I have been watching articles and their habits in the search engines for years. I have come to understand a lot about how the search engines rank article directory article pages as opposed to articles found on (authority and fly-by-night) websites. Yes, there is a difference.

Believe it or not, search engines (Google, at least) seem to have a totally different way of ranking articles on article directories. Of course I am not going to get into all that, but trust me, there is an obvious...

EzineArticles.com is by far the most renowned and popular article directory on the internet today. Everyone is using EA, and if you're not...you should be. After all, where else can you submit an article and get it on the first page of Google within a couple of days?

Well, if you think about it, this very thing could end up being a problem as well.

I guess it would depend on whether you are running your article marketing campaign to submit articles for quick profit or...

I am creating a fantasy football league and need 12 people to join. It's only for Warriors!

Here's the link:
http://freemeeting.0.football.nfl.co...2d8af5ea57591e

If you don't already have an nfl.com account, you have to create one...but it's free and they don't spam you.

League Name: Warriors Come Out And Plaaaay
League Password: warriors123
Live Draft: Saturday, September 20 - 4pmEDT (New...

I got an email yesterday that made me remember that there is yet another benefit to article marketing that people rarely, if ever, talk about.

You see, article marketing can bring you possibly the most targeted prospect possible...the direct communicator! This is by far the most profitable prospect and should be treated with kid gloves.

Here's a copy of that email I received:

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Since I launched Website-Articles.net a few months ago, and people have seen that it is succeeding, they are desperately trying to get me to reveal my secrets to them on how to create a successful paid article directory. After all, no other paid article directory has ever succeeded, and this one is thriving!

Membership websites are very popular right now, and with the huge amounts of article directories out there, it’s only natural to wonder if a paid article directory would work....