How Does Article Marketing Work?

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I heard many people say that articles can really boost a website' SEO. I have done lots of black hat links recently, and I don't think those links work really well for me. I mean, I can spend like 10 hours in front of my computer to do profile links then ping, submit rss, blah blah blah. But They don't work. =.=| Really don't, at least in my experience. Only 1 out of 10 get indexed by yahoo, and none out of 100 get indexed by Google. I really hope that I can write articles, but the truth is that I really don't have the talent to do it, I have only been using English for four years. So, the only way is to buy articles then. I saw this website aplusarticlewriting dot com on Google search result. 7 dollars each 400 words article. I'm about to try, unless someone can tell me if there are any good services they know about. I will appreciate that. And additional questions are, how does article marketing really work as a SEO tactic? How it supposed to bring traffic to my site. I know that unique articles are nice to post in my blog.
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  • Actually article marketing traffic method:

    1. You write an article with your backlinck within.
    2. then submit it in article directories like ezinearticles.com
    3. That's all.

    You can get backlinks from article writing and increase yous SERP position in search engine. You can also get direct traffic from article directories
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    • $7 for a 400 word article is pretty pricey. If you're going to pay that much make sure they're HIGH QUALITY.

      Just write articles related to your website and make sure to link back to your website within your resource box.

      Also, don't forget to optimize your website and articles for the proper keywords you're targeting.

      Write up a few of these everyday and start submitting them to high quality article directories (ezine, goarticles, hubpages, etc.) and you're set.

      I would suggest writing articles that are 500 words or more if you want google to index them.
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    • there are more articles than readers on internet, so hardly anyone reads them. usually use it for SERP and that too will work if the targeted keywords are low in competition. I have submitted 20 articles on 5 keywords and no one is in top 100 as those keywords were highly competitive.

      However I got excellent results when I submitted articles to top articiles websites and then submitted same content to many press release websites using a software: http://products.softsolutionslimited...sher/index.htm and I got 382 backlinks from unique websites !!! It was quite an achievement for me.
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    • That's all? Or that's all you know? :rolleyes:

      Alexa has made it quite clear.

      I'd Listen to this advice, it's incredible how many people really think the only value in article marketing is mass submission to every directory to collect as many low grade PR0 links as they can.
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  • Short and simple..

    Write your base on 1% to 2% keyword ratio.

    You will get first blast of traffic from the directory's wall and subsequent traffic from Google's search and backlinking from other users.

    Tim
  • Hi! These are based from my experience and test results:

    1. When targeting keywords, weigh global search volume and the "strength" of the top 10 or 20 page and domain results. By "strength", this most likely means domain age, Google PR, number of backlinks and domain authority of the top 10 or 20 domain and page results. "Domain authority" is possibly affected by the domain age, Google PR, number of backlinks and the domain authority of the pages and domains where the backlinks of the site and page are found.

    2. When writing articles, always keep in mind KISS, 1-1 1-1 3-5-7 and A.I.D.A. KISS = Keep It Short and Simple. 1-1 1-1 3-5-7 = One main concept, one paragraph \ One thought, one sentence \ A paragraph has around 3 to 5 sentences, and a sentence around 7 words. A.I.D.A. = Attention Interest Desire Action = Grab their Attention. Entice them to read further by informing, educating and entertaining them with updated, useful info/advice relevant to their needs and problems. Make them desire more of your content by making them think and feel you are a friendly expert source of updated info/advice/content that's relevant and useful for solving their problems and satisfying their needs to further improve their lives. Remind them to act accordingly at this point.).

    3. Optimize content for both readers and search engines. To optimize it for readers, keep this in mind: KISS, 1-1 1-1 3-5-7, A.I.D.A., and the content should inform, educate and entertain them with updated info/advice which they will find useful for satisfying their needs and solving their problems to further improve their lives. For optimizing it for search engines, I for one find this to be the most beneficial keyword placement method for me, based on my test results over the years: Main keyword once in title, preferrably in leftmost section of the title, and between the 1st and 20th word of every 120 words, preferrably in the 1st sentences of paragraphs and as subheadings. Each related keyword = Once between 21st and 50th word of every 120 words, preferrably in last sentences of paragraphs and as subheadings. Each LSI keyword = Once between 51st and 80th word of every 120 words, preferrably in sentences between the 1st and last sentences of paragraphs. For content length, I suggest 500 to 800 words, striking a balance between optimal reader responsiveness and effective search engine optimization.

    4. Optimize the website and content of the pages linked by the resource box for readers and search engines. Optimize Website = Should have optimized visual impact and navigability. Should have optimized media content richness. Should have optimized content page and linking hierarchy. Should have optimized meta info (title/keywords/description). Should have optimized robots.txt and sitemap.xml. Sitemap.xml should be submitted to Google. Site should be W3C and XML compliant. Site should have optimized key title/heading components and alt attributes. Site should implement Web accessibility standards. Site should be optimized for optimal "crawlability", "indexability" and "servability/rankability". Content Page Optimization = Should be optimized for optimal reader responsiveness and search engine "crawlability", "indexability" and "servability/rankability". Should be optimized in terms of providing info/advice/content which supplements the article content to provide readers with benefits not found in article content. Should be optimized for reader action most beneficial for site owner/article author.

    Article marketing works by:
    1. An article could use the strength of an article directory for good search engine rankings. "Strength" = domain age, Google PR, number of backlinks and domain authority of the article directory. Good search engine rankings = Possibly more traffic for linked pages. More possible traffic = More possible sales/site owner benefits.

    2. An article could use the wide reach of an article directory. If readers read a high ranking article under the same category, a list of the most updated, most viewed and most syndicated articles are also displayed. If your article is included, it'll get more exposure to a wider reader market. More exposure = More possible traffic. More possible traffic = More possible sales/site owner benefits.

    3. More possible traffic and wider exposure = More possible site owners syndicating your article, building backlinks and widening the exposure of your business, site/s and page/s in the process. Also, more traffic and wider exposure = More readers virally sharing, social bookmarking, Twitting, FB Liking, etc. as well as naturally linking to your article on their own sites and the sites where they frequently hang out, building more backlinks and widening the exposure of your site/s, page/s and business in the process.

    4. Your article will send Google PR love from the dofollow article directory page and domain to your linked page/s and domain/s. A good Google PR for your domain/s and page/s could improve the search engine rankings of your domain/s and page/s for your target keywords.
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    • Skimmers, if you missed this, read it again. If you've read this quote and understand it, you've just understood 2-3 WSOs. If you read the rest of the post you've gained another couple too.

      Quality advice in short sharp format. Of course, it's harder to implement than understand =)
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    • I am a seoer, i had done this work almost two years. i have a question, how long would the backlink change into pagerank?
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  • how do you rank your articles and how long should you expect the article to show in any desirable page in the SERPS if you did the keyword research right?
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    • I started off writing articles in Setember 2009, but my tactics were all wrong and was getting nowhere fast.

      I used to write articles without reasearching the available keywords and what like the competition was for the relevant words.

      A golden rule now is that, I choose in demand products with either online shopping channels or clickbank/paydotcom ebooks and write about three to four articles on each chosen product.

      I only now submit to Ezine and make the articles are about 300 words long with the relevant backlinks in the resource box.

      If you get in early with a new product or ebook and you get your artciles indexed and on to page 1 for your keywords with google then, you will by the law of averages get a few sales.

      Whilst I'm not making tons of money, because I changed my approach I now get a steady amount of sales with clickbank, paydotcom, darwin, commission junction, tradedoubler and amazon.

      Mark
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  • Head over to freelancer.com, you can get articles way cheaper than $7, more like $2.50 and that's 500 words!
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    • Thats not bad if its 3 bucks for a 500 worder! thanks for the tip toppety mate
  • Hello You can get Lots articles writers to boost traffic on your site. Well Article Must be written manually and 100% copy scape which when read it is touched to our heart. It must be Professionally written with high English. Well Articles with 500 Words is written with $3.5 at minimum rate with Quality. You can get on this Forum in World for hire column just search properly. Well there are other services also to boost traffic.

    Well You must submit article in top 30 Articles directories weekly that is enough.
    Dont go for lots submission this leads to spamming.
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    • agree with you. 1 article a day is just enough for targeting a keyword.
  • I guess you will be compounding your problems if you buy articles. The only thing sure about it is that you paid for it. Other than that, it is a ball game. seo is a ball game. What is best, in my view, is to write your articles, if you are up to writing, and then submit them to good article directories. Pretty soon, somebody will notice you.
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  • Thanks for share great information.I think it will be very helpful for seo beginners..SEO is very important for online businesses because it generates free traffic which is the best type of traffic and its targeted too which brings in good conversions.
  • $7 per 400 word is really on the higher end of price. You can get decent qualities at 1c per word. Do look around at the Warriors for Hire section. You can find many people offering their services. I would advise you try at most 5 articles from any service to see their quality first before committing more to them.
  • Hi BinBin..

    Your English might not be perfect but it should be able to pass most if not all article directories.

    Believe me..

    However, if $$ is not an issue to you.. then go ahead to outsource the hectic work. Just see thing from an employer's point of view instead of an employee. You'll get a clearer picture on how to build your business instead of making some quick cash.

    Good luck.
  • It’s all about the backlinks. Getting the link posted on as many sites as possible will help increase your page’s page rank and make it appear on the first pages of search results. Make sure to submit them on high ranking article directories or as many as you can get more links.
  • It's all about the backlinks. Getting the link posted on as many sites as possible will help increase your page's page rank and make it appear on the first pages of search results. Make sure to submit them on high ranking article directories or as many as you can get more links.
  • I can't wait to see Alexa Smith enter this thread. She would be ripping her hair out with some of the 'advice' offered here.

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  • you really have to realise the true power of having a unique high quality article, compare to something a 5 year old can write.

    I see many articles online, and the high quality ones will continue to bring you sales and optins for years to come.

    I have one article I spent a while writing I posted it in at the end of 2008, and two years later I still know that I can be down the beach or shopping and that same article will bring targeted traffic to your site. it is almost like it has gone viral now.

    That is the true raw power of what is being talked about in this thread.
  • I target long tail keywords from about 1500 to 3000 views per month global. They need to be PR 2 or less. I write an article for Ezine articles and then spin the article and submit it to about 200 sites with backlinks back to the ezine article. This gets it to rank high, usually page 1 on google.
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  • Hello,

    Originally Posted by chuckdavis
    I target long tail keywords from about 1500 to 3000 views per month global. They need to be PR 2 or less. I write an article for Ezine articles and then spin the article and submit it to about 200 sites with backlinks back to the ezine article. This gets it to rank high, usually page 1 on google.

    Why do you backlink to the ezine article from theese 200 sites, not backlinking to your money site?

    So then the ezine articlesbecome a goog google position ,your money site not?

    Please explain.

    with best wishes
    marco005
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  • Hello,

    thanks Alexa for your experts.

    best wishes
    marco005
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  • when people publish ur artices, that's the best part!
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  • Many of the people here on the Warrior Forum write articles. I suggest checking out the WSO section and the Warriors for hire section.

    And no, $7 per article is not pricey if you're going to own the rights. A good writer is going to take time to write articles you can legally use and that are 100% unique. The less you pay, the less you get...

  • I've had my popcorn (or coffee in this case since it's morning) on this thread since it started. It is stunning how there are two completely different conversations going on here.

    One is with Kim, Alexa, Richard, and a few others talking about syndication.

    Another is like people shouting back and forth over a crowd trying to ask questions about page rank and back links.

    I'm not sure if the back linking crowd is really listening to the value of what the syndication crowd has to say.

    Interesting indeed. And believe me, I'm taking notes on the syndication crowd. That's who I am following right now with my article marketing activities.
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  • Article marketing is all about getting quality articles out there that help someone and encourage them to click further in order to answer more questions that they have.
    Kevin
  • Alexa is right, but, a few years ago trying to rank my ezine articles rather than my own site (which at the time I didn't have) is what I did for a small period just to test the waters within IM/CB. And true I then found it harder to solidify my results above the page I had tried so hard to rank.

    I however have no regrets to what I did, I think its a perfect way for someone to try it out without having to spend money on domains and hoping it will work. I guess you can say it acts as a confidence boost.

    If you have money, then I seriously recommend doing what alexa advices. If you don't, I'm not saying it's the best way.. But for starters it doesn't hurt too much to go that route for a small period.
  • With so many people putting up garbage on Ezinearticles, I don't think it's going to change anytime soon, either.

    Definitely seems to me like article marketing has changed over the years- to be effective, you can't do what thousands of other affiliates try- just putting up a few articles on EZA a week and dream of making it big.
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      It doesn't.

      Not only was it nonsense to start with, but it isn't even "harmless nonsense": the last part of it is counter-productive advice which can actually even damage people's businesses. :rolleyes: :p
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    • Apologies, but it really doesn't, mate. :p

      Not only is this just really dreadful advice, it's totally irrelevant to the form of article marketing that is being discussed here: the high-quality syndication model.
  • Bin Bin Wo,
    I have read this thread and m late to reply all the questions here. I would only mention here that I am my self doing profile listing for two of my sites and with in a month I have near about 2000+ backlinks with that. My site's age is 36 days today and it is on 18th rank on Google. I am sure you are not doing in right way to index your links.
    Make a list of Expression Engine and all other vendors. When you will get hundreds of profiles then submit your 30 profile links into expression engine forum, into bio. Now this one link has 30 links in it. Repeat this method with all of your links. Then submit these tier two links to another bio and get a link of it.
    In last you have to work only on these few links, I do work only on 4-5 links and nearly 80%+ links get indexed by this method....
    Try it .
  • lol. I really should have not gone back into SEO research. I stopped focusing on methods and assumptions made by other specialists a while back but after a certain post my interest has been reignited.

    Search engines track the percent of visitors that immediately return to searching after they visit a site via a search result link. A large number of immediate returns means that the content is probably not related to the corresponding topic and the ranking of such a page gets lower.

    Search engines track how often a link is selected in search results. If some link is only occasionally selected, it means that the page is of little interest and the rating of such a page gets lower

    Search engines check information about the owners of domains. Inbound links originating from a variety of sites all belonging to one owner are regarded as less important than normal links. This information is presented in a patent.

    Google patent
    Link acquisition speed boost - speculative
    Too fast = artificial? Cause of -30 penalty?


    The above are all theories, but make sense.
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    • Call me a bluff old traditionalist but isn't that just a touch self promotional?
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  • Not everyone uses websites and/or blogs. Some use the articles themselves to generate traffic. In these cases it makes sense to backlink your articles in other directories.
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      Let's hope so, anyway: the more of my competitors who do that, the happier (and wealthier) I'll be.
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  • Try to use this article writing service they are good and cheap Article Writing Service at It's Finest | SEO Generals - Your One Stop Shop For All Your SEO Needs
  • Article Marketing is great for SEO. However, I suggest that you must first submit your article to ezinearticles.com, only after you have your article approved by ezine that you submit the same to other article sites.

    Also, you get backlinks in your articles thru the resource box. It's where you put a little bio of the writer.
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      This is really inappropriate advice, I'm afraid: there's absolutely no need at all to do it this way round, and no benefit from doing so.

      All it does (and especially for people for whom EZA is on the slow side to approve, accept and publish their articles) is cause entirely unnecessary delays.

      It causes EZA no problem at all if the article has already been published elsewhere (in the same name/pen-name), however widely.

      This post contains more fully explained details of this subject.
  • Article marketing is a long-term strategy that can gradually help your site build up credibility, links and more traffic.

    What you choose to pay for articles is a matter of personal preference. Some marketers use articles for links, while others focus on quality reading to build direct traffic.

    You'll also need to put out a lot of articles for it to have an impact.

    When done right, article marketing is a very powerful method that can earn you income. However, it's not a get rich quick solution.
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    • Exactly! That's what makes me question the viability of article marketing.
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  • Hey hope you are well. I too am very new to the world of article writing, but what I have found that works is if you can relate with your readers. Your content has to be valuable to the reader at the same time as keeping them engaged into what you are saying. Develop a writing style that entertains at the same same time as educating and you will get loyal readers. Then hopefully you will get the word of mouth promotion to get others checking you out too. Plagerize different styles and idea's and produce your own. Do what Bruce Lee did and take out the best parts, leaving the not so good parts out.
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      Your valuable words there strike at the very heart of article marketing. I don't remember being so impressed by someone's first post here. These are points of which many article marketers are apparently unaware. Welcome to the Warrior Forum!
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  • If you want a low cost and effective article service.

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  • 7 bucks for 400 words is too much.
    Check out the warriors for hire, there are tons of people who can help you write good quality articles for less than that.
  • Wouldn't the point of a link be not just to elevate the ranking of a site, but to provide an actual path for an already-interested person to eventually follow? In that regard, why in the world would anyone even want a non-related link to their site? I can't imagine that would do much good for very long. (even if it's from a high ranking page?)

    No matter how much you may love your dog, if you are looking for a soup recipe, the "dog training" link is just in your way at that moment. If your dog is constantly having "accidents" around the house, you may give a "WT*?" kind of response seeing a link to a soup recipe there. It makes the link-placer look like a schmo.

    I don't have any particular IM experience to back this up. I'm just saying as the average girl searching online for stuff, that plan would make no sense. And really, looking for other good articles in a particular area is a lot harder to search through on an article directory than it is on a targeted well-constructed website or blog.

    I don't know, maybe context-relevance does or doesn't matter to Google. But it sure as heck matters to the people trying to use the internet.
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      Not to people, though (arguably, I suppose) because people aren't going to read those articles anyway. Only search-engines are going to see them, and people don't mind so much looking like a schmo to a search-engine? (I'm thinking - "she said pejoratively" - of "the average spun, mass-submitted article" which isn't typically too readable in the first place ... yes, I know they can be, occasionally, don't shout at me too much). These articles are backlink-fodder only, not traffic-fodder, in other words?

      It's ironic, isn't it: the marketers using "backlink-value-only" articles are typically using them in article directories and some blog networks which are the exact places in which the backlinks have least value!?

      Nothing I'm not used to, there: most of what I find online, in this context, doesn't make too much sense to me anyway.

      Undoubtedly.

      You're right, of course. But it does even to Google, I promise: the evidence in the SERP's, from backlink-checkers, and so on, is all around us.
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  • Your initial post here is pretty easy to read. So, I would say that your English is good enough to write articles. Get an application, like bestspinner. Then spin each adjective in your article. If you don't have good enough ideas on your niche, simply search Ezine articles for an article on your niche and tweak it. Make it original just like you did in 8th grade class. It's really easy to have articles accepted by the big directories like ezine, articlebase or hubpages. Just use other people articles to give you ideas on what to write about, make it as original as possible by using best spinner. That will give you plenty of ideas on words to use.
  • First you write an article on the field you are an expert on .
    Choose carefully your title, so it will be easily found on the search engines.
    Second, you make sure that you do not copy (or plagiarize) another article, which Google will strongly penalize you for.
    Third, find a software or shareware like DupeFree , which will check your content and the rate of duplication. This is useful if you decide to re-write an article.
    Fourth, submit your article on ezinearticles.com, one of, if not, the best article submitter on line.
    Don't forget to see that your bio looks professional, and to insert your website url, so your reader will find your site.
    I suggest you submit 1 to 3 articles per week.
    if you do this constantly, you should see results within a few weeks.
    You should be fine.
    To your Success !
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      That's just the most basic of frameworks and not anything from which to build a business.
  • Kim,

    Sorry I wasn't clear. I meant that Alexa has said the Ezinearticles page would outrank your own site page for a while, but it was temporary.

    I don't mean to speak for Alexa - she does an excellent job of that herself That's just what I recall her saying a few times.
  • If you're going to outsource work, do it at thecontentauthority.com. I'm not trying to pimp them or anything, but it's where I get my out sourcing done and it works well because they have a tiered quality system that works, and I know the tiered system works because I also pick up odd jobs myself there sometimes. So I have experience both receiving and sending work there.

    By the way, as for your main question...

    Article Marketing in a Nutshell (the SERP version)
    1. Write article (or outsource)
    2. Submit to article directory with backlink in resource box to your website post with exact keyword you want to rank for
    3. After submitted to main article directory, re-submit it to a bunch of other directories that will take reprints

    This is the way you build up your SERP through article marketing. There are other ways to do article marketing to try and get traffic directly from the articles, but this is the "grind it out" method that works very well after lots of time and patience.
  • Quality backlink building using some profile creation gives you good result instead of article marketing.

    ezine and followed by few other article directory posting is ok to get some good results.

    google changing algorithm everyday.
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    The main purpose of article marketing is to get back links to your site.
    It's very simple. You can write a 250 - 500 word article and post it on ezine articles or many of the other article directories.

    Make sure you put the link to your website or offer in the signature of the article.
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  • Why not try hiring a virtual assistant who can do the work for you? It'll be cheaper, you can monitor their work and give them specific tasks.

    Distribute your articles on as many sites as you can because this will create backlinks for your article but also your main marketing site too.

    All the best
  • Quick question about EZA... Should you write your own preview for each article or does the site do it for you automatically?

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    I heard many people say that articles can really boost a website' SEO. I have done lots of black hat links recently, and I don't think those links work really well for me. I mean, I can spend like 10 hours in front of my computer to do profile links then ping, submit rss, blah blah blah. But They don't work. =.=| Really don't, at least in my experience. Only 1 out of 10 get indexed by yahoo, and none out of 100 get indexed by Google. I really hope that I can write articles, but the truth is that I really don't have the talent to do it, I have only been using English for four years. So, the only way is to buy articles then. I saw this website aplusarticlewriting dot com on Google search result. 7 dollars each 400 words article. I'm about to try, unless someone can tell me if there are any good services they know about. I will appreciate that. And additional questions are, how does article marketing really work as a SEO tactic? How it supposed to bring traffic to my site. I know that unique articles are nice to post in my blog.