Best Article Directories

11 years ago

The best directories will be those which contain only articles from your niche. The second best (IMHO) is ezinearticles. OF course, it all requires that you're using these directories properly or they are all useless.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by kylenelson24

I was wondering what article directories everyone recommends?

Everyone I know recommends Ezine Articles.

If you can find one that's specific to your own niche, that's always worth knowing about as well. With the exception of that, though, there's very little (if any) point in having your articles in others in addition to Ezine Articles.

Originally Posted by kylenelson24

In addition article directory services.

If you mean "submission services", think again, Kyle. This isn't a good idea at all. There's potential downside, but no real potential upside.

Article directory backlinks are worthless, and no article marketer would want their potential customer traffic to see an article directory copy of an article: that isn't who they're there for at all. That's just a good way to lose 75% of your traffic unnecessarily.

It's easy to imagine that you're "getting traffic from an article directory" whereas in fact what you're doing is sending to an article directory traffic which you could instead have chosen to send to your own site without losing most of it in the process.

This post (and thread - perhaps especially posts #2 and #6) will tell you most of what you need to know, I hope: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post5068872

Be clear, before submitting articles to directories, that you appreciate how article directories work, what their intended use is, and what benefits you can (and can't!) get from doing this. Be careful, also: unlike the old days, this is now something that can actually backfire on you and do damage rather than helping, if you don't think it through and understand how it works.

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kylenelson24

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Levanduski

The best directories will be those which contain only articles from your niche. The second best (IMHO) is ezinearticles. OF course, it all requires that you're using these directories properly or they are all useless.

Thanks Michael. Yes i know about ezinearticles and use it frequently. Just looking for more than ezine, although ezinearticles can be powerful

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Everyone I know recommends Ezine Articles.

If you can find one that's specific to your own niche, that's always worth knowing about as well. With the exception of that, though, there's very little (if any) point in having your articles in others in addition to Ezine Articles.

If you mean "submission services", think again, Kyle. This isn't a good idea at all. There's potential downside, but no real potential upside.

Article directory backlinks are worthless, and no article marketer would want their potential customer traffic to see an article directory vopy of an article: that isn't who they're there for at all.

This post (and thread - perhaps especially posts #2 and #6) will tell you most of what you need to know, I hope: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post5068872

Be clear, before submitting articles to directories, that you appreciate how article directories work, what their intended use is, and what benefits you can (and can't!) get from doing this. Be careful, also: unlike the old days, this is now something that can actually backfire on you and do damage rather than helping, if you don't think it through and understand how it works.

Thanks for the great tips. Couple years ago i was into article marketing and i got good results i just got burnt out writing content and wasn't wanting to purchase any at the time.

I am talking about submission services. I am curios because i have talked to many SEO services and they say one of the top tactics they use is article submission. But i agree with you i think really understanding it article marketing is important before implementing (like everything).

Thanks for pointing me to that thread.

I suppose Ezingarticles is the superior and no point of submitting to other sites. I was just thinking of on site syndication and viewing, although im not sure how much that reall is happening on articles directories.

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Alexa Smith Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by kylenelson24

Couple years ago i was into article marketing and i got good results

I suspect what you were into was actually "article directory marketing", not "article marketing", really?

You were trying to use article directories for the benefit of their own backlinks and to generate traffic, right? Don't try that in 2013!

Originally Posted by kylenelson24

i have talked to many SEO services and they say one of the top tactics they use is article submission.

If they tell you that, ignore that and any other "information" they might also try to give you, just in case all their information is years out of date and/or learned at the Urban Myth School of Internet Marketing. (Seriously, people selling services do say things like that, and it's important not to take any notice!).

Originally Posted by kylenelson24

I suppose Ezingarticles is the superior and no point of submitting to other sites.

Unless you can find a niche-specific one.

The point, here, is that the sole benefit of putting an article into a directory is to get it republished by a publisher looking for content. There's no other point at all. Publishers looking for content look at EZA first, because it's the one they've all heard of, just like it's the one we've all heard of. That might not apply if you find a good niche-specific one, just for content in your own niche, because if there's one of those, publishers will know about it too and might look there as well (they'll still look at EZA too, though, I think, if they want "available content to publish".)

That's all an article directory is: a directory of "content available to be published". That's all they ever were. All the other uses to which people tried to put them in the pre-Panda, pre-Penguin era (i.e. about 3 years ago!), with very varying degrees of success, were based on "misusing" them, really ... and these days not only does that not work at all, but it has a great potential downside, too.

Originally Posted by kylenelson24

I was just thinking of on site syndication and viewing

Regarding syndication, it happens (with articles "written for syndication"!), from EZA, but of course it's only passive syndication. It's slow and unreliable and variable and it's only ever an afterthought to active syndication.

Regarding "viewing", the last thing I'd ever want is for a potential customer to find one of my articles in a directory! Like everyone else, I lose a lot of that traffic and I prefer to keep it instead (which isn't difficult, if you do things the right way round). Fortunately, Google has helped us out massively in this regard, with continued updates over the last few years. It's now easy, safe and reliable for us to use an article directory for its intended purpose without the risk of our potential customers finding the EZA copies. Not a favor from EZA's perspective at all, of course, as they mentioned at some length on their company blog at the time of the first Panda update, but a huge (and continuing) favor to article marketers.
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TrafficMystic

11 years ago

I would use
ezines
goarticles.com
ehow.com
articlesbase.com
buzzle.com
amazines.com
selfgrowth.com
textbroker.com
articlesnatch.com

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Alexa Smith Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by TrafficMystic

I would use ...

Why?! Many of those ^^^ aren't even article directories. (Have you actually read the thread, at all?!).

You haven't actually submitted articles to those places for many years, have you?

Do you know how many years it is since "Buzzle" stopped accepting any articles with any external links at all, even in a "resource box"?! And there are a number of other problems with several of your other suggestions, too, and that's leaving aside the fact that there'd be no benefit at all from doing what you suggest anyway ...
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Claire Koch

11 years ago

I'm really good at writing articles it just takes a lot of time. While some things alexa says are true she is baseing that on bum marketing trash. How creative are you? A good article with viral appeal can still get picked up pretty darn fast and passed around people still DO DO THAT ALEXA.

And Google still lists articles just clue them in DUH!

Put your really good article, think TOP LISTS, SYSTEMS, TRICKS, STRATEGIES somewhere where you can submit it to google i.e your site, then get it out there
little by little it will bring traffic if the traffic wants what you are offering.

Google knows when you've got something moral and good that people are looking for. You want to make google happy? Promote google. What does google sell? Well duh again.

I really hate to say this but there will always be a need for GOOD ARTICLES thats what makes the web the web. Information highway remember that? You just can't fall for the trashy tricks that come and go.

You know very well if you're writing something of extreme high value its gonna get syndicated.

Do a test of this yourself and don't NOT do something because someone says it doesn't work anymore.

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mervp

11 years ago

I think Koch is correct, and article directories are still useful for their original purpose---to provide a simple way to syndicate content and foster viral exposure of your site. People got so caught up in SEO over time that they started to assign SEO functions to directories that they were never designed to bear.

Use them mainly for their original purpose, not for ranking, and then you'll see the traffic. I suggest using GoArticles more than EZA, as the approval is basically automatic, even though the directory is among the most respected and not spammy.

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JohnMcCabe

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Levanduski

The best directories will be those which contain only articles from your niche. The second best (IMHO) is ezinearticles. OF course, it all requires that you're using these directories properly or they are all useless.

The absolute best directories are rarely called "article directories" and they never accept general submissions on any subject under the sun. They also never auto-accept submissions.

Many of them are run by niche professional organizations or societies, and have names like portal, archive, knowledge base or even wiki (although they often are not true wikis because they are not open to the general public for editing).

The best general directory is EzineArticles.com, IMO. Especially since they tightened up their acceptance standards. Everything else is a distant second.

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kylenelson24

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Claire Koch

I'm really good at writing articles it just takes a lot of time. While some things alexa says are true she is baseing that on bum marketing trash. How creative are you? A good article with viral appeal can still get picked up pretty darn fast and passed around people still DO DO THAT ALEXA.

And Google still lists articles just clue them in DUH!

Put your really good article, think TOP LISTS, SYSTEMS, TRICKS, STRATEGIES somewhere where you can submit it to google i.e your site, then get it out there
little by little it will bring traffic if the traffic wants what you are offering.

Google knows when you've got something moral and good that people are looking for. You want to make google happy? Promote google. What does google sell? Well duh again.

I really hate to say this but there will always be a need for GOOD ARTICLES thats what makes the web the web. Information highway remember that? You just can't fall for the trashy tricks that come and go.

You know very well if you're writing something of extreme high value its gonna get syndicated.

Do a test of this yourself and don't NOT do something because someone says it doesn't work anymore.

Thanks for you input. I agree with you that article marketing is still a great way to get google attention. The internet the information highway and it continues to grow and search for the best new content to provide to its users.

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

The absolute best directories are rarely called "article directories" and they never accept general submissions on any subject under the sun. They also never auto-accept submissions.

Many of them are run by niche professional organizations or societies, and have names like portal, archive, knowledge base or even wiki (although they often are not true wikis because they are not open to the general public for editing).

The best general directory is EzineArticles.com, IMO. Especially since they tightened up their acceptance standards. Everything else is a distant second.

Thanks for your input. I was looking up some niche specific directories and found some with the keywords you provided. I feel these are a great way for exposure to a specific niche.

I think the verdict is out, Ezinearticles is the best general directory. . .

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AZMD 11 years ago

Originally Posted by mervp

I suggest using GoArticles more than EZA, as the approval is basically automatic, even though the directory is among the most respected and not spammy.

That's a bad suggestion IMO. EzineArticles should be your first choice and seriously, don't waste your time submitting to directories that have automatic approval. Those will be totally loaded with junk and most publishers worth their salt know this and don't even bother looking for content there.
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GlenH

11 years ago

Originally Posted by kylenelson24

I was wondering what article directories everyone recommends?

In addition article directory services.

The only one now would be Ezine Articles.

The rest aren't worth worrying about!

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kylenelson24 11 years ago

Originally Posted by GlenH

The only one now would be Ezine Articles.

The rest aren't worth worrying about!

Thanks for you input. I think most would agree that Ezine articles is only one worth considering, if considering any at all.
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thedanbrown

11 years ago

Depends what you're using the directories for but if you're looking for traffic then the best I know are Ezine Articles and Go Articles.

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GetBack2it

11 years ago

I would stay clear from any article directory that is AutoApprove... This includes goarticles.

I feel the two best are the also the two hardest to get published on: Ezine and Infobarrel.

I could also make an argument for sites like HubPages and Squidoo but they are more of a Web 2.0 than article site

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Alexa Smith

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by GetBack2it

I would stay clear from any article directory that is AutoApprove... This includes goarticles.
I feel the two best are the also the two hardest to get published on: Ezine and Infobarrel.
I could also make an argument for sites like HubPages and Squidoo but they are more of a Web 2.0 than article site

I agree with what you're saying, in principle. HubPages and Squidoo aren't article directories (within any description/definition of the term). But neither is Infobarrel.

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mervp

11 years ago

Originally Posted by GetBack2it

I would stay clear from any article directory that is AutoApprove... This includes goarticles.

I feel the two best are the also the two hardest to get published on: Ezine and Infobarrel.

I could also make an argument for sites like HubPages and Squidoo but they are more of a Web 2.0 than article site

If the directory is well respected and not spammy, as in the case of GoArticles, and you already know you write good articles, the auto-approve is not an issue. If you also have a poor opinion of aspects of Ezine's interface and feedback (again, because you already know your writing level is good) and a hi-PR auto-approve alternative is available, why not choose that instead?

At this point in my own writing, I only submit articles for approval on paid sites (who obviously are justified in approving each piece). There are enough non-spammy auto-approve places to put good content on out there, to not bother with getting approved on free sites.

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kylenelson24

11 years ago

Originally Posted by mervp

If the directory is well respected and not spammy, as in the case of GoArticles, and you already know you write good articles, the auto-approve is not an issue. If you also have a poor opinion of aspects of Ezine's interface and feedback (again, because you already know your writing level is good) and a hi-PR auto-approve alternative is available, why not choose that instead?

At this point in my own writing, I only submit articles for approval on paid sites (who obviously are justified in approving each piece). There are enough non-spammy auto-approve places to put good content on out there, to not bother with getting approved on free sites.

Ya i get what your saying. If you write quality articles whether it is autoproved or not you shouldnt worry about it.

I think if it his the highest of quality in your own opinion why not just put it on your own site and drive traffic to your site from syndication.

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stargazinc

10 years ago

There are different articles directories on the web.

Some articles directories have high PR which you are looking for and you may as well submit your articles to this sort of articles directories.

Free article destinations might not have fetched you anything monetarily, but they will most certainly have price you some of your energy and effort which in itself is a probably a useful source.

Do you suppose this methodology handled a great return? The explanation for why I ask is that there is a school of thought that points out that you are writing articles of a good quality, then they ought to be distributed to your own particular site and not squandered on directories.
If it is of great quality it won't just profit your clients, yet will additionally draw in links. . If your content is of low quality, for the quantity you are referring to, it would be preferable to focus that period into generating a lower variety of better great quality content and using them on your website.

I have no experience with paid article registries, however might be inquisitive to know what they charge and what you get for your cash? Other than that I use GoArticles, EzineArticles to publish my articles as they are still at top article directory that acknowledge one of a kind, well written as well as informative content.

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