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Banned 12 years ago

Almost nobody needs to submit their articles to more than one or two directories.

The only purpose of putting an article in a directory is for publishers of ezines and newsletters, and webmasters of relevant, niche websites, who have constant requirements for content, to find and re-publish it with your link at the end, so that you can attract some of their already targeted traffic to your site.

There's no other benefit worth talking about. No backlink benefit (and in these post-Penguin days, the possibility of penalities for widespread article directory submission).

And clearly no "traffic benefit" because the last thing any article marketer would want would be for their potential customers to come to their site via an article directory. We all lose most of that traffic, and article directories are making their living from all the people who don't arrive at our site but click on their AdSense instead.

None of that (trying to use directories for their own traffic or their own backlinks) is "article marketing" at all. That's just "article directory marketing", which hasn't been a viable business model for a few years (even before all those Panda updates decimated the directories' traffic and SEO potential).

The directory to which to submit your articles, for passive syndication from there to the relevant sites whose traffic (and backlinks) do benefit your site, is Ezine Articles. That's the one all the publishers have heard of, so it's the one where you need to be.

If you really want a couple more, ArticlesBase and GoArticles are perhaps the next best. I do submit plenty of articles to those, but I can't say I've benefitted from it, really (I just do it on the "belt and braces" principle because I'm super-cautious about being dependent on others

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You really don't need more article directories than that!

About 3 years ago, before I understood how article marketing worked, and when I had very little idea what I was doing, I used to submit articles to a whole lot more article directories than that, choosing what I thought were the best ones. And what a complete waste of time that was! (And even worse than that, these days, with the risk of "Penguin penalties" to worry about).

This post (with its links) explains how article directories work: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post5068872

This thread from the last day or two explains in more detail about what you're asking: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...marketing.html

Good luck! (In this area, you can make your own luck, to some extent, simply be taking care not to do mass article directory submissions, and not to try to use article directories for purposes they can't serve which carry downside risks for you! Don't make those mistakes: the people who do are the ones who start off all the threads here with plaintive titles like "Who Can Help Me?" and "What Have I Done Wrong?" and "Why Won't Article Marketing Work For Me Any More?").

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surenjpr

12 years ago

Hello,
I think the best directory submission sites list having following link.
"seoabc.in/resources/free-directory-submission-sites-list"

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Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by surenjpr

I think the best directory submission sites list having following link.

Unfortunately not. Most of the sites listed there, especially those anywhere near the top of the list, are not actually article directories at all.

This thread may help to clarify exactly what an article directory is (it's a rather widely misunderstood subject!): http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post5068872
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Khemba

12 years ago

Hi - I would initially submit to Ezine Articles and GoArticles first, then once they have been accepted I would submit to submitexpress.com which shoots your articles out to around 40 directories.

That's it no need to overdo it as you may get penalised by BIG G ;-)

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Alexa Smith

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Khemba

I would submit to submitexpress.com which shoots your articles out to around 40 directories.

That's it no need to overdo it as you may get penalised by BIG G ;-)

"Shooting your article out to around 40 article directories" IS overdoing it, Khemba.

It's overdoing it by about 38 or 39 directories.

Not only might you get penalized for that, but it has no real benefits anyway, as explained in a post above and the threads linked to in that post.

Once you understand how article directories work it becomes trivially apparent that doing something like that is "downside risk only" with no real benefit potential at all. It's of relevance only to the people promoting the software and services to do it, and to the graduates of the Urban Myth School of Internet Marketing.

Incidentally, Khemba, there's no real reason to submit to Ezine Articles before submitting anywhere else. Article directories (including Ezine Articles) don't require previously unpublished content. I know many people believe that it can increase the acceptance-chances, somehow, to submit it to Ezine Articles before anywhere else, but that's actually not true. (I do submit all my own articles to Ezine Articles, but that's the last place I put them, myself.)

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WiltonChu

12 years ago

hey I am using this toprankblog[.]com/rss-blog-directories/
everything is in there from blog directories, rss feed submissions, pinging, etc...

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iyke20024

12 years ago

I will not agree totally that submitting to article directory is not too useful or a complete waste of time.

for a start up blog or if you are just developing your site you absolutely need to submit to article directory with high PR.

You can gain backlink or you can also get targeted visitor. Take for example your blog or site has some information or post that you could not easily rank for or your blog has low page rank. submitting to article directory can bring your article to the front page of Google search and therefore linking back to your blog.

That is why you need to submit to only high PR Article directory. You don't need to submit to many directory, you can just pick few with High PR.

The link above contains top 40 article directories

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Attraction Marketing

12 years ago

Originally Posted by iyke20024

I will not agree totally that submitting to article directory is not too useful or a complete waste of time.

for a start up blog or if you are just developing your site you absolutely need to submit to article directory with high PR.

You can gain backlink or you can also get targeted visitor. Take for example your blog or site has some information or post that you could not easily rank for or your blog has low page rank. submitting to article directory can bring your article to the front page of Google search and therefore linking back to your blog.

That is why you need to submit to only high PR Article directory. You don't need to submit to many directory, you can just pick few with High PR.

The link above contains top 40 article directories

I'm not certain you understood what Alexa said? She said that submitting to many article directories is a waste of time because it does not benefit you in any way to have many article directories backlinking to your site. Again, the key word here is many.

What's the reason you don't need many article directory backlinks?

1. The Penguin update made this something you can be penalized for.

2. The more article directories are holding your articles, the better the chance the customer lands on that directories version of your article rather than the one on your site. What would you rather have? 100% of your traffic or 25% of the article directories traffic? No brainer right?

3. Saving the best reason for last, only Ezinearticles is needed because it provides the best chance for your article to be picked up (providing it is good) by webmasters all over the web providing you with incredibly juicy backlinks from potentially high pr pages and, more importantly, relevant backlinks that will give you real Google love and the targeted visitors you said that you wanted.

To more clearly understand these points read the thread that Alexa cited earlier here: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post5068872

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Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by iyke20024

That is why you need to submit to only high PR article directory

Apologies for the confrontational tone, but it's just nonsense.

First, there's no such thing as a high-PR article directory: article directories are websites, and websites don't "have page rank". Only pages have page ranks.

What you're referring to is simply the PR of the directory's own home page. And if you could come up with a way of getting your articles published on its own home page, you might have a point (but even then, not very much of one - because PR has very, very little to do with the linkjuice you get, anyway!). All my articles in Ezine Articles get published on PR-0 pages. That isn't somehow, magically, changed by the fact that EZA's own home page happens to be PR6. :rolleyes: :p

Secondly, the backlink has nothing to do with the purpose of submitting an article to a directory in the first place. Which makes your point pretty much academic (as well as entirely wrong).

Originally Posted by iyke20024

The link above contains top 40 article directories

No. Sorry, but it just doesn't.

A "top" article directory is an article directory to which the highest number of article directory users (they're publishers, of ezines, newsletters and websites) go in search of content for their publications/sites. That's why article directories exist. That's the only purpose they can beneficially fulfil for you, too. And there just aren't 40 of those! :rolleyes:
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- spd7575 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith
  
  That's why article directories exist. That's the only purpose they can beneficially fulfil for you, too. And there just aren't 40 of those! :rolleyes:
  
  Yea you are right that after the penguin update from the google article marketing is hard to do but it still have some लायक to get backlinks.
  I want to know from you that which type of methods do work from the point of view of promotion. like bookmarking, commenting, forum commenting, article submission....etc.
  
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  GreenGeek 11 years ago
  
  The toughest one to get an article in is ezinearticles.com, the rest is easier, but it's has a page rank 7
  
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bruc

12 years ago

find it like this " site:website name article directory list " without any quote, this may defiantly help you.

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1kevin

12 years ago

The following links may help.
vretoolbar.com/articles/directories.php
directorycritic.com/article-directory-list.html

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WebPen

12 years ago

Even though I agree with Alexa that article syndication is better than just submitting to tons of different directories...

Here's a list for ya!

http://www.vretoolbar.com/articles/directories.php

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erica6

12 years ago

Best solution to get the most fastest result is to just go for Google...and your need will be fulfilled in seconds....

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rayanlee

11 years ago

Hi,
You should use do follow article directory. Its seosubmitarticle.com. Its PR2 and Alexa 1,09,000 do follow fast approval article directory. We approve only 100% unique content.

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Fredbou

11 years ago

Originally Posted by gomzydecor

Can anyone provide me with the article Directory list...please i am in urgent need. The list I found on the internet has websites which are either not working or not useful.

Try mine. It's free.

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santosantinie 11 years ago

You must not deal or focus with article directories. Those article directories were already spammed and penalized by Google. If I were you, I'll go with the Plan B and forget all about Article Submission.
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Abhik

11 years ago

Have you tried DirectoryCritic's list?
Article Directory List - Directory Critic

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Alexa Smith Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by GreenGeek

The toughest one to get an article in is ezinearticles.com, the rest is easier, but it's has a page rank 7

That page rank (actually 6, not 7) refers only to Ezine Articles own home page. Not to the page on which your articles are published - those are PR-0.

Originally Posted by Abhik

Have you tried DirectoryCritic's list?
Article Directory List - Directory Critic

No - I avoid it altogether. It's a list which has been compiled by someone who doesn't understand what an article directory is. :rolleyes:

Guys, why not just read this post (rather than "bumping" threads like this with such misguided stuff?): http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-...ml#post7685654 <------- it will help you!
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John Durham

11 years ago

Too bad this one isnt for sale Alexa:

http://art-by-alexa.com/2012/09/three.html

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Article Directory List please :( :(

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