The previous articles have dealt with the important factors in preparation for and actually writing articles. This post will deal with submitting the article to the article directories.
The concept in article submission is that you write an article and then set up accounts at numerous article directories and then submit the article to those directories. They benefit because you are placing content on their website which they can use to promote whatever it is that they promote and you benefit because, through your resource box link, they can click on your website and you get free traffic. Everybody wins.
There is a bit of a controversy about actually submitting articles. The controversy is over whether to submit to a few or a lot of directories. Some will say that if you submit to a lot of directories, you will receive a penalty because there is more than one page out there with the same content and therefore Google will not index it or maybe even not rank it at all. The other opinion is that if you don’t place your articles on a lot of directories, you don’t get seen as much and so what good is the ranking.
I do not work for Google and therefore don’t really know what the truth of the matter is. I will only give my opinion. I have written quite a few article and have tried both ways of doing it. I have not noticed any noticeable difference in the two systems. I would therefore suggest that you try it out yourself to see which works best for you.
One disadvantage to submitting to multiple directories is that it will take you a long time to do it if you try to do it by yourself. That means that if you want to submit to numerous directories, you should use an article submission service or program. The issue here is that this particular article is about free mlm leads and therefore, I am suggesting that you just submit your articles to 5 and not more that 6 directories. The time that it take to do that is not too bad. You can usually submit your article to 5 or 6 directories, once it is written and an account has been set up, in about 15 to 20 minutes.
It is not difficult to set up an account at a directory. They will require you to give your informtion and then verify it through your email and then you are set to submit your article. Article directories usually have a format that they follow and direct you to different boxes that contain the five different items spoken of in my first article written on this subject.
Determining which directories to submit to can be a challenge. There are literally hundreds of directories that can be used. The way that I do it is through two sources that rank websites. Neither is perfect but the combination of the two will give you a pretty good idea of which ones will be seen the most and therefore present the greater opportunity for readers to read it and Google to rank it.
The following is a list of 10 directories that you can be assured are dependable directories and you can’t go wrong in submitting to them.
Alexa rank is the number after the site:
#1. EzineArticles.com – 131 – the best by far.
#2. Buzzle.com – 1305
#3. GoArticles.com – 1601
#4. ArticleAlley.com – 3157
#5. ArticleDashboard.com – 3230
#6. Amazines.com – 4521
#7. SelfGrowth.com – 4726
#8. ArticleCity.com – 8459
#9. ArticleSphere.com – 20359
#10. ArticleBase.com – 146,274
By submitting to the directories listed, you will be assured that people will see the article and the more you do it, the more your name is out there and the more people will read your articles.
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