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Internet Article Directories

This is the second offering in a series dedicated to telling you how to let the online world you’re alive. We’ll take a look at internet article directories.

Besides death and taxation, we should add ones willingness to share an opinion to the list of all things definite. Doing this in the past was a pretty cost prohibitive task. Today we have this wonderful tool called the internet to help us.

This can be a good thing for marketing your site or products. But just putting up a web site and hoping people happen upon it is a lot like putting a FSBO sign on your lawn. You’ll get a few people to look, but not the traffic it will take to get the job done.

So what else does the internet have to offer us in our quest to rule the online world? Internet Article Directories! And what lovely services they are.

You can begin to share your expertise in most anything. If you can write it you can share it. As far as web site and product marketing, this is a very good thing (sorry Martha). A few neat things about these services are: free to use, traffic opportunity, diverse community and builds credibility.

Let’s take a closer look at those points.

Free To Use &ndash While it is true that there is no such thing as a free lunch, these services come pretty close. By free, I mean that there is no monetary cost involved to use the services. You will still have to sign up as a publisher (2 minutes max), create your article, submit your article, and wait for it to be published.

Traffic Opportunity &ndash There are literally thousands of people who see the articles submitted to these services, either by visiting the main page of the service or a web site that has reproduced your article. Your primary responsibility is to write effective copy to take advantage of this exposure.

Diverse Community &ndash It is pretty much understood that if you have 10 people looking for love, you’ll get 10 different ways to do it. The same holds true for these article services. There are so many different topics covered. Some are broken down into subtopics which can give you the opportunity to target a more focused audience.

Build Credibility &ndash The fact is this. If you are published writer, people are more likely to trust you and your judgment. If you can write accurate copy on a consistent basis you will build your credibility. The better you do this, the chances of other web masters republishing your article increase.

So where can you get started? I started with Article Alley. I just liked the way the site was set up, and the affiliate sites they had. But as always a visit to Google your favorite search engine should pull up some results. Here are a few to get you started.

Article Alley

ZapContent.com

Articles Factory

ISnare.com

So get writing!

Be sure to check out the first article in the series Pinging Services

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Eric Terry is administrator of Affiliate Scout, a web site dedicated to take the mystery out of affiliate marketing. .affiliatescout.net

There is no question that the key to running a successful business is to generate a steady traffic flow. There are a number of ways you can increase your traffic flow, but submitting to directories can be extremely successful. Whether it is submitting articles to article directories or submitting your site to web site directories, you will begin to get thousands of visitors by doing so.

When you submit to directories, you are receiving free advertising. All over the internet you will see advertisements and promotions trying to get you to pay for advertising. But in reality, submitting to directories can be equally successful when it comes to increasing your traffic flow.

There are thousands of people that search article directories and web site directories for ideas and opinions. Whether the web surfers are looking for ideas for their own site or just quality content, you will have your content and site viewed thousands of times. And by placing a link to your site with the submission, people will have easy access to be redirected to your site.

Submitting articles to article directories can do much more than provide a link for people to click on. When you submit articles, you are also delivering quality content to be seen by hundreds of thousands of people. There is so much duplicate content on the internet that readers are salivating for fresh content. If you can produce fresh and enticing content, people will jump to your site to see what else you have to offer.

Another way you can get thousands of visitors to your site by submitting to directories is through page rank. By targeting specific keywords on your web site, you can climb higher on the search engines. The better your site flows and casually spreads your keywords throughout, the higher your page rank will be.

Search engines reward quality sites with a higher page rank. Typically you will find the higher page rank sites toward the top of the search engines. And according to the golden triangle rule, internet surfers tend to focus on the top four or five searches on the search engines. Therefore, try to spread keywords throughout your site without making it too obvious and you will begin to climb up the search engines.

A business is nothing without traffic. You could have the best web site in the world, but if nobody knows it exists, it is nothing. That is why it is essential that you take the time to submit your articles and web site to thousands of article directories and web site directories. The more directories you submit to, the better chance you have of people seeing your site. From there, you will notice a steady increase in the amount of traffic you receive.

Always look for directories with either high page rank, or a good predicted page rank. Normally new directories make good ground fast in traffic, page rank and serp. This is good for your site and surely worth submitting to, because they are either cheap or free.

What are you waiting for then, GET SUBMITTING!!!!!