Well head over to: www.hubpages.com HubPages is basically a form of article submission website. They call it hubs. Where users write various content related to topics they know of. Unlike traditional article directories, HubPages has a social media element where your hubs actually get monitored and you can promote individual hubs to increase traffic. They also allow you to use your Adsense code to use money - a good substitute for folks who don't want to create a website. Further you can also add friends, follow other people's hubs and even comment on them. Its a full on community.
And don't submit an article already submitted elsewhere, you won't be approved Also, only 2 links in a text is allowed
RitePad is a new website where you can submit articles. They give you 80% of the total adsense ad impressions generated on your articles. You can also post two backlinks to your blogs if you write a post of at least 300 words on RitePad. The posts can be shorter than 300 words but short posts can't have any backlinks.