Several readers have asked me which article directories I submit my site to in order to increase backlinks/traffic. Below is a list of the free article directories that are PR 4 and above. However, not all article directories are created equal.
The site that has ranks the best with Google is EzineArticles.com. Although it takes about 7 days to have your articles published with them, I find that it is worth the wait.
You can pay $97 a month for premium membership and then you can have your articles looked at within a day or two. It seems expensive at first but if you are into affiliate marketing through article marketing, this is glorious. It becomes your door to thousands of dollars in extra income from the extra time that your articles are out there. Also, your articles will rank higher if you have premium membership. In other words, traffic will increase and increase faster.
I also spread it around with GoArticles, Articlebase, squidoo, and hubpages. Some people don’t take advantage of linking between their articles. This is an easy way to increase the search engine ranking of all of your submitted articles.
Link between pages when it is relevant (and permitted by the article directory) and it will give you a nice boost in the rankings. I will always link to my ezine articles from my squidoo and hubpages articles, but not just by putting the links at the bottom the page. I put in a intelligent place of a sentence, where it fits and actually makes sense.
There is a common myth that if you send the same article to 1,000 different article directories that you now have 1,000 strong backlinks. Well this is just not the case because duplicate content does not help you regardless of the PR of the site that you submitted your article too.
You will end up with 1 backlink from the site Google determines is the site that has the original content. Instead of submitting the same article to 10 places, re-write your article colorfully a few times and submit it to different sites while linking the pages together.
Here is a list of the article directories along with page rank. If you have the time or could outsource the work, have someone write 50 articles for you on a given subject and link between the pages. You will rock up the search engines!
webpronews.com-6
buzzle.com-6
goarticles.com-6
sbinformation.about.com-6
thewhir.com-6
a1articles.com-5
articlealley.com-5
articles
articlesender.com-5
boconline.com-5
businessnation.com-5
easyezinearticles.com-5
base.com 5
articlecity.com-5
articleclick.com-5
articledashboard.com-5
articleinsider.com-5
guidemegreen.com-5
isnare.com-5
powerhomebiz.com-5
prolinkdirectory.com-5
weeno.com-5
site-reference.com-5
theallineed.com-5
articlexplosion.com-4
free-articles-zone.com-4
healthguidance.org-4
iguides.org-4
my-articles.com-4
searchwarp.com-4
upublish.info-4
uniterra.com-4
articlerich.com-4
easyarticles.com-4
e-healthlinks.com-4
ezinefinder.com-4
linksnoop.com-4
upublish.info-4
webmasterslibrary.com-4
4rum.info-4
amazines.com-4
approvedarticles.com-4
article99.com-4
articleblast.com-4
articlebiz.com-4
articledepot.co.uk-4
articledoctor.com-4
articlegeek.com-4
article-idea.com-4
articlesfactory.com-4
articleson.com-4
Article directories rank well in search engines because they are sites that are loaded with content. Your blog will never be able to compare to an article directory and if you can’t beat them, join them.
Is it better to write a blog post on your site or submit it to a article directory?
Well, I would tell you do to both. But if you’re too lazy, it depends what type of site you have. If you have a site that is growing and will become something, put the article on your site and help your site improve. If that’s not the case, put it on the article directory. You’ll get more traffic, and if you don’t have plans for your site, that’s the better option for you.
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Thank you again for such useful information. You really give alot to this community.
Val
Hi Donny,
Great article. I find that using Automatic Article Submitter works well. Instead of physically writing hundreds articles, I just re-write each sentence 3 times. It then creates random combination's of your article while keeping the essence of the article intact. It automatically submits to hundreds of directories with unique variations of your article. The back links are included in the signature line.
You can check it out here ==> http://bit.ly/AutoArtSub
Mark Gubuan
Donny, I found this post through the Tribe Mastermind and just wanted to thank you for putting this list together! I have been writing for ezine for a few months so it is nice to see other options. You also answered one of my questions about whether it's better to post on your blog or in an article…re-writing content is key if you want to get those links! Thanks!
~Mary Lou
Hi Donny,
Thanks for these infos. It helps me out a lot to learn and master how to create more quality traffic.
Michel
Well Donny… I'm always learning something new when I visit your site. You give us a wealth of information. This post is all great resource material for anyone interested in submitting articles.
I know that you must enjoy helping others by the quality of info you continually provide. You bring us material which is very timely and up-to-date, links are always working, etc. You are very thorough in your approach and it's extremely helpful.
This is a awesome list! You are always sharing true value and giving sound genuine recommendations. You are a great mentor my friend…
Thank you Dony, I agree with your views about article writing and submitting to your own site or any article directory.
Donny, this is a hugely valuable post. Article writing is a great traffic strategy and you laid out a great approach to doing it right. Thanks for this list, all compiled in one place. I totally agree with anchoring your links to your articles in squidoo & hubpages in “intelligent” places, very ninja.
Ezinearticles can be a pain for beginning article writers, especially if their quality is not quite up to speed. But if you can deal with the sometimes long editorial delays and the finickiness of their acceptance policy, it is worth it. Once I submitted enough articles, I was awarded platinum status. This means that my articles are approved within 48 hours (in practice it is usually 1 day). This is without paying the $97 premium membership. I would strongly advise against the premium membership. If nothing else, the $97 a year could be spent outsourcing articles and therefore having even more quality backlinks.
Hey Donny, I always new there was a way to
increase links and PR.. thanks for the tips
and advice.. I will definitely take these tips
and use them wisely.
Hi Donny,
This is a great post. I appreciate all of the resources that you have freely shared in this piece. Hey by the way, you know Rennell? Went to FSO w. him. Take care!
Great post Donny and thanks for the list of article directories.
Can you please explain what you mean when you say to write articles and then link between the pages?
Hey John,
I was referring to onpage optimization and link the anchor text of related keywords to other on site content
Thanks Donny, oDesk here I come
FYI: Donny funny thing, the comment system actually told me to tell you that your plug-in needs updating. Cool feature..
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