Writing a lot of articles these days? You may have heard it is a
great way to drive traffic to your site. But unless you are
following these key points your work may be in vain. Before you
submit another article read this over to make sure your article
submission is successful.
When including links to your web site within your article, make
sure those links are working! Each directory you submit to may
handle it differently. Some will convert them automatically to a
live link, others you will need to add the html to the link to
make it live. When your article gets republished the link may
not be live, defeating the purpose of trying to increase your
back links. If someone can't click on it and go to your web
site, what advantage is it to be writing and submitting
articles? You should always add your web address in you bio or
"about author" starting with
http:// That way even if the link
is not live, someone interested in going to your site could
always copy and paste it into their browser. Always preview your
article to check to see if it is formatted the way you want it
to look and check your links! Revise it as needed.
The importance of choosing the correct category. If your article
is about marketing, why would you want it in poetry? It is
critical to your article success that you choose the correct
category for several reasons. It will group your article
together with similar articles. This helps the search engines
find "relevant" content. It helps users who are looking for new
content to find your article. It can speed up the submission
process by helping the directory owners. Some article
directories have rss feeds for each category. Subscribers and
rss feed directories will be notified when that category is
updated, thereby increasing your article exposure.
Take advantage of all each article directory has to offer. Each
one is different but they may offer some valuable features that
you may not be aware of. Always create a clear, concise summary.
Add keywords if available. In your profile, you may be able to
create several links to your websites. These are links that will
stay with the article directory and be spidered by search
engines. You could easily add 50-100 static links pointing to
your website this way.
If you need new ideas for writing articles, check out each
directory for their most popular articles. This will give you a
good idea on what people are looking for. Continue to submit to
as many article directories as you can. There is success in
numbers.
Happy article writing!
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