Article submission still good?

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Is article submissions still a good link building strategy?
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  • Profile picture of the author bestfin1
    I believe it is.. Articles with good content posted in well ranked pages will surely help your SEO.. However, article spunning and the same article submitted to hundreds of sites will not help you at all... and once your article is published go ahead and boost it using all your social media channels.. Tweet it.. post the url on Facebook, Pin it to Pinterest etc...
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  • Profile picture of the author onconference
    Article Submission is also good.It can help u to get very good traffic.
    But the main thing is that ; If your site is not having quality everything including SEO will be a great waste.
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  • Profile picture of the author saurabht
    Yes, article marketing still works as long as you are targeting your backlinks at the end of the articles - you will get raises in SERPS this way. It is also perfect for targeting those wonderful "buying" keywords if you are into affiliate marketing.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    It's a total waste of time.
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    • Profile picture of the author jezter6
      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      It's a total waste of time.
      Listen to people with some experience like Mike here.

      Tune out all these auto post gibberish idiots who are only here to increase post count thinking that a WF forum sig link will magic them to the top of Google.

      Article marketing may have some value in getting traffic when articles get syndicated on reasonable sites, but the backlink from an article directory is TOXIC and 90% of the time anyone who takes your article from there is posting it on a pure spam garbage site because they just want to fill it out with content they're too cheap to buy or too lazy to write themselves. And then you'll get just another toxic backlink from the resource box.

      If you want to build a web property that will last more than a few months, stay away from people who post barely coherent garbage.
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by jezter6 View Post

        Tune out all these auto post gibberish idiots who are only here to increase post count thinking that a WF forum sig link will magic them to the top of Google.

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      • Profile picture of the author danparks
        Originally Posted by jezter6 View Post

        Article marketing may have some value in getting traffic when articles get syndicated on reasonable sites, but the backlink from an article directory is TOXIC and 90% of the time anyone who takes your article from there is posting it on a pure spam garbage site because they just want to fill it out with content they're too cheap to buy or too lazy to write themselves. And then you'll get just another toxic backlink from the resource box.
        This. Article sites, when used right, may be useful to get some traffic. Nothing wrong with getting traffic outside of the SERPs. But that's what it is - it isn't traffic from ranking a site in SERPs. If your goal is SEO (SEARCH ENGINE optimization), forget it - you won't get any SERPs benefit from submitting articles to article directories.
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    • Profile picture of the author malaxindia
      Yes
      It can help u to get very good traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author reddy183
    Yes,

    Article with good content will always help you in improving keywords ranking. Not to submit same article in 100's of sites. Share published article URLs in top social media sites.

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    • Profile picture of the author brettuk
      Originally Posted by reddy183 View Post

      Yes,

      Article with good content will always help you in improving keywords ranking. Not to submit same article in 100's of sites. Share published article URLs in top social media sites.

      Regards,
      Reddy Sekhar.
      Thanks for the feedback lads.

      My main concern at the moment is finding decent article sites, there are some free ones out there, but the sites don't look too attractive.

      What sites would you recommend?
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  • Profile picture of the author IgniteFeed
    If you do article marketing - make sure the content is of high quality. You can develop a following if your content is high, and it appeals to your audience. I'd suggest approaching this with a niche (i.e. develop a niche following) as those marketing to the masses - well it's hard to break through.
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  • Profile picture of the author walkerking
    Originally Posted by brettuk View Post

    Title says it all really;

    Is article submissions still a good link building strategy?
    Article submission is the best method for generate your website traffic. The main benefit article submission are permanent back-link and article post are quick effect of your website and page rank. you can get quality back-link by posting your article high PR websites.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by walkerking View Post

      Article submission is the best method for generate your website traffic. The main benefit article submission are permanent back-link and article post are quick effect of your website and page rank. you can get quality back-link by posting your article high PR websites.
      They are awful links. The only thing that article submissions are good for is negative SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hemanth Malli
    Originally Posted by brettuk View Post

    Title says it all really;

    Is article submissions still a good link building strategy?
    Hi,

    Article submission is an old process to increase the traffic to your website but it still work in SEO point of view and you need to post it in your social media so that you can get more traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author amitsankhala
    Article submission is good for getting high rank on your site. If it contain of rich and unique content As google give most prfer to content only ,so your content is unique and relevant than it is best for getting rank on search engine.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anne Smith
    Article submission is still good. If the article contains at quality and unique content then it will definitely help in getting higher ranking in search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeffery Moss
    There's no real value in trying to get a backlink from an article directory as most will be no follow anyway. However, publishing an article on another blog that is similar in nature to what you publish will be very useful, whether that backlink is do follow or no follow.
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  • Profile picture of the author amitsankhala
    Yes, article submission is one of the important factor is to get higher rank of your website.hence it can be submitted on particular website in which web crawler will optimize them .so submission of article on regular basis helps to increase the traffic rate by applying of tarted keyword on your content or in title.
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  • Profile picture of the author rebapetrus
    I think article marketing is a great way where you can make a good concept, that you want to tell or sale for visitor and client.
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  • Profile picture of the author sweezeter
    Anyone recommending article submissions after Penguin updates either doesn't rank any websites or is looking to sell you something.

    Article submissions are the worst thing you could do for link building. A complete waste of time, money and effort.
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  • Profile picture of the author RafaelPratt
    Article submission do not help. It may even negatively impact your website. Instead of going after easy links, why not work on building relationships with bloggers and work on writing guest posts. Through this, you create a relationship with co-bloggers and still get the traffic that you want.
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  • Profile picture of the author arunmehtaindia
    Yeah it's really a good strategy to get a high quality backlink. For this you should always submit the unique and high quality content article on limited high quality submission sites. After publishing your article, always share it on various social media channels like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest etc...
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  • Profile picture of the author adddirectoryp
    Present, most of article sites using nofollow for the anchor text link.
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    • Profile picture of the author rebapetrus
      Originally Posted by adddirectoryp View Post

      Present, most of article sites using nofollow for the anchor text link.
      Yes you are right I agree with you. I have seen..
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  • Profile picture of the author TrustedSEO
    Hello,

    I appreciate your question. Questions are how we learn and there's never any such thing as a stupid question.

    To give you a short answer -- Default Article submission still good? Yes.. Depending on the quality you use, when implementing this strategy.

    This is one of those strategies that has been abused for a long time, so in order to gain traction and benefit from this, you're going to need to think outside of the box.

    To be different nowadays, all you need to do is, write your own articles and DO NOT use crap article creation/spinner tools. Why? Because everyone is doing it. To succeed in SEO, NEVER follow the crowd.

    Unique content isn't and shouldn't be your only focus. Just because something is unique, would that MAKE YOU want to read it? NO.. Of course not.

    The content should have and produce a WOW factor. The content should be written in a way that when someone reads it, they can tell it was written by a college student or better. Google uses a readability level in their ranking factor and this reading level helps determine quality levels.

    Use SMART words. Do some research and read a little about the Dale Chale readability level, etc. The better yyour writing - the higher it will score and the better it will rank.

    Hope this helps.

    I own my own SEO Company.

    I have used a content submission strategy, for ALL of my clients, since 2006. This strategy works extremely well when you get it down and learn what needs to be done.

    Wishing EVERYONE the best in Business..
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    • Profile picture of the author brettuk
      Originally Posted by TrustedSEO View Post

      Hello,

      I appreciate your question. Questions are how we learn and there's never any such thing as a stupid question.

      To give you a short answer -- Default Article submission still good? Yes.. Depending on the quality you use, when implementing this strategy.

      This is one of those strategies that has been abused for a long time, so in order to gain traction and benefit from this, you're going to need to think outside of the box.

      To be different nowadays, all you need to do is, write your own articles and DO NOT use crap article creation/spinner tools. Why? Because everyone is doing it. To succeed in SEO, NEVER follow the crowd.

      Unique content isn't and shouldn't be your only focus. Just because something is unique, would that MAKE YOU want to read it? NO.. Of course not.

      The content should have and produce a WOW factor. The content should be written in a way that when someone reads it, they can tell it was written by a college student or better. Google uses a readability level in their ranking factor and this reading level helps determine quality levels.

      Use SMART words. Do some research and read a little about the Dale Chale readability level, etc. The better yyour writing - the higher it will score and the better it will rank.

      Hope this helps.

      I own my own SEO Company.

      I have used a content submission strategy, for ALL of my clients, since 2006. This strategy works extremely well when you get it down and learn what needs to be done.

      Wishing EVERYONE the best in Business..
      Thank you, some good info here.

      What article sites would you recommend to submit content too?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    You folks are living in a 2005 spammers world thinking article directories are worthwhile links for SEO.

    Good grief, at least look back at Ezine Articles failure with Google as a hint.
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    • Profile picture of the author RandySwanston
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      You folks are living in a 2005 spammers world thinking article directories are worthwhile links for SEO.

      Good grief, at least look back at Ezine Articles failure with Google as a hint.
      There are many spammers here who are trying to Mislead OP for just increasing their post count.

      OP never listen to those who say "Article Submission is a great way to increase blah blah" thing, truth is they are living in the stone age of SEO. If your goal (of using article directory) is purely to build links for SEO, then avoid articles directories since it will get you no where. Read this!

      Google's Matt Cutts: Don't Try To Build Links Through Article Directories
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  • Profile picture of the author WebOutGateway
    Though nowadays people are saying that Article submission is not helping anymore, we still believe it is.

    Just consider the following:
    1. choose High PR article submission site. Ezine article is one.
    2. Make the best quality article out of 1 posting
    3. Content must be UNIQUE and reader- oriented. make sure that you are writing for users, not for Google.
    4. entertainment is a factor. Make them laugh or be entertained. use images or videos or GIFs.
    5. Don't listen to some. maybe some may think it's a waste of time but remember your customer who needs information and you who needs them.

    PS. market them weekly.

    Hope i helped.
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  • Profile picture of the author ldhsmo
    Yes it is Good Enough To give you good backlinks
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  • Profile picture of the author ceaserbuck
    ya post 100% unique articles avoiding submitting spinning contents it does not help you yep it helps a lot for SEO link building
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  • Profile picture of the author Pdomain
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    Yes, article submission is still good.... it is even better than PBN.. where PBN can easily spotted and Google can know that you are gaming the system.... but such things you can not get with article submission.... only thing you have to find is high quality article directories..

    Also, Google doesn't check whether it is an article directory, a web directory or a blog etc.. it checks authority, scores in SERP, reputation, quality of a website...
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    • Profile picture of the author jinx1221
      Originally Posted by Pdomain View Post

      Yes, article submission is still good.... it is even better than PBN.. where PBN can easily spotted and Google can know that you are gaming the system.... but such things you can not get with article submission.... only thing you have to find is high quality article directories..
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      • Profile picture of the author Pdomain
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        Originally Posted by jinx1221 View Post

        Keep your portrait with you, I don't need it.. and don't be over smart, I may smarter than you....

        Anyways, who you are, I don't mind, but learn forum etiquette first....

        And I don't want to learn from you...

        I have over 50 small websites, they are performing well, instead of so may ups downs in SEO.. because I use all these natural stuffs for link building....including article submissions, forum posting, blog commenting, directory submission and many others.. you should know how to use them..
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        • Profile picture of the author jinx1221
          Originally Posted by Pdomain View Post

          I have over 50 small websites, they are performing well, instead of so may ups downs in SEO.. because I use all these natural stuffs for link building....including article submissions, forum posting, blog commenting, directory submission and many others.. you should know how to use them..
          All these "natural stuffs" you list are not "natural stuffs" lol! Nobody on earth naturally does what you do. In fact some of what you list can get you penalized. Most of what you list are just plain wastes of time.

          Originally Posted by Pdomain View Post

          Keep your portrait with you, I don't need it.. and don't be over smart, I may smarter than you....
          Not matching I.Q's here, but I mean, Article directories are better than Pbn's.. really?
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        • Profile picture of the author jezter6
          Originally Posted by Pdomain View Post

          I may smarter than you....
          And this is why we write readable high quality articles for our money sites.

          Otherwise, you end up looking like this guy

          Work with idiots, be prepared to look like one.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by Pdomain View Post

      only thing you have to find is high quality article directories..
      That is an oxymoron. There is no such thing as a high quality article directory.

      You would have a better chance of finding a unicorn than a high quality article directory.

      There are more Minotaurs walking the Earth than there are high quality article directories.
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      • Profile picture of the author danparks
        Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

        There are more Minotaurs walking the Earth than there are high quality article directories.
        Well, according to this, then there might in fact just be quite a few quality article directories.

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  • Profile picture of the author Pdomain
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    With a black hat point, you are good, and with a white hat method I'm bad...

    And IQ? Google knows Your IQ as well as your website's IQ... to maintain your website IQ, you have to take help of natural stuffs, and have to think in a broader way, instead of thinking of 10-20 blogs network, that can easily be tracked from the IP address.
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    • Profile picture of the author jinx1221
      Originally Posted by Pdomain View Post

      With a black hat point, you are good, and with a white hat method I'm bad...

      And IQ? Google knows Your IQ as well as your website's IQ... to maintain your website IQ, you have to take help of natural stuffs, and have to think in a broader way, instead of thinking of 10-20 blogs network, that can easily be tracked from the IP address.
      I'm not saying to not mix in other things besides Pbn's (although that's all you really need anyways). What I am saying is that Google doesn't know my IQ, my websites' IQ's, and neither do you. Only thing I can say for sure is that saying that Article Directories are better than Pbn's is dipping pretty low in the IQ pool
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  • Profile picture of the author FranksToys
    Article submissions as a good linking strategy, hahahahahaha....

    Ya right, don't believe the dude that "owns his own SEO company". Google doesn't care of a NY times best selling author submitted his articles to ezinearticles. It won't help his SEO, no matter the "readability score".
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  • Profile picture of the author vantrendin
    it is one of the method to boost our keyword ranking
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  • Yes,Article submission is the best one link building technique for get ranked and also for traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author promo87
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    Originally Posted by brettuk View Post

    Title says it all really;

    Is article submissions still a good link building strategy?
    Well, I don't think that its still good if you are just doing it for getting a number of backlinks but other than that yes article submission still works good !
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  • Profile picture of the author dewalds86
    If you are going to submit article then submit quality articles and submit them to high PR sites that are in your Nich. Also make sure you use anchored text in the articles. If you do it this way then yes article submission can still work for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author ashleydaniel
    It is worthy ever. As like blog article, the content of the article drives more visitors to the website. But the thing is the content must be unique, fresh and beneficial to the reader.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ohioquotes
    Wow. I'm not an SEO expert, but even I know it's not a good idea anymore. In fact, I am always REMOVING my links to past articles I submitted. They never show up in search engines and the directories themselves are full of crap.
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  • I thinks its not so effective for SEO off page technique.
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  • Profile picture of the author FreedomBlogger
    Yess it is, IF you use it correctly!

    I would personally use these article submissions for backlinks to my Tier 1 or/and 2 (in a tiered backlink strategy).

    I really like article submission because you can get two thing from them - Traffic AND Backlinks!

    I hope this helps!

    I wish you the best of the best!

    Cheers!
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  • Profile picture of the author Raja Abdulla
    Article Submission is good and it can play a vital role in your SEO. It is only effective if you have done it rightly and submitting quality content is really good to boost search engine rankings.Yes it can be helpful in link building
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    • Profile picture of the author IMCapitalist
      an interesting debate on this subject though, but I think good quality content remains on top of the list
      of items we need to have to get the site ranked relatively well, off course with great helps of SEO both
      on on=page and off=page sides.
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  • Profile picture of the author anwar001
    Article marketing can still be effective to a certain degree if you use it correctly. However it does not have the same effectiveness and power as before. That does not mean you cannot get good results if your content is useful and you submit to top tier directories. I have a service running on Fiverr where I write and submit articles to EzineArticles site. The gig is doing pretty ok and I have some regular clients. I guess it should be working nicely for them to keep coming back with more orders.

    Moreover, I can see from the search stats within Ezine dashboard that some of the articles get decent amount of views. This goes on to show that Ezine still has traffic. I wouldn't suggest the earlier strategy of submitting spun articles to hundreds of directories. Instead, focus on just one or two and submit unique, quality articles there. You could get decent results.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by anwar001 View Post

      Moreover, I can see from the search stats within Ezine dashboard that some of the articles get decent amount of views. This goes on to show that Ezine still has traffic.

      No, that shows that Ezine gets scraped a lot by bots like Kontent Machine which take your articles, mix and mash them with other articles, spin the whole thing, and pump them out in GSA.

      Article submissions are one of the biggest wastes of time you can fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author feetsweating
    Now a days article submission is not so powerful and effective technique for get ranked.
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    Article submission is best technique for get ranked in search results.
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  • Profile picture of the author annewilliams123
    Writing blogs and submitting articles are one of the most best strategies to get into search engines. What I think is It is one of the best ways to explain the new things.
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  • Profile picture of the author creat1veone
    Would you self-advertising baboons just quit? No one will click on your ad links after saying "YeS article wrok" - please go away.

    I've got a question, if those article submission sites are really bad for SEO, what about not linking back to our site then? What about linking to a YT video, with a site link, or a social network fan page?

    If people are going to find the post then I'd use article submission just as an extra source of traffic, do real people really look up these article sites for their needs?

    Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Masondavis
    If the article contains at quality and unique content, then it will definitely help in getting higher ranking in search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author saurabht
    >It is used to Building Backlink to your site
    >It improving brand presence of your website
    >It is generating traffic for your website
    >It improvement of your website ranking on Search Engine
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  • Profile picture of the author GarrettMickley
    I used to do really really well with article submissions (really really well) and then I'm pretty sure all of the good article submission sites got sandboxed or otherwise black listed by the search engines (years ago) and now I do really really well (really really well) without article submissions.

    Though you still might get a little forward traffic, but nothing SEO wise.

    I still post to Hubpages regularly and get traffic from there. That's about it.
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  • Profile picture of the author AskAnAffiliate
    Hi,

    Of course they are! You'll be surprised how many popular AD are around which are do-follow and high PR. They have DA and PA. I would focus on 4-5 high authority article directories and write solid content to publish.
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  • Profile picture of the author vdsthor
    It can be fatal for your site as the majority of the article directories are spammed to death! You Might want to think about Web 2.0 websites like Hubpages instead to get more advantage.
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