Top 4 Article Directories to Submit Your Content To
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Back in 2007 I wrote a post about article submission being a poor SEO tactic. Since then the article has had about 5,000 visitors that mainly came from Google and it’s still getting good traffic now. Because it has been so popular I just gave it a bit of an update and added information about how to submit to article directories and which ones to use.
Over the years I have been screwed over in various ways by a few directories such as Article Alley, Articles Base and Isnare, the 1st two added nofollow to my author signature links and Isnare took a payment from me for a featured submission and then never published it or got back to me when I emailed.
Anyway, fortunately there are a handful of decent general article directories that you can rely on, here are my top 4:
1/ Ezine Articles is the best article directory on the web, it has good standards, a PageRank 6/10 and currently, according to Alexa it’s the 185th most popular site on the web. The site is very easy to use, just click onto submit articles and follow instructions to get started.
2/ My 2nd favourite article directory is Buzzle, I have been an author there for over a year now, my articles are usually published within 24 hours and indexed by Google in no time. The site has a PageRank score of 5/10 and it’s Alexa rank is in the top 2,000. You have to apply to get accepted as an author at Buzzle and it can take a few weeks, but IMO it’s worth the wait.
3/ Another great article site is Go Articles, it’s ran by the Jayde Online Network, it has a Google PageRank of 6/10 and its Alexa score is inside the top 3,500. Submitting is a piece of cake, click on submit articles and then fill in the register as a new member form to get started. Articles are published fast, usually in less then a week.
4/ Article Dashboard is a mother of an article directory with, according to siteexplorer nearly 4,000,000 links that have come from other article directories using their script. The site has a Google PageRank score of 4/10 and its Alexa traffic rank is about 5,000. Click on the sign up link in the top right hand corner, follow instructions and start submitting your content.
Make sure you read our article submission blog post before you start using these sites, if done correctly and in moderation article submission can be a good small part of your link building and SEO strategy.
FYI: I think the UK needs a really good article directory so I have just registered OriginalArticles.co.uk and I plan to launch that in the next month or so.
Posted in Link Building News By David Eaves a UK search engine optimisation specialist.
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July 26th, 2009 52 Comments
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July 27th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Are these article directories ‘good’ for the number of visits you get from them or for seo?
July 27th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
@Barry A little bit of both I would say, I have tried most of the big general article sites and these were the ones I found to be best for SEO and traffic.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
I have great success with ArticlesBase.com. EzineArticles.com and ArticlesBase.com consistently get my articles to page one of Google Search Results.
One word of warning, post to EzineArticles.com first and wait until the article is approved there before you to go ArticlesBase.com. ArticlesBase.com approves articles so quickly, spammers cut&paste them and then EzineArticles.com could reject you for duplicate content.
July 28th, 2009 at 6:35 am
@Barry Normally, a decent amount of traffic usually brings a high PR. As high PR is good for SEO, those four article directories are great for both traffic and SEO.
August 3rd, 2009 at 9:21 pm
You will only need to invest some of your time to write a nice article and a little more time to submit it to article directories.
August 4th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
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August 12th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Hi,
Please list my article directory website in this list,
site name is http://articleresource.org
Thanks
August 12th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Hello,
here is another article directory to submit articles to:
http://www.linknami.com/articles
(general article directory with over 1500 categories)
August 15th, 2009 at 8:24 am
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August 18th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Thanks for the list you provided. Let me use this for my link promotion.
August 25th, 2009 at 11:39 am
These are really good articles to submit our content.I too prefer this sites.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:31 pm
These are best article directories but Buzzel ( Very good one ) accept only unique content ,http://www.articlesbase.com/ also deserve a place but one got less traffic from articles .
September 4th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Yes ,is true.I have acc in Enzine and working good.
September 9th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Nice list.Thanks for sharing.
September 11th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Nice Read, this article is very useful for who intially start Article submissions thanks sharing.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:45 pm
David, I just checked OriginalArticles.co.uk and found that it’s not live yet… are you still planning on building the site?
Ben
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:14 pm
@ Ben, yes it’s still coming, I was in hospital for a while and that has held me back. http://www.koshcreative.co.uk are designing it for me and it is looking very slick.
September 27th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Nice list and always good to read what others recommend as there are so many article directories out there nowadays that too limit submissions to the best ones that make a difference seems a better option than just using them as cannon fodder.
September 30th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Nice article submission list. Thanks for sharing this to all of us.
Regards
Nichole
http://www.recoverybull.com
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Dear Sir / Madam
I regularly use your website for SEO tips and also refer many of my clients to your useful pages. I am writing to request that you mention my article directory site, http://www.ArticleOffice.com , in any list you may compile. I aimed to make the site easy for people to use to allow anyone to write article without dedicating hours of their lives to submission, Article categories can be seen on the homepage, the submission page is user only (user menu at the top of site)
Thank you for your time
Joseph Lancros
ArticleOffice.com
October 6th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I had little bit idea about ezine. But i was unaware of last three article directory. Thanks for sharing.
October 7th, 2009 at 2:34 am
Nice list and always good to read what others recommend as there are so many article directories out there nowadays that too limit submissions to the best ones that make a difference seems a better option than just using them as cannon fodder
October 14th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Thanks for your information about this top sites. I am already using Ezine. Hereafter i will use other three sites too.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
With a new site was looking for some ideas on how to increase the reach of the site and the article sites you have mentioned sound like a good and positive idea so will give them a go. Thanks
October 16th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Very Valuable Information. This Top 4 Article Plays Vital role getting inbound links. Thanks sharing.
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Thanks for this Valuable information. i have used ezine and go article , will use rest of 2 very soon.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
a good list of article submission website directories, i would suggest not forget articlebase.com
November 17th, 2009 at 4:52 am
I use ezine and its one of the best. thanks for the others
November 17th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Good advice, regularly use ezine and articlesbase for my article submissions. It definitely seems worth spending the time on finding the best places to add your articles.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Hi, thanks for the list, it’s been quite frustrating trying to find places to submit articles as so many either charge or never get indexed at all…or both!
November 24th, 2009 at 7:05 am
Thanks for your valuable contents on submission directories. Feel free to visit this site too…
articlescreen.com
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Thanks for your information about this top article sites.This article site have a page rang above 5.Many of people visit this article site and submit your contain.
December 7th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Nice list and always good to read what others recommend as there are so many article directories out there nowadays that too limit submissions to the best ones that make a difference seems a better option than just using them as cannon fodder.
December 10th, 2009 at 10:52 am
This is a new article directory that’s recently been launched, and one which seems to have some potential. There are too many article directories around which are only in it for the adsense revenue and will accept any old rubbish given.
The directory I linked to – http://netpressarticles.com – seems to be a lot more stringent about what it will accept. I’ve tried it with several articles, all of which (deliberately, to test them) failed at least 1 of their guidelines. Every one was thrown out for not meeting guidelines.
Now, it might just be because they’re new and are trying to discourage the spam community, but I think in time if they keep this level of due diligence going then they could rise to the top.
An article directory where only quality articles are published? Who’d have thought it possible!?
December 18th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Hi,
Thanks, really useful and informative. I didn’t realise these sites existed so thanks for sharing with other webmasters since may of the “old” free press release sites etc. are now paid for.
December 20th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Thanks for this list of directories. Was only using one of them.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:24 pm
I heard one expert say that they completely ignore EzineArticles because they’ve become such a pain. Their advice was to go counterintuitive. For example, watch the herd, then go the other way.
IMHO, I’d say make great content and get a solid reputation on EzineArticles and you won’t get your artcles sent to file 13.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Free article submission is one of the best online marketing stradegies if you limit your submissions to the top 15-25 sites. A wisely structured article can become a PR 2-5 page when submitted to the top article directories.
January 24th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
I have used ezine articles for my website http://www.insurance4all.co.uk but being finance and savings based and therefore highly competitive, I don’t really think the effort it takes to write an article has justified the increase in traffic. I think ezine articles would work better for more niche sites.
January 28th, 2010 at 11:10 am
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January 28th, 2010 at 11:52 am
These article websites are most popular on the internet.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Thanks for the list
February 9th, 2010 at 11:05 am
If I Submit 1 unique article to 10 directories, it will be treated as duplicate content by directories. Then, the backlinks would not be effective.
Please list our article directory http://www.yospread.com/
February 10th, 2010 at 9:37 am
@Atul: i’ve submitted my articles to like 4 different article submission sites, now i know its not a good idea, i guess i’ll have to stick to one or submit 1 for each. thanks
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February 17th, 2010 at 4:46 am
Can anyone know of fast approval directories. I mean to say that the article should be approved within few days.
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:48 pm
There are definitely more article directories out there but thanks for highlighting the four of them. Personally my favorite is still Ezine.
February 25th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
articlesbase seems to publish articles quicker tha other directories I’ve used.
February 26th, 2010 at 10:15 am
Hi
It is really good article submission site and there is an opportunity to promote your article.
March 8th, 2010 at 6:53 am
I have joined te directories but i always get logged out of article base as soon as i start to write an article. i have checked my security settings but it won’t help, any advice?
March 9th, 2010 at 8:32 am
These 4 article is really top article submission sites. this opportunity is really great and thanks for provide me information.
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