Hi, What is the best way to monetize articles ? I tried putting affiliate links at the end, but that never worked for me. I usually just try to direct readers to one page at my site with the same topic as the article, but that is also difficult to get people to keep reading and click to a merchant's site. Also, what is the best directories to submit to for traffic or search engine rankings ? I'm guessing Ezinearticles.com or goarticles.com ? I tried Squidoo recently, but can't even get any traffic to it - harder than I thought - is it best to buy directory links to a squidoo page and then get the search engines to rank it ? Thanks.