How To Submit Articles Effectively For SEO

[MikePham]

Today, no one can deny the fact that article submission has become a big trend in internet marketing to improve website's popularity on the net. There are thousands of articles, books and forum entries showing that submitting your article to as many article and ezine directories (article hosting sites) is the best thing you can do to increase valuable targeted traffic to your web site, and quickly grow your site's backlinks. In this article, you can find some ways that can help you increase the effectiveness as well as facilitate the process of your article submission.

* Well preparation before your submission: Prepare a short abstract and a list of keywords for your article. Not all article directories will ask for them, but when they need, make this abstract and the list of keywords ready to copy and paste. Besides, you may also prepare several different versions of your articles to prevent duplicate content recognition from search engines. Just replace some words by synonyms then you will have an identical article with readers but different one with search engines. Next, gather all the information which is required by most submission sites including: title, author name, pen name, word count... for author account creation. And last but not least, make sure you have reread and corrected all misspelled words or grammar errors before submitting your article because you will lose credibility with a lot of mistakes in your work.

* Making your resource box effective: This is the first reason of writing the article because it's the resource box which is going to bring targeted traffic and backlinks to your own website. Keep it short, concise and include the most important information - your name, a few attractive sentences about what your site offers and the most prominent link (URL) to your website. If an article directory supports HTML code (or Rich Text Editor support), don't type your URL in its entirety. Use it with the anchor text (keyword) that you want to build backlinks for. With different directories, you should vary this anchor text which points to different pages in your website. Of course you must accept the policy of article directories, do not overuse or abuse with your resource box.

* Using clear format for your article when submitting: Write an article as simple as possible with a clear structure. It's better to avoid complex HTML tags, images, affiliate links and special characters. Make certain to well check the guidelines of different article directories and follow the minimum or maximum article length, general layout and style. If you are allowed to use HTML (or Rich Text Editor), you should use some basic tags such as (b)old, (i)talic, (br)eak line, (p)aragraph, (a)link to make your article more attractive. Besides, pay attention to your headline since it is the most efficient thing you can do to get your article read. In the headline, you should highlight a problem or state a solution that your readers are looking for.

* More is better: There are thousands of article directory on the Internet. So the more directories you submit your article to, the more backlinks you can get. It's better if you have prepared a list of all article directories appropriate to your article. With the keywords "article submissions", "articles directory" or "free articles", you can find on search engines thousands of article directories welcoming you to submit your own articles. On the Internet, besides of big articles directories, there are a lot of small directories which you cannot find out with the above popular keywords. Most of them are based on the same software such as Article Dashboard, Article Beach,... so with the keyword "Powered by Article Dashboard" you can get a list of all article directories which use Dashboard System.

* Checking your article's exposure and maintaining your list of article directories for the next submission: Almost all article directories are based on human editors. They need time to read and approve (or reject) your submitted articles. So, the appropriate time to check your article's exposure is about 2-3 weeks after submissions. You can check by either using search tools (if exists) on article directory or using quick indexing and updating search engines such as MSN. This step is very important to make sure your article's format is correct and the resource box is included. In addition, this is also the step to evaluate the article directories: are they still managed or abandoned? Are your articles suitable for these sites? The collected information from these checks will help you maintain a reasonable and useful list of article directories for the next submission.

In this article, I've provided you with some basic but effective tips to come along your article marketing campaigns. Article writing and submission bring benefits to all authors so it should not be underrated. If your articles are not written, and submitted effectively, plenty of efforts can be wasted.
Happy writing and submitting articles!

[BinkyMelnik]

MikePham:

make sure you have reread and corrected all misspelled words or grammar errors before submitting your article because you will lose credibility with a lot of mistakes in your work

You'll wanna go back over your article with this in mind. ;-)

Otherwise, great article!

[MikePham]

Originally Posted by BinkyMelnik

You'll wanna go back over your article with this in mind. ;-)

Otherwise, great article!

BinkyMelnik, since English is not my native language, please show me the error in my article so that I can make good in the next one :-)

[BinkyMelnik]

MikePham:

please show me the error in my article so that I can make good in the next one

Oh, good grief; I'll be here all night. What's in it for me? :-)

(BTW, your English is *excellent*; your article nevertheless contains some serious gaffes.) (FWIW, I can't write a lick of Vietnamese.)

The entire first paragraph, while not grammatically incorrect, could simply be stated better.

This is way wrong: Well preparation before your submission. Better would be "Prepare well before submitting." Even better: "Preparation is key."

gather all the information which is required by most submission sites including: That colon (:) shouldn't be there.

but when they need, should be "but if they do,"

Just replace some words by synonyms then you will have an identical article with readers but different one with search engines should be "Replace some words with synonyms and rephrase sentence clauses; you'll then have articles with identical meaning for readers but different content for the search engines."

Making your resource box effective should be "Make your resource box effective," or better, "Make effective use of your resource box."

This is the first reason of writing the article should be "This is the main reason for writing the article."

include the most important information - : That should end with a colon (:) and not a dash, as a list follows it.

you must accept the policy of article directories, do not overuse or abuse with your resource box. These are two sentences and so should either be separated by a period or else a semi-colon (;). Since they're colosey related, I'd go with the latter.

Using clear format for your article when submitting should be "Format your article clearly when submitting." Hmmmm; I'm not sure that's what you mean because of the sentence which follows:

Write an article as simple as possible with a clear structure. It would seem you're talking about the structure of the article itself (ie, opening with a premise, supporting the premise, thend ending with a conclusion), but then you go on to disucss HTML, so now I'm confused and not entirely sure what it is you're saying, so I'm at a loss as to how to suggest you fix it.

Make certain to well check: Simply "Check," or to hammer the point home, "Check and double-check." "Well-check" doesn't exist in English.

Besides, pay attention to your headline should be "Moreover, pay attention to your headline" or better, "Most importantly, pay attention to your headline."

you should highlight a problem or state a solution that your readers are looking for: Not every article is about a problem, but if you wanna go this way, perhaps a better way to state it is "Promise a solution to a problem."

There are thousands of article directory on the Internet should be "There are thousands of article directories on the Internet."

Ooops: So the more directories you submit your article to, the more backlinks you can get: I'd put a comma after the previous sentence, and attach this one to it. This is really the latter half of the previous sentence.

It's better if you have prepared a list of all article directories appropriate to your article. should be "Prepare a list of all article directories appropriate for your article." (You might extend this to say "Don't submit your article about acne to an automotive directory" by way of example.)

you can find on search engines thousands of article directories welcoming you to submit your own articles should be "you can find on search engines thousands of article directories where you can submit your articles."

On the Internet, besides of big articles directories, there are a lot of small directories which you cannot find out with the above popular keywords should be "Besides the big articles directories, there are a lot of small directories which you won't find with the above popular keywords."

Most of them are based on the same software such as Article Dashboard, Article Beach,... so with the keyword "Powered by Article Dashboard" should be "Most of them are based on the same software such as Article Dashboard or Article Beach, so with the keywords "Powered by Article Dashboard."

Checking your article's exposure and maintaining your list of article directories for the next submission should be "Check your article's exposure and maintain your list of article directories for the next submission."

You can check by either using search tools (if exists) on article directory or using quick indexing and updating search engines such as MSN should be "You can check by either using the search tools (if it exists) on the article directory to which you submitted, or using search engines which index and update quickly like MSN." (I think, if I understood the sentence.)

I've provided you with some basic but effective tips to come along your article marketing campaigns should be "I've provided you with some basic but effective tips to to help you with your article marketing campaigns."

Article writing and submission bring benefits to all authors: Consider a half paragraph explaining. Write as if the reader has no clue what article submisions can do for him. You refer to backlinks in your article, but not everyone knows what backlinks are or why they're desirable.

If your articles are not written, and submitted effectively, plenty of efforts can be wasted. should be "If your articles are not well-written and submitted effectively, you won't derive the maximum benefit from article submission."

Whew; mightta been quicker just to rewrite it, trying to type in this six-line-high box!

Good luck!

[MikePham]

Originally Posted by BinkyMelnik

This is way wrong: Well preparation before your submission. Better would be "Prepare well before submitting." Even better: "Preparation is key."

Whew; mightta been quicker just to rewrite it, trying to type in this six-line-high box!

Good luck!

BinkyMelnik, thank you very much for your careful correction on my article. I greatly appreciate your help. This article will be corrected for other article directories :-).