Article Directories Are Your Way To Free Targeted Traffic, But Not As A Link Building Strategy That Does Not Work Today!...
SEO Tip: It Doesn't Matter How Small Or Big Is Your Site Content Database, One Way Back Links To Your Web Site or Blog Still The Number One Search Engine Optimization Strategy For Increasing Page Ranking Which Leads To Top 10 Positions!
But, Article Marketing is a not good SEO strategy anymore, but still a very good way to generate quality visitors to your site. Just make sure the directory you post on have not been penalized by Google, and all links on the post are "nofollow."
Watch This Video From Matt Cutts Where He Explain Why Article Directories Are Not A Good For SEO:
Off course your site needs to be full of unique relevant content for the search engines and this content have to be quality information rich for your visitors or prospects.
Here is an article I recommend you to read for more SEO tips: "34 On-Page SEO Factors And Checklist From Matt Cutts And Other Experts."
A - Article Directories: 51
http://www.a1articles.com/submit_article.php
http://www.activeauthors.com/private/
http://www.addme.com/nlsubmit.htm
http://www.adswise.com/submit_articles.shtml
http://www.advertisingknowhow.com/members/articlesubmit.php
http://www.affiliatesdirectory.com/ezine/ezine-submissions.shtml
http://www.allfreelancework.com/submitarticles.php
http://www.allmerchants.com/submit-article.php
http://www.allnetarticles.com/submitarticle.asp
http://www.allthewebsites.org/articles/article_editor.php
http://www.alumbo.com/submitcontent.html.
http://www.amazines.com
http://www.article-directory.net/Submit
http://www.article-emporium.com/submit-article.cfm
http://www.article-highway.com/submit-article.htm
http://www.article99.com
http://www.articlealley.com/submit_article.php
http://www.articleannouncer.com/add-own.php
http://www.articlesbase.com/author-signup.php
http://www.articleblast.com
http://www.articlecentral.com
http://www.articlecity.com/article_submission.shtml
http://www.articledepot.co.uk/newarticle.php.
http://www.articlefinders.com/submit.html.
http://www.articlenexus.com/authors/register.
http://www.articlepoint.com/submit-article.php.
http://www.articlepros.com/add-own.php.
http://www.articleresponder.com/addarticle.php.
http://www.articles.rolista.com/submit_article.aspx.
http://www.articlesfactory.com/submit.html.
http://www.articlesforwomen.com.
http://www.articleshaven.com.
http://www.articlesthatsell.com/submityourarticle.htm.
http://www.articlesubmissions.com.
http://www.articles911.com.
http://www.articlewarehouse.com.
http://www.articlez.com.
http://www.athomebusinessportal.com.
http://www.authorconnection.com.
http://www.authors.e-syndicate.net/cgi-bin/manage.cgi.
http://www.awebhostingprovider.com/articles/submit.html.
B - Article Directories: 14
http://www.bestparentingresources.com/Article.html.
http://www.biz-ewomen.com.
http://www.biz-whiz.com.
http://www.boazepublishing.biz/articledir/admin/index.php?act=submit.
http://www.boconline.com/sub-art.shtml.
http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/add.cgi.
http://www.business-opportunity.biz/addarticle.php.
http://www.businessclique.com/cgi-bin/master/UserAdmin.cgi.
http://www.businesshighlight.org/login.
http://www.businessknowhow.com/newsletter/articleguidelines.htm.
http://www.businessseek.biz/page.php?page=article-submission.
http://www.businesstoolchest.com/articles/submit.shtml.
http://www.buzzle.com.
http://www.bytesworth.com/articles/.
C - Article Directories: 11
http://www.cashflowseller.com/ArticleSubmit.html.
http://www.cerebuswebmaster.com/onsite/articles.html.
http://www.certificate.net/wwio/ideas.shtml.
http://www.clearviewpublications.com/small-business-newsletter-entrepreneur/business-articles/submit-form.htm.
http://www.click-partners.com/postnuke/modules.php?op=modload&name=Submit_News&file=index.
http://www.commonconnections.com/.
http://www.connectionteam.com/subguide.html.
http://www.content-articles.com/Register.aspx.
http://www.contentdesk.com/.
http://www.constant-content.com/.
http://www.createonlinebusiness.com/.
D - Article Directories: 3
http://www.digital-women.com/submitarticle.htm.
http://www.dime-co.com/articlesub.html.
http://www.directorygold.com/more/article/newarticle.php.
E - Article Directories: 7
http://www.e-comprofits.com/howtoarticles.html.
http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/articles/submit.shtml.
http://www.ebusinesshelpsite.com/Articles/submit-article.htm.
http://www.emoneymonthly.com/submit.html.
http://www.ezinearticles.com/add_url.htm.
http://www.ezau.com.
http://www.ezine-writer.com.au/login.aspx.
F - Article Directories: 11
http://www.family-content.com/articles/submit.shtml.
http://www.forums.eMoneyMonthly.com.
http://www.forums.ibasics.biz.
http://www.free-articles-zone.com.
http://www.free-internet-home-based-business.com/articledirectory.html.
http://www.freesticky.com/stickyweb/contact.asp.
http://www.freetrafficdirectory.com/.
http://www.freetraffictip.com/.
http://www.freewebarticles.com/index.php.
http://www.freezinesite.com/articles.cgi?action=add.
http://www.fresh-articles.com.
G - Article Directory: 1
http://www.goarticles.com/.
H - Article Directories: 11
http://www.hamazines.com.
http://www.herassistant.com/1articles/index.shtml.
http://www.hersmallbusiness.com/writers/.
http://www.hitsnclicks.com/contributors.
http://www.home-based-business-opportunities.com/submit-article.shtml.
http://www.homebasedbusinessindex.com/submit.html.
http://www.home-business-directory.com.
http://www.Hosting-FAQ.com.
http://www.hosting-us.com.
http://www.hotlib.com/articles/submit.php.
http://www.howtoadvice.com/Submit.
I - Article Directories: 8
http://www.ibizresources.com/submit_article.html.
http://www.ideamarketers.com.
http://www.impactarticles.com/artman/exec/admin.cgi?id=impact&pw=prohawaii&login=1.
http://www.internetbasedmoms.com/bb/.
http://www.internethomebusinessarticles.com/content/view/23/41/.
http://www.internetnewsflash.com.
http://www.isedb.com/.
http://www.isnare.com/.
J - Article Directories: 4
http://www.jobbankusa.com/writer.html.
http://www.jogena.com/articles/articleform.htm.
http://www.jorbins.com.
http://www.jvmarketer.com/articles/submit.htm.
K - Article Directory: 1
http://www.knowledge-finder.com/submit-article.html.
L - Article Directories: 6
http://www.learningfolder.com/SubmitArticle.aspx.
http://www.lilengine.com/submit.php.
http://www.linkgrinder.com/submit_article.cfm.
http://www.linksnoop.com.
http://www.lrsmarketing.com/Resources/free_articles.htm.
http://www.lyonsinternational.com.
M - Article Directories: 11
http://www.mag-a-zine.com/mag-a-zine/articles/.
http://www.mailbiz.com/cgi-bin/mailbiz/magcat/dbm_db.cgi?db=dbm_db&add_form=1.
http://www.mainstreetmom.com/article_submission_form.htm.
http://www.marcommwise.com.
http://www.marketing-seek.com/content/index.php.
http://www.marketingideashop.com/freestuff.html.
http://www.marketingpitbull.com.
http://www.member.advisor.com/wtips.nsf/submitarticle?open.
http://www.members.article99.com/submit-articles.php.
http://www.moneymakingparents.com.
http://www.morganarticlearchive.com/cgi-bin/submit.pl.
N - Article Directory: 1
http://www.netterweb.com/artcls/.
O - Article Directories: 3
http://www.onlinemlm.com/articles/.
http://www.opportunityupdate.com.
http://www.organic-rankings.com.
P - Article Directories: 7
http://www.patsula.com/smallbizportal/articles/post.php.
http://www.parentclicks.com.
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/termsofuse/articlesubmission.htm.
http://www.profits.cc/forum/index.php.
http://www.promotenewz.com/.
http://www.promotionworld.com/.
http://www.purplehelp.com/purplehelp/articles/write_article.cfm.
R - Article Directories: 3
http://www.real-home-employment.com/work-at-home/Submit_News.phtml.
http://www.reprintedarticles.com.
http://www.rlrouse.com/submit-article.html.
S - Article Directories: 13
http://www.sales-masters-world.com.
http://www.sbinformation.about.com/library/blsubmission.htm.
http://www.searchguild.com/addarticle.php.
http://www.searchwarp.com.
http://www.selfgrowth.com/artman/exec/admin.cgi.
http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=12.
http://www.sideroad.com.
http://www.smallbusinessoutpost.com/forms/submit_article.htm.
http://www.smartads.info/articles/submit/.
http://www.sohoday.com/.
http://www.stickysauce.com/wanted.htm.
http://www.storebuilder.co.uk/.
http://www.submityourarticle.com.
T - Article Directories: 9
http://www.the-affiliate-directory.com/articleform.html.
http://www.thefamilycorner.com/services/submit.shtml.
http://www.thephantomwriters.com.
http://www.TheWebWire.com.
http://www.thewhir.com/find/articlecentral.
http://www.tigrafix.com/articles/submission.htm.
http://www.top7business.com.
http://www.toparticles.net.
http://www.topten.org.
U - Article Directories: 3
http://www.ultimateprofits.com/index_author.htm.
http://www.uniterra.com/submit-article.htm.
http://www.upromote.com/newsletter/submit.html.
V - Article Directories: 2
http://www.valuablecontent.com.
http://www.vectorcentral.com/articles-form.html.
W - Article Directories: 23
http://www.web-source.net/syndicator_submit.htm.
http://www.webmaster-resources101.com/articles/signup.php.
http://www.webmasterarticles.net/.
http://www.webmasterzine.com.
http://www.webmasterslibrary.com/submit.shtml.
http://www.webmastertraffictools.com/articledirectory/add.html.
http://www.webmomz.com.
http://www.WebPromotionGuru.com/contact.
http://www.webpronews.com/submit.html.
http://www.websitefuel.com.
http://www.webwritingprofit.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=17.
http://www.weeklytips.com/marketing.html.
http://www.williammcdermott.com.
http://www.womensarticles.com/.
http://www.womans-net.com.
http://www.womans-netnews.com/community/modules/news/incoming_news_item.php.
http://www.work-at-home-jobs-iowa.com/article/newarticle.php.
http://www.work-at-home-profits.com/submit_article.htm.
http://www.workathome-101.net/.
http://www.workathomearticles.net.
http://www.workathomecommunity.com/Submit_News.html.
http://www.workathomemomhelp.com/submitarticle.htm.
http://www.workoninternet.com/Submit_Article.html.
Z - Article Directories: 3
http://www.zeromillion.com/involve/contribute.html.
http://www.zinos.com.
http://www.zongoo.com/.
The whole strategy is to simply write, or have written, an article related to your targeted niche or market, then send it to the article directories with a resource box at the bottom with a link to your business web site or blog.
Here is an example of one of my resource boxes:
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Luis Galarza is editor and publisher of Web Marketing Dude
Strategies for Small Businesses http://www.WebMarketingDude.com
For Digital Marketing Tips and Content Strategy You Can Use Right Now
PLUS All The Info To Make It Succeed
Don't miss: http://www.LocalMarketingVoice.com
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Happy link building, hope this list can help you improve your search engine ranking and your traffic.
To your success,
Luis
About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 1000's of entrepreneurs how to build an Authoritive Brand Online and offline without much experience.
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