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Article submission

Article submission is a very good way to get backlinks and traffic to your site. When you submit your articles you will also get a boost in traffic at the same time. The benefits of backlings are discussed in my earlier guide here.

A list of some article submission sites

A very helpful site which lists article submission sites can be found at beansoftware. The most important ones are ezinearticles, articledepot and Goarticles. They are fast and well SEO’ed.

Adding your site

First you need to register at each site. Then submit your article to relevant category.  Most common stages are Category, Article title, Keywords, Article summary, Article body and Signatur. Use some extra time on deciding which keywords your article should be related to. It’s very important for your article.  When you have provided all the details, your article will be reviewed and hopefully submittet to the site.

How many articles should i submit?

As for directory submission, there is no rule for this question. I would say 1-2 articles each day. Spamming is not recommended here neither. Use 40% of your marketing time on article submission. It will be of most importance for your sites marketing strategy.

Article submission services

There are also article submission sites that will help you with this. They are able to submit your article to hundreds of sites every day. Again i’m very sceptical about such a service, but since they pop up everywhere there might be some benefits to it. It’s up to you, but don’t belive everything you read on such sites.

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Directory submission

The idea behind submitting your site to directories is to get backlinks. Backlinks help your blog rank higher in search engines, which again lead to more traffic. You should use some time to find the right directories for your blog, because there are seriously lots of directories out there.

Quality directories

Quality directories are always human edited. That ensures mostly relevant sites to get added to the directory. Check out a few of its added sites and how long the directoriy have been online. Theres a tool for checking domain age at webconfs.

Adding your site

Browse for the relevant category and submitt your site. You will need to write a short description about your site. It is important to be accurate about the description, because that is what people will see under your URL. After submitting you will most likely have to respond to an e-mail to confirm your site.

How many directories should i add my site?

There’s no rule for this question, but you shouldn’t add your site to thousands every day. That will get your site sandboxed by google because of spam. I would say 5-10 every day helps, but thats entirely up to how much time you have.

Directory submission services

There are directory submission sites that will help you with this. They are able to submit your site to hundreds of sites every day. I would be very sceptical about such a service, but since they pop up everywhere there might be some benefits to it. It’s up to you, but don’t belive everything you read on such sites.