Earlier I’ve told you how to use link exchanges, guest blogging, forum marketing and also link directories to build backlinks. Today I will share my thoughts on a link building technique named article submissions.
What is a Article Directory?
Explanation borrowed from Wikipedia:
Article directories are a form of databases where companies and professional writers submit articles based on a specific niche.
Basically an article directory is a big database where people like you and me can add our articles and in return get a backlink for one of our sites. As a writer we’ll receive link power and visitors, while the article directory will receive visitors and also make some money of them.
My Thoughts
In my point of view I believe article directories are build for people who are able to write long texts on a short amount of time. If this includes you, you’ll be able to build a lot of backlinks through this method.
If you on the other hand prefer to write a bit slower and create pure quality, then I would recommend you to apply for a guest post on a blog instead.
The best thing about using this method is that you can get deeplinks for your small niche sites which no blogger would link to.
Find Content for Article Directories
Since we are mostly after the backlinks it’s important to remember that quality is not as important as quantity. It’s better to publish 4 articles than to publish 2 articles where you’ve spent more time correcting your grammar. With that said you should still think about spelling, etc.
Popular methods are usually to rewrite others content from books, etc., answer questions from visitors on your niche site and also hire a writer.
Popular Article Directories
- 6 – articlebiz.com
- 6 – ezinearticles.com
- 6 – goarticles.com
- 6 – isnare.com
- 6 – selfgrowth.com
- 5 – articlealley.com
- 5 – articlecity.com
- 5 – articledashboard.com
- 5 – articleinsider.com
- 5 – articlesbase.com
- 5 – buzzle.com
- 4 – searchwarp.com
- 4 – articlesfactory.com
Do you know of an article directory with high PR? Feel free to mention it in the comments below.
Your Thoughts on Article Directories
As I wrote above I think article directories are a good method to build backlinks for your small niche sites, but if you on the other hand want backlinks for your blog I would probably recommend a guest post.
What are your thoughts on using article directories to build backlinks?
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Thanks for the directories list. I really needed it because I’m waiting for ezine articles to upgrade my account, and I really don’t know how much it’ll take.
You’re welcome Oscar. I’m glad you found it useful.
Article submission in the directories can gain PR and drive traffic on blog.
Thanks for the source, Stefan. Great research.
It help a lot on bringing a good and quality traffic for a long terms. Thanks for the list
I’m not really into article directories. If you can write good blog posts on your blog (or guest posts), it doesn’t seem worth it.
I also had this opinion a few years ago before starting making money on small niche sites. It then became a great method to easily get backlinks from several different sources for small sites which no one would ever link to. Personally I do not think article submissions is worth the time if you want backlinks for a blog or high quality website, but for a small niche sites it is a simple method to get a few free backlinks.
I always knew that article writing is always a great idea to get free backlinks but I think I’m too lazy to participate there… I will prefer more writing a Guest post for other blogs in my niche and specially on friends blog.. This will increase my visibility among readers and will be helpful for me later on….
Though if I ever plan to write articles for these article directories.. it will be helpful for me…
It is all about what type of sites you are looking to get backlinks for. Personally i also prefer guest posts if you want backlinks for high quality content, but this is not always possible with small niche sites.
Planned to do this some time back. But unable to find enough time to write on those directories.
I think we can’t republish the articles there right?
What do you mean with republish?
This is definitely a good idea. It’s a great way to gain exposure for your writing and to increase backlinks. All around it’s a great idea.
Thank you Nicholas, I’m glad you liked it.
Nice list you have here! I think ezinearticles is the most popular among them. And I think also I would start submitting some of my quality posts in these directory submissions. Thanks for this.
I am not sure if I understood you correctly, but I do not recommend you to republish your old posts on article directories.
Stefan I hope that new bloggers that read this post pay good attention to it, I still attribute a large portion of my blogs success to the work I did a little over a year ago with adding my blog to directories to build my backlinks.
can we still get backlinks from articlebase.com? as far as I know, articlebase has become no follow, is that true?
Unfortunately you seems to be correct.