What are your favorite article directories? Why?

[jrod11]

I've been reading a lot about people asking about article directories. I thought i would share my favorites and a little blurb why i like them. I use all of them and use them for different reasons.

• Ezinearticles.com - Most popular IMO, lots of a traffic and google seems to eat it up and is constantly crawling the site.

• Rysite.com- SEO friendly, automatically tweets your articles to a targeted following. I normally see double the traffic from not only the article but also from twitter.

• Articlealley.com- another popular site for article directories. Has a high Page Rank and all of my articles refer traffic to my site.

• Articledashboard.com- Another site that seems to be very popular and is constantly crawled by google. Also has a decent Page Rank and SEO friendly structure

Anyone else have some that they can add? What are your favorites and why?

[Wechito]

eZineArticles and ArticlesBase.
Both send a lot of direct traffic.
In addition to this, eZineArticles has dofollow links.

[reynor]

ezinearticles, buzzle and articlecity.
traffic, traffic, traffic...

[James Fried]

Ezine articles has seemed to outperform all the other article directories combined for me as far as generating traffic goes.

However, I diversify my article directory submissions to also get back backlinks for ranking purposes.

Hope this helps.

[_jose_]

I have a quick question on posting an article to multiple article sites.

Doesn't Google dislike duplicate content?

I've kept my article posting to one original article per site because of the above rule, but not sure how true it is.

[subse7en]

Originally Posted by jrod11

I've been reading a lot about people asking about article directories. I thought i would share my favorites and a little blurb why i like them.

• Rysite.com- SEO friendly, automatically tweets your articles to a targeted following. I normally see double the traffic from not only the article but also from twitter.

Anyone else have some that they can add? What are your favorites and why?

Thanks JRod for this site, as it seems like it could REALLY help us get more targeted TWITTER traffic to our articles!

[jrod11]

Originally Posted by _jose_

I have a quick question on posting an article to multiple article sites.

Doesn't Google dislike duplicate content?

I've kept my article posting to one original article per site because of the above rule, but not sure how true it is.

Thanks for pointing this out,I forgot to clear this up. I am not submitting the same article. If I am writing about "cars," I'll either write a different article for each directory or I will spin my best article.

[jrod11]

Originally Posted by subse7en

Thanks JRod for this site, as it seems like it could REALLY help us get more targeted TWITTER traffic to our articles!

Your welcome! I've noticed a lot of my articles getting tons of traffic because of Rysite.com's twitter automation. Especially with my articles that have a more catchy title, the twitter followers seem to love it and I can see their referrals in my analytics.

[VictoriaXavier]

I prefer enizarticle and article base is the best

[MarkAse]

Buzzle is my favorite if I'm looking to build PR and organic traffic to a page. My articles seem to attain a PR 2-3 there after only 3 months or so as opposed to a full year on Ezine.

[jrod11]

Originally Posted by MarkAse

Buzzle is my favorite if I'm looking to build PR and organic traffic to a page. My articles seem to attain a PR 2-3 there after only 3 months or so as opposed to a full year on Ezine.

Thanks for Buzzle, forgot about that one.

[Myheavens]

http://www.zchand.com bcz I dont have to wait for days to get my articles approved!

[jrod11]

Originally Posted by waqas

http://www.zchand.com bcz I dont have to wait for days to get my articles approved!

Great point. the www.rysite.com site also is the same way. I had a few articles get approved about 20 minutes after i submitted them once!

[Goatboy]

rysite appears to be no follow. How do you get link juice from it?

[jrod11]

Originally Posted by Goatboy

rysite appears to be no follow. How do you get link juice from it?

I just checked and the source code of the links in the articles does not have no follow in it. Where did you see that it is no follow?

[Goatboy]

Originally Posted by jrod11

I just checked and the source code of the links in the articles does not have no follow in it. Where did you see that it is no follow?

When I look at it with my SEO toolbar, it tells me the links are no follow.

[webhoster1]

ezinearticles is the best 4 direct traffic...

[John Williamson]

EZA first, then GoArticles, which has instant automatic approval and allows up to 5 links within the body text.

[Arich123]

Ezine and articledeshbord is my favorite.
i get backlinks to these sites

[jrod11]

Originally Posted by Goatboy

When I look at it with my SEO toolbar, it tells me the links are no follow.

I did the same thing, but there are only a few links that are no follow. The important ones are follow.

[PerfectedWeb]

EZA.

The only EZA's drawback is it may takes 5-6 days before your articles get approved.

About the others, I just don't have time to send my articles over to other directories, which makes me feels like I probably leave out some traffic on the table.

[FranksToys]

Originally Posted by Goatboy

rysite appears to be no follow. How do you get link juice from it?

I just double checked Rysite and it is indeed DoFollow. Which are the type of links that you want pointing to your site.

[FranksToys]

As others have mentioned, I also like Articlebase, quick approval and backlinks tend to show up quickly as well.

Thanks for pointing out Rysite, I just made a few submissions and will report my findings back.

[FranksToys]

Just wanted to follow up,

I submitted a bunch of articles today to Rysite.com. Articles were processed and published in a matter of 20 minutes with DoFollow backlinks. They also gave me some SEO pointers along the way to help make sure my articles had even more exposure.

[ydsimple]

articlesbase.com because they approve all my articles instantly so I can see really fast results.

[fortony]

Ezine seems to be the only one I really see traffic from but I have not been using Buzzle and Article City for that long. Not sure of the SEO benefits.

People who know me call me an impatient SOB, but I cannot understand why people worry so much about a few days or so it takes to get articles on Ezine...

With a Platinum membership, they are usually up in about 24 hours. If you do not have one and would really like to get your articles up quickly, I would suggest applying with as a new writer. With my first membership, they never upgraded me even after about 40 articles. When I started a new membership, they gave it to me after the first ten articles even though I did not think they were that good.

Seems to be at least partially the luck of the draw.

[jrod11]

Originally Posted by FranksToys

Just wanted to follow up,

I submitted a bunch of articles today to Rysite.com. Articles were processed and published in a matter of 20 minutes with DoFollow backlinks. They also gave me some SEO pointers along the way to help make sure my articles had even more exposure.

Thanks for the follow up frank. I saw the same results.

[caldream2020]

I like Articlebase because they also approved my article instantly. HOwever, i have a question though. Is it a bad idea to submit the same article to another article site? what do you think?

[jrod11]

Originally Posted by caldream2020

I like Articlebase because they also approved my article instantly. HOwever, i have a question though. Is it a bad idea to submit the same article to another article site? what do you think?

I do my best to either write multiple articles or spin them very very well so that it is almost hard to tell that it isnt spun.

Additionally, you might not have a choice when it comes down to a single article appearing on multiple directories. Lots of article directories either scrape or pull articles from other sites and post it on theirs. You might see some dups whether you did it or not.

[jrod11]

Just posted a few more articles that were approved within the hour. nice!

[FranksToys]

Originally Posted by jrod11

Just posted a few more articles that were approved within the hour. nice!

Thanks for this recommendation. My articles I submitted the other day were approved extremely quickly, and indexed in a matter of 24 hours. My backlinks have also began to show.

Do you have any other recommendations for article directories?

[jrod11]

Originally Posted by evas123

Ezinearticles is the best but you have to wait a little long for your article to be approved. Take a break, watch this "BREAK UP" movie. IT'S FREE!

Great, thanks for spamming my thread.

[Ernie Lonardo]

Do you guys submit manually to all these article directories or is there some submitter you guys use??? Ive seen a few but I dont want to spend a monthly fee for it.

[Wechito]

Originally Posted by _jose_

I have a quick question on posting an article to multiple article sites.

Doesn't Google dislike duplicate content?

I've kept my article posting to one original article per site because of the above rule, but not sure how true it is.

Don't worry about duplicate content. It is a myth. Google only penalize duplicate content across one site, not across the internet.

[Wechito]

Originally Posted by Ernie Lonardo

Do you guys submit manually to all these article directories or is there some submitter you guys use??? Ive seen a few but I dont want to spend a monthly fee for it.

If you are just submiting to no more than 10 article directories, doing it manually is fine.
If you are mass submitting them, use some kind of automatic submission service. However, do it always manually to the more republe directories (EZN, articlebase, goarticles).

[Ernie Lonardo]

Thanks

Gee I have about 100 articles I need to add to all these directories.....might need to grab a few coffees first

Originally Posted by Wechito

If you are just submiting to no more than 10 article directories, doing it manually is fine.
If you are mass submitting them, use some kind of automatic submission service. However, do it always manually to the more republe directories (EZN, articlebase, goarticles).

[FranksToys]

Originally Posted by Ernie Lonardo

Thanks

Gee I have about 100 articles I need to add to all these directories.....might need to grab a few coffees first

Hey Ernie,

I like to submit them manually, it does take time but it assures me that it is done properly and that backlinks are built at my own pace. I think this appears more natural too, not to mention the fact that they are submitted to only the higher quality directories. No sense in autosubmitting to 1000 spammed to death directories.

Remember diversity! Submit 100 spread out through all the directories in this thread, don't just submit 100 to one then 100 to another as it won't benefit you.

[jrod11]

Great points Frankstoys. I would definitely stay clear of auto submitting.

[Goatboy]

Originally Posted by jrod11

I did the same thing, but there are only a few links that are no follow. The important ones are follow.

You are correct, I checked it again today and the author links all appear to be follow. I would swear though that last week I checked several articles and the author links were nofollow. I wonder if there are some articles poseted that are nofollow for some reason?

[Social-Media-Marketing]

Originally Posted by _jose_

I have a quick question on posting an article to multiple article sites.

Doesn't Google dislike duplicate content?

I've kept my article posting to one original article per site because of the above rule, but not sure how true it is.

Hello Jose,

I primarily submit articles on EzinesArticles.com... occasionally on GoArticles.com.

The keys to using articles submissions to promote your site and minimize the affects of duplicate content IMO are as follows:

1) Write a blog post or article for your own site. This should be a detailed discussion of whatever topic you're wanting to rank for. My blog posts are usually around 1500-2500 words for any given topic. Post this on your site.

2) Write from scratch a totally separate article to be submitted to ezinearticles.com about the same topic as the one your posted on your site. While this article may have the same basic outline (subsections) as the one on your site, do NOT even look at the post/article on your site when writing this second article. You want it to be totally unique. Make this article less detailed while covering the same topic. My submitted articles are typically 700-1200 words in length. Submit this article to ONLY one submission site. In the author bio box (where the links are actually followed) I link to the article on my site with something like "Learn more about <insert targeted keyword phrase> by visiting example.com." This will get click-thrus if the visitor wants more details on the topic which can only be found on your site.

3) If you want to submit to multiple submission sites then repeate step 2 above writing a totally unique article about the same topic for EACH site you plan to submit to.


By following the above steps... you ensure that there is only ONE copy of the post/article that exists on your site. NEVER EVER submit the same post/article that you put on your site to an article submission site.

By using a totally different (and less detailed) article for each submission site, that submitted article is not a duplicate of the one that exists on your site. Multiple sites may republish your submitted article, but who cares... The content they are duplicating is the content from the article submission site... not the content from your site.

[jrod11]

Originally Posted by Goatboy

You are correct, I checked it again today and the author links all appear to be follow. I would swear though that last week I checked several articles and the author links were nofollow. I wonder if there are some articles poseted that are nofollow for some reason?

I think you might have just looked at one of their internal page links that link to another part of the site. Those are all no follow. It happens

[rbyrd1157]

I just read another post about EZA versus ArticleBase. This is another great discussion for me, a relative newbie, about article directories.

I have only been posting to EZA but now realize that I need to submit to others as well.

Thanks for the list of different article directories.

- Rick

[pube12]

EZA and buzzie are great places to start...

[jrod11]

Originally Posted by rbyrd1157

I just read another post about EZA versus ArticleBase. This is another great discussion for me, a relative newbie, about article directories.

I have only been posting to EZA but now realize that I need to submit to others as well.

Thanks for the list of different article directories.

- Rick

You're welcome! Hope they help.

[FranksToys]

Would everyone agree that from an SEO standpoint it's best to distribute your articles throughout many article directories?

[tferraro11]

Originally Posted by FranksToys

Would everyone agree that from an SEO standpoint it's best to distribute your articles throughout many article directories?

Yes.. However, make sure each article is spinned. And always submit to ezine first.

By the way, I love scribd. They can bring a lot traffic as well.

[NicoleBeckett]

Go Articles, Amazines, Article Snatch, Idea Marketers all work well for me, but you might see different results. I started by submitting articles to a bunch of different directories and waited to see who gave me the best results. I've since narrowed it down to 6 or 7 that I submit to on a regular basis.

[Aira Bongco]

I like Ezinearticles and GoArticles. I usually use these sites. Of course, Ezinearticles drives more traffic.

[daztrouk]

with these directories, are you using them for seo purposes, traffic or both? i've used many article directories, but found that only some of them show up as backlinks for the sites i link them to.........

[pianochris]

goarticles.com for me is the best, followed by articledashboard. Goarticles have 24 hour turnaround, and you can have links in the content of the article as well as the resource section. Gets good traffic and have good PR.

Articledashboard and articletrader are also pretty good as well.