Article submissions vs. one-way directory submissions

I think article marketing is the way to go..with so many directories popping up everywhere and selling links which google hates, its only a matter of time before directory links carry little to no weight.

 

There seems to be almost as many article directories popping up as there are link directories. Does that mean that articles in a directory won't hold much weight either?

 

Both methods are very helpful in any SEO campaign. Articles will generate you maybe up to 100 links per article! It has for me at least. While on the other hand, directories help in strong relative linking. So I use both for every SEO job. Cant go wrong that way.

 

I would suggest caution when using both of these methods. MSN and Yahoo will like both of these methods however Google is different.

If you are going after competitive keywords you need quality and links from article directories and free directories will not do much.

Concentrate on writing quality articles that will get other webmasters to publish the article on there site. Only submit to the best free directories.

E mails webmasters asking them to publish your article can be very effective.

 

I agree Alan, but that was not what the question was. He wanted to know what we thought was better out of those two. But either way, writing and displaying your own site content is very helpful, but you need to back that up with links from article sites and directories to that content. Just linking off the homepage wont cut it in the SE's anymore!

 

I find article submission to be more fruitfull.

 

Care to explain why to us? That may help all of us understand this complex SEO world better.

 

You'll never see directory links devalued just because they're directories or selling premium listings (which are on an ontopic page and would be there paid or not. The payment just gives them a better placement which is irrelevant from a SEP perspective). Most links from directories already carry little weight because the directories themselves carry little weight. Google's algorithm and PR formula already factor this all in so no arbitrary penalty needs to be assessed.

 

As far as article submissions go they are going to become less attractive as webmasters start to catch on that Google is filtering out that duplicate content making those pages worthless from an SEO point of view. This means less uptake for those articles. Plus most sites that just reproduce those articles never amount to anything anyways because they're just clones of other sites which interests nobody. Thus no quality links will point to them and thus links from them will be no better then a directory link.

You also have to wonder how Google views links that are on duplicate content pages. Especially when they all point to the same site. Not saying that they do look at the differently, but it sure is food for thought.