't publish it. So you have to keep an eye on whether or not your articles actually get published. If they don't make the grade, you can either try fixing them or just throw them up on Ezine or Hubpages instead.
Buzzle is a good but I don't think it's better then Ezines. Ezine articles are good in quality as compared to buzzle. I have account on both and has published article. This is my personal experience. But ya articles are published sooner in buzzle. It's the main advantage of buzzle.
Based on what? If you're talking about potential to generate traffic from the article site then sure, Ezine can sometimes be better. But my contention here is that because articles on Buzzle regularly reach a 2 or 3 Pagerank, they provide stronger backlinks. Most pages I have on Ezine are still PR0, some PR1. I have a bunch of articles on Buzzle which are PR 2 or 3. I've been using them both for the same length of time. This would indicate to me that Buzzle is providing stronger backlinks.
1. I currently use a service that provides submission to Ezine Articles and the following article directories - 1. http://www.thefreelibrary.com (Page Rank 7) 2. Reprintable Articles For Websites And Newsletters. | ArticleBiz.com (Page Rank 6) 3. http://www.goarticles.com (Page Rank 6) 4. Free Articles Directory | Submit Articles - ArticlesBase.com (Page Rank 5) 5. http://www.articlecity.com (Page Rank 5) 6. http://www.articledashboard.com (Page Rank 5) 7. Submit articles or find free articles ArticleAlley.com (Page Rank 5) 8. http://www.articlemotron.com (Page Rank 4) 9. http://www.articlesnatch.com (Page Rank 3) 10. http://www.articlecompilation.com (Page Rank 3) 11. http://www.carolinaarticles.com (Page Rank 3) 12. http://www.articlesjust4you.com (Page Rank 3) 13. Free Ezine Articles Directory | Submit Articles - ArticleRich.com (Page Rank 3) 14. ArticleMark.org | Submit Articles, Publish Articles, and get Free Content (Page Rank 2) 15. Online Business Directory Biznopedia.com (Page Rank 2) 16. Article Directory | Submit Articles | FREE Content | Marketing & SEO Articles2Use.com (Page Rank 2) 17. Realauthor.net (Page Rank 2) 18. http://www.articlecastle.com (Page Rank 2) 19. ArticleCounty.com (Page Rank 1) 20. Article Directory Submission | Submit Quality Original Articles ArticleStars.com (Page Rank 1) 2. There is an age-old argument about whether you should submit the same and/or change articles. In all honesty, and this is just my opinion although I have various forms of proof to back up my claims, don't even worry about changing the titles, article body,etc Many people rage about "duplicate content", but they are unfortunately completely wrong or ill-informed in their assumptions. Duplicate content is merely having the exact same content on the same domain, nothing more and nothing less. A prime example of this is having the exact same article twice (or more) on your own site, the exact same article twice (or more) on Ezine Article's site, the exact same article twice (or more) on Articlesbase's site...you get the picture, although no article directory should allow the same content to be duplicated on their site but I guess this down to how well they patrol their submissions (e.g. Ezine articles very well, whereas GoArticles, until recently, not so well). I have had many articles, published at numerous article directories, all ranking for the same keywords and indeed the exact same title and content. I have never used article spinning software and I never will, but that is just me! Infact, I recall at one stage last year having a page on my own site, an ezine article, an articlesbase article, and an articledashboard article, all ranked on the first page of google. The articles were complete copies of each other, but simply submitted to different domains (therefore not duplicate content, but merely article syndication). 3. Always, always, always submit an article to your own site first. Wait for it to be indexed in the search engines, and then submit to article directories. If anyone tells you that a great article directory such as Ezine Articles does not allow this...tell them that they are once again wrong and mis-informed. Infact, point them in the direction of EZA terms of service, and indeed Chris Knight's blog (Ezine Articles' Owner). They actually thrive on their authors doing this. Why? Well let's face the facts - Ezine Articles, and every other article directory for that matter, is nothing more than a glorified "made-for-adsense" website. They are a business and are therefore looking to make a profit for themselves. The more articles they have published on their site, the more potential for profit they have. On a side note - "Premiumwriting" has mentioned Buzzle. Now while I agree that Buzzle is great for link juice, and often traffic, this is the only article directory (of which I am aware) that requires completely unique content (as in not previously published anywhere else). The reason I very rarely use them - Why would I want to publish my content anywhere else if I am unable to do so on my own site first? I want my own site to be the authority site and also to have the highest ranking articles! That said, you shouldn't totally discount the use of sites such as Buzzle as this is yet another arm to your article marketing. Cheers James