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Huge List of Article Directories for Backlinks, Traffic, and Authority
Thanks in large part to the efforts of Travis Sago, nearly all Internet Marketers are very familiar with the concept of article marketing (or Bum Marketing, as Travis coined). With article marketing, you post your articles (content) on popular and high-ranking article directories with the intent of driving a percentage of the readers to your sales page.
However, article directories can also serve two other important functions: authority and backlinks.
When you post a bunch or articles all surrounding your niche and each of these articles points back to your product (which is also tied to your name), you can build yourself as an authority in that niche. Obviously the articles must be informative and accurate. Done correctly, this can lend quite a bit of credibility to the claims you make in your sales copy. As with article marketing, the more people who see your articles, the better, so the larger directories work best.
The third use for article directories is to build backlinks.
For this purpose, not only is it good to post your articles on the higher-ranking directories, it’s also good to post your articles across many different directories. This gives your backlinks the IP diversity that Google prefers. Some people might claim that posting the same article to many different directories will lead to the “duplicate content penalty.” That’s just not the case. While many of the articles will show in Google’s supplemental results if you search for a phrase from the article, multiple copies of an article can and will show up as backlinks within the Google Webmaster tool.
The below list is a great group of article directories to post to. It’s a good spread of high and low PR sites so that the links look more natural. For those who are on a tight budget, you can post your articles manually. For those wishing to automate, every one of these article directories are included within Article Post Robot. This program is a one-time purchase (unlike many of the subscription-based backlinking products), and it works very well. Click here for more information about Article Post Robot.
(The PageRank shown below indicates the rank of the directory’s home page. Some of this authority is passed down to your articles, but your actual article will be PR0 unless you build it through further backlinking.)
PageRank 6
http://www.articlebiz.com
http://www.ezinearticles.com/
http://www.goarticles.com/
PageRank 5
http://www.articlealley.com/
http://www.articlecity.com/
http://www.articleclick.com/
http://www.articledashboard.com/
http://articleonlinedirectory.com/
PageRank 4
http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/
http://www.activeauthors.com/
http://www.amazines.com/
http://www.articleblotter.com/
http://www.articlelisted.com/
http://www.articler.com/
http://www.e-calc.net
http://www.easyarticles.com
http://www.homebiztools.com/
http://www.morefreeinformation.com/
http://www.premierdirectory.org
http://www.webpronews.com/submit
PageRank 3
http://www.1articleworld.com/
http://www.365articles.com/
http://www.a1-articledirectory.com/
http://www.a1-optimization.com/articles/
http://www.afroarticles.com/
http://www.articlebrain.com/
http://www.articlecompilation.com/
http://www.articleland.com/
http://www.articlepros.com/
http://www.articlerich.com/
http://www.articlesnetwork.com/
http://articletogo.com/
http://www.articletrader.com/
http://www.articlevista.com/
http://www.blogwidow.com/
http://www.businesshighlight.org/
http://www.depositarticles.com/
http://www.educationarticles.net/
http://www.gestbiz.com/articles/
http://www.goodinfohome.com/
http://www.greatarticlesformoms.com/
http://www.howtoadvice.com/
http://www.ideamarketers.com/
http://www.ireprint.info/
http://www.kravities.com/
http://www.leadershiparticles.net/
http://www.linksnoop.com/
http://www.mainstreetmom.com/
http://www.marketingarticlelibrary.com/
http://www.modirac.com/
http://www.qwesz.com/
http://www.reprintarticles.com/
http://www.series-of-articles.com/
http://www.talkinmince.com/
http://www.thecontentcorner.com/
http://www.theegarage.com/
http://www.therepozitory.com.au/
http://www.travelarticlelibrary.com/
http://www.upublish.info/
PageRank 2
http://www.articleassembly.com/
http://articlebook123.com/
http://www.articlecafe.com/
http://www.articlecastle.com/
http://articlechair.com/
http://www.articleco.com/
http://www.articledirectory.com/
http://www.articlefeeder.com/
http://www.articlefire.com/
http://articlegallery.net/
http://www.articlegold.com/
http://www.articleindex.net/
http://www.articleink.com/
http://www.articleintelligence.com/
http://articlemind.com/
http://articlemoney.net/
http://www.articlepile.com/
http://www.articleretreat.com/
http://www.articles2use.com/
http://www.articles4reprint.com/
http://www.articlesandauthors.com/
http://www.articlescream.com/
http://www.articleshowroom.com/
http://articlesmart.org/
http://www.articlesneeded.com/
http://www.articlewagon.com/
http://articlexplore.com/
http://www.blisspublisher.com/
http://www.bornasuperstar.com/
http://www.britisharticledirectory.co.uk/
http://come-and-read.com/
http://www.coralcourts.com/
http://www.electrictext.com/
http://www.euriskoarticles.com/
http://www.everyonesarticles.com/
http://www.ezarticles.info/
http://ezine-articles.co.uk/
http://www.ezinesarticle.com/
http://familyfriendsphotos.com/
http://www.farticle.net/
http://www.financemanual.com/
http://www.find-an-article.com/
http://www.germaines-luau.com/
http://www.gosubarticles.com/
http://hamazines.com/
http://www.hobbyarticledirectory.com/
http://www.hostmelive.net/
http://www.interesting-articles.com/
http://www.leadarticles.com/
http://www.liberated-press-releases.com/
http://www.look-4it.com/
http://www.marabe7.com/
http://www.mysmallbizarticles.com/
http://www.neoarticle.com/
http://www.newagelivingarticles.com/
http://www.pagequest.co.uk/
http://www.populate.net/
http://www.raz-sports.com/articles/
http://www.realauthor.net/
http://www.realestatearticles4u.com/
http://www.smallbusinessadvertisingarticles.com/
http://www.submittedarticle.com/
http://www.techcentralpublishing.com/
http://www.thatsmyniche.com/
http://www.thehealthmanual.com/
http://thoughtsearch.com/
http://www.tss-articles.com/
http://www.undercoverdemon.com/
http://www.uniquearticles.info/
http://www.webmarketingiq.com/
http://www.webmasterinfoandcontent.com/
http://www.wellnessarticlelibrary.com/
http://www.writerspenarticledirectory.com/
http://www.yourecommerceinfo.com/ecommerce-articles/
PageRank 1
http://www.00articles.com/
http://www.109b.com/artdash/
http://www.111articles.info/
http://www.123article.org/
http://www.123articleonline.com/
http://www.5star-articles.com/
http://www.affiliates-surveys-marketing.com/
http://www.archivedarticles.com/
http://www.article-avalanche.com/
http://www.article-bank.com/
http://www.article-searchengine.com/
http://www.article-syndication.info/
http://www.article4submission.com/
http://www.articlear.com/
http://www.articleauthority.com/
http://www.articlecamp.com/
http://www.articlecell.com/
http://www.articlecounty.com/
http://www.articledirectorylive.com/
http://www.articleextreme.com/
http://articlefame.com/
http://www.articlehighlight.com/
http://www.articlerampage.com/
http://articlerealm.com/
http://www.articleresourceindex.com/
http://www.articles-about-travel.com/
http://www.articles-central.info/
http://www.articles2know.com/
http://www.articles4meandu.com/
http://www.articles4y.com/
http://www.articlesauce.com/
http://www.articlesbymoms.com/
http://www.articlescream.com/
http://www.articleseer.com/
http://www.articleserve.net/
http://www.articlesfeed.com/
http://www.articlesinsight.com/
http://www.articlesmatter.com/
http://www.articlesrightnow.com/
http://articlestars.com/
http://www.articletrunk.com/
http://astonishingarticles.com/
http://www.babyboomerarticles.com/
http://www.best-articles-online.info/
http://www.biggerbetter.info/
http://www.blogticles.com/
http://www.bluegrasssolutions.info/
http://www.chiltern-capital.co.uk/
http://www.cleido.com/
http://www.coachingarticles.net/
http://www.contentsgeek.com/
http://currentarticlesabout.com/
http://www.didarticles.com/
http://www.ebusiness-articles.com/
http://www.elistz.net/
http://www.explorearticle.com/
http://www.firstratearticles.com/
http://www.free-wedding-articles.net/
http://freearticlepublishing.com/
http://www.fsb-media.com/
http://guides-and-tips.com/
http://www.hallofarticles.com/
http://www.haveinfo.net/
http://www.home-based-profits.com/
http://hqarticles.org/
http://www.httparticles.com/
http://www.itechnoworld.com/
http://www.keywordbeast.com/
http://www.lydiasarticles.com/
http://www.mintswords.com/
http://www.moneyarticlelibrary.com/
http://myarticlemall.info/
http://www.myarticlesonline.com/
http://www.myarticlevault.com/
http://www.natural-health-directory.com/
http://www.netarticleshack.com/
http://nigerianewsjournal.com/
http://www.purearticle.com/
http://www.qualityfreearticles.com/
http://www.resourceschool.com/
http://www.superarticledirectory.com/
http://www.textcafe.net/
http://www.thearticleworld.com/
http://www.tihson.com/
http://www.toprankarticles.com/
http://www.urarticles.com/
http://www.wellnessarticles4u.com/
http://www.writerdatabase.com/
PageRank 0
http://www.100biz.net/
http://www.101-articles.com/
http://www.321articles.com/
http://a1-articles.net/
http://www.a2zarticleslibrary.com/
http://absolutearticles.com/directory
http://www.acmearticles.com/
http://addictionarticledirectory.com/
http://www.addondashboard.com/
http://www.adletz.net/
http://www.advertisearticles.com/
http://www.alivearticle.com/
http://www.allbpi.net/
http://www.allentrepreneurinfo.com/
http://www.alleyarticles.com/
http://www.allthebestarticles.com/
http://www.allwebcontent.com/articles/
http://www.americanarticles.com/
http://www.arsharing.com/
http://www.article-corner.net/
http://www.article-dashboard.com/
http://www.article-directory.us/
http://article-free4all.vjad.net/
http://www.article-internet-marketing-tips.com/
http://www.article-knowledge.com/
http://article-submission-directory.com/
http://article.webdirlinks.com/
http://www.article2008.com/
http://www.articleadventure.com/
http://articleanvil.com/
http://www.articlearchive.co.uk/
http://www.articlearmies.com/
http://www.articleassets.com/
http://www.articlebase.info/
http://www.articlebin.com/
http://www.articleblender.com/
http://www.articlebliss.com/
http://www.articleboard.findabook.com/
http://www.articleboard.info/
http://articlecat.com/
http://www.articlecitydirectory.com/
http://www.articleclone.com/
http://www.articlecube.com/
http://articledad.com/
http://www.articledevil.com/
http://www.articledigger.com/
http://www.articledirectoryunlimited.com/
http://www.articlee.com/
http://www.articleexpose.com/
http://www.articlefair.com/
http://www.articlefarm.com/
http://www.articlefriendly.co.uk/
http://www.articlegarden.com/
http://www.articleguides.com/
http://www.articleguild.com/
http://www.articlehotline.com/
http://www.articleinfo.org/
http://www.articleintray.com/
http://www.articlejumbo.com/
http://www.articlekingpro.com/
http://www.articlelibrarian.com/
http://www.articlelisters.com/
http://www.articlem.com/
http://www.articlemaniac.com/
http://www.articlemarketing.org/
http://www.articlemixx.com/
http://www.articlenexus.com/
http://www.articlenic.com/
http://www.articleopus.com/
http://articleoyster.com/
http://www.articlepowerplant.com/
http://www.articlepress.org/
http://www.articlepro.co.uk/international/
http://www.articlepyramid.com/
http://articlerack.com/
http://www.articles-and-info.com/
http://articles.bluenoserlinks.com/
http://www.articles-book.com/
http://articles-for-all.com/
http://www.articles.howrank.com/
http://www.articles-inc.com/
http://articles.sites4.info/
http://www.articles2go.co.uk/
http://www.articles4free.com/
http://www.articles4sites.com/
http://www.articlesbridge.com/
http://www.articleselections.com/
http://articlesense.whiteseobiz.com/
http://www.articleshmarticle.com/
http://www.articleshome.org/
http://www.articlesite.co.uk/
http://www.articlesite.info/
http://articleslide.com/
http://www.articlesofinformation.com/
http://www.articlesology.com/
http://articlesplurge.com/
http://www.articlesriches.info/
http://www.articlesto.com/
http://www.articlestoblog.com/
http://www.articlestomp.com/
http://www.articlestoreprint.com/
http://www.articletalent.com/
http://www.articletitles.com/
http://www.articleviral.com/
http://www.articlewarehouse.net/
http://www.articlewide.com/
http://articlewild.com/
http://www.articlewisdom.com/
http://articlextra.biz/
http://www.assemblyofwords.com/
http://www.awesome-article-directory.com/
http://awsome-articles.com/
http://www.azarticles.com/
http://az.co.cz/article-directory/
http://www.bestarticles.com.au/
http://www.bestwrittenarticles.com/
http://www.bigfreearticles.com/
http://www.buy-wyse.co.uk/articlesite/
http://bytepoweredarticles.com/
http://www.clickarticles.com/
http://www.cliochang.com/
http://www.content-syndication.org/
http://www.contentarticles.net/articles/
http://www.digital-women.com/
http://www.dk-article.com/
http://www.dummiesguideto.com/
http://www.e-zinearticles.info/
http://www.easycontentpro.com/
http://www.ebookstoyou.co.uk/articles/
http://www.ehealtharticle.com/
http://www.elgreenonline.com/article/
http://www.emiule.com/
http://www.entrepreneursoncall.com/articles/
http://www.epublishersresource.com/articles/
http://essaystreet.com/
http://www.essentialrelease.com/
http://www.everythingabout.co.uk/articles/
http://www.expertarticles.net/
http://www.ezine-articles-planet.com/
http://www.ezine-submission.com/
http://www.firstclassarticles.com/
http://www.forarticle.com/
http://www.foundarticle.com/
http://www.franharrisonline.com/articlesms/
http://www.free-article-directory.caven.org.uk/
http://www.free-article-directory.com/
http://freecontentarticles.com/
http://www.freemoneysolutions.com/
http://www.freewebcontents.com/
http://www.fresh-article-directory.com/
http://www.gcyarticles.com/
http://www.goarticlesubmit.com/
http://www.healthandwealth4you.com/
http://www.ho9.info/
http://www.home-business-source.com/articles/
http://hostcontent.net/
http://hostflex.net/
http://www.hotsitecontent.com/
http://www.howto365.com/
http://www.indexed-articles.com/
http://www.indiaza.com/articles/
http://www.indoarticles.com/
http://www.isysi.com/
http://www.itempad.com/
http://jdapublishing.com/articles/
http://www.justarticles.net/
http://www.kalingar.com/
http://www.littleyams.com/
http://www.local-list.us/
http://www.lotsofarticles.com/
http://www.mainlyarticles.com/
http://www.makearticle.com/
http://www.marketersclub.com/
http://www.marketingarticlebank.com/
http://www.marketingtheweb.ca/
http://www.matrixsearches.com/
http://www.myaddirectory.com/
http://www.myarticlezine.com/
http://www.naturalbeautyarticles.info/
http://newarticlepro.com/
http://www.newworldproducts.org/articles/
http://www.notepad.in/
http://online-business-articles.com/
http://www.onlinearticlesource.com/
http://ontopicarticles.com/
http://www.organicgardenarticles.com/
http://ourarticlesource.com/
http://www.pinearticles.com/
http://www.proarticles.net/
http://www.profoundarticles.com/
http://www.realtyreferenceonline.com/articles/
http://www.redhotinfo.org/
http://www.reprint-content.com/
http://www.richestpeopleinworld.com/
http://www.rightbiz.com/
http://www.rssarticle.com/
http://scripthorizon.net/
http://www.search4allinfo.com/
http://www.searcharticles.net/
http://sellingwitharticles.com/
http://www.seo-tool-box.com/
http://www.seositemanager.com/
http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/
http://www.smesmart.com/
http://spiritualentrepreneur.biz/articles/
http://stargate12.net/
http://www.submitarticles.com/
http://www.submityourarticlesnow.com/
http://www.thearticlenet.com/
http://www.thearticlepool.com/
http://www.theninelines.com/
http://theoriginalarticle.com/
http://www.thesmilingplanet.com/
http://www.thisarticle.com/
http://www.tntarticles.com/
http://www.topics4all.com/
http://www.tropicalzooband.com/
http://truearticles.com/
http://www.tuitionplace.com/
http://www.update.pk/
http://www.w3articles.org/
http://www.wackum.com/
http://www.web-article.com/
http://www.webmasterarticledirectory.com/
http://www.whatsjew.com/articles/
http://www.writedot.com/
http://www.zippedarticles.com/
http://zogol.com/
Finally, please note that there are hundreds if not thousands of article directories. This is simply a large, sorted selection of them.
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Posted on November 18, 2009 - by Kelly Verge
How to Easily Create Your Own RSS Feed
RSS feeds have made it much easier for people to digest a great deal of information from different sources on the web. The information is streamlined so one can go through much more information than is possible via a web browser visiting a list of sites.
A side benefit for those of us with our own websites is that RSS feeds can be submitted to RSS directories. These directories are meant to be a way for people to find relevant feeds.
They are also a source of good, quickly-indexed backlinks.
This is all fine if you use a platform such as Wordpress that creates an RSS feed for you. However, what do you do if you’d like to create a feed for a static website – or even a feed with a list of pages you’d like to do some linkbuilding for?
WebDevTips has a site that lets you manually create an RSS feed from any page(s). I’ve even heard of people using this little trick to get forum profile pages indexed very quickly (Angela’s/Paul’s/Terry’s/etc.). Since there are a couple of errors with the procedures they have on their site, below is a step-by-step for those who need it.
- First, visit this site.
- Choose the number of links you need in your feed then fill in the information. The intent is to create a feed for a site with sub-pages, so you’d normally use the root URL in the “Site” area then the URL for each of your sub-pages in the other sections. If you’re using this technique for something different, you can just place a different URL in each block.
- Fill in details for each page on the list, then click the “make the code” button.
- Following the instructions on that page, copy/paste the code into a new file named your_filename.rss. Please note that when you’re editing the file, you’ll need to change the following text:
- At the top of the file, replace
http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-0.91.dtd
with
http://www.rssboard.org/rss-0.91.dtd
- Upload the file to your server, then validate the feed by entering its URL at http://feedvalidator.org.
- If all is good, you can now submit your new feed to RSS directories. Feel free to use whatever method you normally use, or if you don’t have a list of RSS directories, check out my list.
If you’re following XFactor’s Adsense method and using XSite to create your mini-niche sites, this is a great way to get an RSS feed “out there” so that the spiders will quickly find and index your site.
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Posted on September 25, 2009 - by Kelly Verge
Twitter Automated Marketing – Now Version 2.0
I’ve just put the finishing touches on a new module for the Tweeder Method that takes autopilot Twitter marketing to a whole new level.
Click here to see the WSO!
With the Tweeder Method you can target a specific group of people and market to them on Twitter with laser accuracy. There’s no need to try to get thousands of followers nor will you have to send sales links out in endless updates.
The Tweeder Method is a very non-intrusive yet effective method of marketing via Twitter.
Now with version 2.0 it’s even more hands-off. The new module handles all of your tweeting for you on full autopilot. The combined system will continually pull in interested buyers and present your sales message without being the least bit “spammy” to your potential customers.
Click Here to see the Tweeder Method 2.0
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Posted on August 20, 2009 - by Kelly Verge
Warning: Get This Wrong and You’ll Fail at Internet Marketing
It’s not glamorous and our pride sometimes tells us that we know best. However the truth of the matter is that keyword research is where most new Internet Marketers fail. If you get it right, even a poorly thought-out marketing strategy can make sales. When skipped, even the best product with the highest-converting sales page won’t make a dime.
Good keyword phrases allow us to compete in the heavy-hitter niches without having to go head-to-head with the heavyweights. The big niches have a wide selection of affiliate programs, content, and even graphics that we can use to build our websites. When we narrow the niche through the use of keywords, we’re still part of the big pie, we’re just working on a smaller slice.
So how do you find gret keywords? Here are three ways:
“Free” Method
Do a search on Google for “keyword research” and study the results. It will take some time. It’s worth it.
Make notes. Paper is fine. A simple copy/paste to OneNote is my favorite method of taking notes, but Wordpad works, too.
Practice what you’ve learned. This is a case when reading isn’t enough. Run through several niches looking for keywords. Again, make notes. If you find several related keywords that all look good in a niche where you might be able to make money, you’ve identified a good project.
(Note the word “free” is in quotes. There’s no such thing as free – you’re trading time instead of money.)
Almost Free Method
Register for the Thirty Day Challenge. As part of this free course you’ll get a free 45-day trial of Market Samurai along with all the instruction you’ll need to get up to speed with it.
Market Samurai is one of my top 2 choices of paid keyword research tools, so this option is a no-brainer in my book.
This year the Noble Samurai team has added quite a few new features, so MS is really more than a simple keyword tool.
Paid Method
Sign up for Micro Niche Finder.
MNF is my preferred keyword research tool, and as you learn about keyword research on the web, you’ll see that I’m not alone in this. One successful campaign/page/product will more than pay for MNF, so in my book it’s a must-have tool.
The paid tools like MNF and MS do basically the same things as the manual searches. Their results might be a little more accurate, but even if that weren’t the case, they do the searches in a fraction of the time (MNF tends to be quite a bit faster than MS). This is important when doing keyword research because the more phrases you’re able to search through, the more likely you are to find the real gems.
OK, so we know how, but why?
With proper keyword research and identification you’ll be able to more quickly pull in targeted traffic.
If you use this information when you register your domain, when you build your content, when you write your articles, and when you build your backlinks, you’ll rank more quickly for the keywords that have good traffic and less competition. This means you’ll see results sooner with less effort.
Often poor (or no) keyword research is the key difference between those who succeed in IM and those who struggle without any successes.
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