Top Article Directories for 2009

[jbirdmanjr]

Here is a list of the Top Article Directories for 2009:

EzineArticles Submission - Submit Your Best Quality Original Articles For Massive Exposure, Ezine Publishers Get 25 Free Article Reprints
ArticleBASE Technologies, LLC.
Buzzle Web Portal: Intelligent Life on the Web
Associated Content - associatedcontent.com
eHow | How To Do Just About Everything!
http://www.searchwarp.com
Article Search Engine Directory: GoArticles.com
Article Dashboard Directory | Submit Articles | Search Find Free Content | Author Submission
Free Ezine Article Submission and Distribution Directory and Search Engine for Ezines and Websites
http://www.articlealley.com

There are some other sites that rank well also, but these are the ones most commonly listed among search results. We should definitely submit our best, original content to these directories.

[ryanman]

Does ehow allow resource boxes?

[AZ]

Hi i tried to get your free report please , but you can't opt in- please advise
thanks

[countonuspr]

This is great information and you are really smart to choose that ones that you see show up high in the search engines on a regular basis. That is a smart way to focus your article marketing efforts as you will get much more results that way.

[countonuspr]

Originally Posted by ryanman

Does ehow allow resource boxes?

To my knowledge you get a link to your website or offer in your profile page which is linked up with your article. It can still work well for you, especially if you use your name as your username so you identify yourself as the expert. I should be using my name, Paul Counts, in my username here, but I wasn't thinking when I first signed up here several years back.

[TKO]

In terms of article directories Ezine articles is the top dog.

But through testing I can safely tell everyone here that Allen Graves Exclusive Article Marketing Community - Submit Articles is a close second, possibly even equal first.

My prediction, Allens directory will become the next top dog in article directories. Allens articles steadily climb and retain first page status for a very very long time.

Just my 2 cents.

(not affiliated to Allen in any way)

[dotslash]

I think you mean

Free Articles Directory | Submit Articles - ArticlesBase.com

the one listed isn't an article directory

thanks for the list very useful.

[Mike Hersh]

Hey thanks for that great list, keep up the good work.

I have never used any othee directories beside ezine articles so maby it's about time

Mike G Hersh

[Allen Graves]

Thanks, TKO.

I have personally seen a jump in traffic lately from searchwarp and Buzzle.

AL

[superstarsmarketing]

Originally Posted by Allen Graves

Thanks, TKO.

I have personally seen a jump in traffic lately from searchwarp and Buzzle.

AL

Hi Allen,

How is your directory rank in terms of attracting search engine spiders ?

I mean would u mind showing some case studies about your members who are ranking high in search engines ?

This service seems to be to good to be true :-)

Looking forward to hear back from you.

Thanks,
-Gaj

[Andy Hart]

There is a WSO for sale at the moment with a list of 103 of the best article directory's, ranked via a sophisticated research method, which includes some videos to show how the data gathering and ranking was put together and its by a very well respected warrior .

Needless to say its not mine, have a look
http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ting-list.html

Thanks
Andy

[Allen Graves]

Originally Posted by superstarsmarketing

Hi Allen,

How is your directory rank in terms of attracting search engine spiders ?

I mean would u mind showing some case studies about your members who are ranking high in search engines ?

This service seems to be to good to be true :-)

Looking forward to hear back from you.

Thanks,
-Gaj

Hi Gaj,

I cannot give you particular case studies of our members because I have an agreement with my members that if I don't reveal any of their secrets, then they will not reveal any of mine.

I don't want to reveal niches/keywords/writing styles/etc... that we have worked so hard to track down and seize.

All I can say is that there are testimonial posts on this forum about the service from some pretty big time Warriors.

As far as spiders, we are spidered multiple times per day by dozens of the major spiders and at least once a day by most of the smaller ones.

That's all I can say because I want to avoid any kind of self-promotion.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to shoot me a PM.

Respectfully,
Allen Graves

[Trent Brownrigg]

Can you submit articles to Associated Content like you can to EZA or most other directories? I thought it was just a place to write articles that they pay you for but then you don't keep rights to it.

[kecuk2007]

thanks for info

[raydp]

How does iSnare function now, it was very slow to get an article accepted.

Thanks,

Ray

[TheRealDomainer]

Nicce one. I will add Your Online Article Source on How to do Anything!

[Fabian Tan]

Just looked through Allen's website website-articles.net, and I think there is a lot of good things going on there.

Having no ads on the page definitely makes the website a potentially strong competitor to the likes of Ezine Articles.

Fabian

[Allen Graves]

Thank you, Fabian. We actually do have a plan which includes becoming one of the best in 2009.

It's the "user experience" that matters, both for visitors AND members.

Allen Graves

[msmedia11]

Nice work on website-articles.net, Allen!

[Star69]

Originally Posted by Trent Brownrigg

Can you submit articles to Associated Content like you can to EZA or most other directories? I thought it was just a place to write articles that they pay you for but then you don't keep rights to it.

I believe you can also submit articles to Associated Content, but if you have submitted them elsewhere, be sure you make major changes to them before submitting them to AC.

It's always good to make changes to your articles before submitting them to other article directories. Some will only accept original articles and if you have submiited them to other directories they will not consider them to be original.

As far as rights, submitting your articles means you are giving anyone and everyone the right, for free, to add your articles to their sites as content, as long as they also include your bio and links. I think rights, in this case, would be a mute point, as long as they include your bio and links, and don't try to claim your work as their own. (If they want to do that, all they have to do is gather the info from your articles on a certain topic and write their own article, but you'd be surprised how many can't even do that.)

But even if someone does claim your work as theirs without giving you credit, what can you do? Sue them? You might be able to have their hosting suspended, don't know for sure, but the time and expense involved in pursuing these thiefs for prosecution (assuming the prosecutor will even do that) would be better spent creating new articles.

Worrying holds you back. Not worrying allows you to get ahead. So my advice: don't worry about it. Just keep submitting articles and getting more traffic to your sites.

[Michael Lee]

Here's the Top 50 Article Directories By Traffic, Pagerank:

List Of Top 50 Article Directories By Traffic, PageRank

[PatriciaJ]

Originally Posted by Michael Lee

Here's the Top 50 Article Directories By Traffic, Pagerank:

List Of Top 50 Article Directories By Traffic, PageRank

The list isn't conclusive, both mine and Als directories are not listed yet both have higher Alexa rankings. I think that there are a few more missing too without looking them up

[PatriciaJ]

Originally Posted by ArthurRose

Do you really need other directories when you have Ezines?

Does it make good business sense to put all ones eggs in the same basket?

[Nicola Lane]

Search engines are moving quite quickly, and article directories are going to have to move equally quickly to keep up.

Which means that the article directories that will come out on top in 2009 are those that keep up.

I see ezine articles slipping over the next year, they are trying to take steps to provide a good user experience, but all the steps are technical ones focusing on details such as how many words you have in anchor text, and throwing out some of the worst standing pages. They are not looking at what I think are going to be the two most important criteria when it comes to a good user experience, firstly the look of the page the user is actually on, and secondly the content of the page the user is actually on.

Take a look at an average article page on ezine articles, the actual article seems to be a second thought, shoehorned in between the adverts and information about the website. The only things an article author can add to try and liven up their article bold, italics, numbers and bullets, a very limited selection! Next try and read an average article page on ezine articles, a significant number of them are written in broken English, some of them are completely incomprehensible!

Unfortunately ezine articles is becoming a big corporation, they are disconnected from the average user and they are suffering because of it. However, as they are becoming a big corporation they still have plenty of strength, they are still the default site to submit articles to, and will be for some time.

I have noticed, like a number of other people, that buzzle is going up the ratings fast. I think that the main reason for this is that Buzzle will only let you have an author account once you have submitted a writing sample, which keeps the people who can't write in decent English out. They are also constantly tweaking their site and the submission guidelines. Have you checked their submission guidelines recently, you can now include a picture with your article.

I think website articles is going to be a real winner this next year, other people have commented on the many reasons why they are currently a good directory. But three important points really stand out to me. First the membership fee keeps the riffraff out! This gives two main results first only people who are serious will join it, and second the staff don't have to wade through hundreds of junk articles everyday searching desperately for one they can easily approve.

Second their pages look good! A talented author can add various types of formatting to an article to make it look interesting, and that's before you add in pictures and video. Then every page is not covered in advertising and it looks like the whole point of the page is to showcase the article on it.

But the most important point is that the owner of the directory actually listens to his members! If a member wants a new feature then at the very least it will be considered. Rules can be challenged, they will be explained and enforced or consideration will be given to changing or dropping them.

I'll stop there, I can think of a lot more to say, but this is turning into a short report.

I hope you found some value in my remarks.

[Simon74]

Great post thank you, I will check it out.

[abayommy]

jbirdmanjr, what other criteria do you use in rating these article directories besides high search engine ranking before concluding them to be the top articles directories for 2009 in early February?

[Allen Graves]

Originally Posted by abayommy

jbirdmanjr, what other criteria do you use in rating these article directories besides high search engine ranking before concluding them to be the top articles directories for 2009 in early February?

I think that his list is simply a list of the most popular directories today. Popular is not necessarily profitable though.

For instance, I wrote an article on distinguishing between a healthy and a sick newborn puppy. It bombed at all of the "top" article directories. But from a "no-name" directory that is indirectly related to pets, it is consistently bringing in about 15-20 targeted visitors to my dog website every single day.

Submitting to anyone else's list of "top" article directories is not that good of an idea. Better to do your own research and find the directories that rank well for your particular niche, writing style and audience.

Allen Graves

p.s. thanks, Nicola.

[freecashman]

There are so many article directories, this does help to give someone an idea of ones they can look into.

On average how many article directories should one submit to if they aren't using software for article submission.

[Jack Duncan]

Let's think about this for a minute.

Let's get back to basics...

1. Why do you write articles in the first place? (To get traffic...)

2. How does an article site bring your article traffic? (It get's ranked organically...)

3. Then where does that traffic come from? (From the searches people do on keywords...)

4. If the keywords searches represent traffic...to the article...then what makes 1 article site better than another? (The ability of that site to rank your article for a keyword...)

5. Can we know what article sites have the most rankings/articles ratio (Yes, we simply need to find out what article sites have rankings...and how many...in the top 10 search results...as a percentage of possible ranking articles)

Of course, there are quite a few other factors that come in to play when you are trying to get people to read and article and click a link...


Allen Graves has a fantastic paid article site...and he can surely vouch for the error "only submit to one site" wisdom.

The traffic comes from the search results...not the article site...nobody's got the corner on the SEO market.

[Allen Graves]

Jack,

You make some very fresh and enlightening comments. Funny how common sense can shed light on something that people have unnecessarily made so convoluted over the years.

EzineArticles.com houses how many articles? It is only natural that they would have the most articles in the results pages.

However, if you take a smaller directory, let say...well...let's just say a smaller directory - and that directory only has 1500 articles, and a great majority of them place highly in the search engines...then it is safe to say that the smaller one is actually better than EZA as far as rankings go.

Several kickass article marketers have lately said that other directories are getting them better results than EZA.

Remember the ratio! Just because you see EZA results in all of the SERPs doesn't mean that you wouldn't get a better ranking submitting somewhere else.

All that being said...I suggest always also submitting to EZA no matter what. That too is common sense.

If it comes down to user experience as Google is pounding into our heads lately, then EZA article pages, which approve poor content, are smothered with ads, have mismatched ugly fonts and no media expect for banner ads, aren't going to be as dominant...or at least other directories will begin taking some of those SERPs results away from them.

2009 gives us a new year and a new direction. Give the user a great experience and you will get the traffic.

Allen Graves

[toxic321]

thx for the info

[Jack Duncan]

Allen,
The truth is, the "only submit to 1 article site because it gets all the traffic" lie is a self fulfilling prophecy...you'll never get ANY traffic from an article site that you don't post to...and if everyone follows blindly along...then 1 article site DOES seem to bring all the traffic.

We've studied this and proved this until we were blue in the face.

There are 4 and only 4 things that affect the power of an article directory and I'll list them here in order of importance:

1. The ability of an article directory to rank it's content. (SEO, on and off page)

If ANY article site can cause your article to rank for a given term...then it is a potential source of search engine traffic.

2. The presentation of the SERPS...which comes down to coding issues in most cases. (Unique META tags)

You type in this term: how to detail my car

You have 10 organic listings in the SERPS...

Which one has a better chance of being clicked on?

Article Bank: Free Articles For Your Webpage From Article Bank
This is a free article written about car detailing that will show you all the
tricks of the trade from Expert Author Jack Duncan
http://www.fictitiousarticlesitedomain.com/id3425.php


OR

10 Simple Ways To Detail Your Car Like A Pro
Are you wanting to know how to detail your car? I'd like to show you
just 10 simple tips that will have you detailing cars like the masters!
http://www.fictitiousarticlesitedoma...ike-a-pro.html


#2 is going to get you more clicks...all day long.



3. The layout of the destination...how does the article look within the site itself? (Ads, popups, split up text, banners...these all take away from readibility...and therfore, clickability.)

The best article sites (from an article marketer's perspective) present their content clearly, in an attractive layout, and have an OBVIOUS resource link section to direct the readership away from the site.

4. The volume of "spinoff traffic" from the site...

This is where the largest article sites have a corner at the moment...because they are ranking for so many terms, you have a good chance of getting clicks via a "Related Articles" section on another article.

BUT...this is the least importance of the above factors...


I think where 99% of most go wrong is in trying to submit identical articles to multiple sites...

However, if you add even just a little creativity, you'd be amazed at how easy it is to get spun articles to rank at multiple sites.

Cheers,
Jack

[hazelgomez75]

This post is really giving me so much idea and creativity on submitting articles and ranks to different social and publishing sites..and how to be effective on the work and business yo are engaging in...

[jonb]

There's so much info & opinion about article marketing that, I admit, my head is spinning. Can anyone suggest a single source -- ebook, site, whatever -- that really boils down the current best practices into an actionable, step-by-step plan for article submission and traffic generation?

thanks.....

[iwebcontent]

Thanks for the useful info, I will most certainly make good use of it

Lior

[Allen Graves]

Originally Posted by hazelgomez75

This post is really giving me so much idea and creativity on submitting articles and ranks to different social and publishing sites..and how to be effective on the work and business yo are engaging in...

Hi Hazel,

Here's a blog post I recently wrote to get your creative juices flowing even more! It talks about how article directories are (or are not) following what Google is telling us to do.

Big Changes Coming For Article Directories - The Article Marketing Blog

AL

[BabyBlueEyes]

Yes, this information is priceless. But I am a little surprised that goarticles is not on the list. They have many articles that are ranked #1 on Google.

[tommyfocus]

Thanks for the list!!

[Allen Graves]

Here's a blog post I just found that is coincidentally entitled, "The best article directories of 2009."

Top Article Directories of 2009 | Just the Words

There are so many people giving the "top" lists and what they THINK article directories are going tobe doing in the future...but this one actually has research, experience and some intelligent conversation about it!

AL

[Allen Graves]

Originally Posted by BabyBlueEyes

Yes, this information is priceless. But I am a little surprised that goarticles is not on the list. They have many articles that are ranked #1 on Google.

I have to disagree with this statement. I do not see GoArticles articles much at all anymore - at least not on the first couple of pages of the results, which are the only ones that really matter.

Allen

[sarahstaar]

Can you submit the same article to all the directory's ? Or should you rewrite your article for each submission ?

[laurelwachtel]

Thanks for such a great list jbirdmanjr, nice to have everything organized into one source. An interesting point made by Jack, its always important to check first when submitting to make sure that you aren't "doubling up" on your article submissions, as some article sites are hosted by the same company, making your submission a double up in their terms of service. This can sometimes lead to getting your articles banned or cancelled it they perceive to be duplicate content. Great post!

[Richniche]

Originally Posted by sarahstaar

Can you submit the same article to all the directory's ? Or should you rewrite your article for each submission ?

I believe you can. Actually, there are some debates as to what effect it will hurt the original content if you submit it everywhere without changing anything. However, I cannot imagine seeing the first page of Google displaying the same content just in case your submission will go perfectly to Google. Therefore, I always prefer original content.

By the way, here is a list of 460 Article Directories according to Alexa and PR Article Directory List | Article Directory Rank | MasonWorld Internet Marketing Strategy | Internet Based Marketing Blog

[DominicTFY]

Originally Posted by Richniche

I believe you can. Actually, there are some debates as to what effect it will hurt the original content if you submit it everywhere without changing anything. However, I cannot imagine seeing the first page of Google displaying the same content just in case your submission will go perfectly to Google. Therefore, I always prefer original content.

By the way, here is a list of 460 Article Directories according to Alexa and PR Article Directory List | Article Directory Rank | MasonWorld Internet Marketing Strategy | Internet Based Marketing Blog

Hey, thanks for the share of the 460 article directories. I'm now looking at some of them for possible inclusion to my submission service. Thanks again!


cheers,
Dominic

[gerrihabib]

This is great information combined into the one post! In choosing your submission sources, the best ones to use are generally the ones that have a high ranking in the search engines on a regular basis. That way you can focus your article marketing efforts into those sources and you will get much more clicks and traffic results that way.