How Many Article Marketing Directories Should I Submit My Article To?

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 10:06 am

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There are an ever increasing number of article directories springing up, attemting to take advantage of the popularity that has become of writing articles as a form of website promotion. I have seen many people on various article marketing forums asking as to how many article directories they should be submitting their articles to and which ones. In this article I write about the article directories which I use.

EzineArticles

Ezinearticles was where I posted my very first article. It has only been around a year but I have to say that it seems like about five years. This directory was recommended to me by a friend who offers online guitar lessons such as the drifting guitar lesson and in my opinion is certainly one of the best. Each article is reviewed before being accepted, this is not true of many of the other directories, especially the newer sites.

When you search for the title of your article a few days after it has been accepted in for example the search engine google, you are normally able to see it highly placed in the results. One of the first articles I submitted was called stuttering and its effects, this article is still placed in the top ten of google after many months.

If you are only planning on submitting your article to one directory this is the one I would advise that you use.

Goarticles

Many people, including a business contact who writes articles about obtaining cheap calls, have told me that they prefer to use goarticles when looking for an article to add to their site. This would have to be one of the main reasons why I always publish my articles on this article marketing website.

Articlealley

The thing I like about articlealley is that they also include the article you submit to them on one or two of the sister sites. This is without you needing to do any extra work. Any extra exposure can only be a good thing of course.

Articledasboard

I have been advised that this directory is becoming increasingly popular and is one I should be posting my article to. The site has a page rank of six which is always a good sign.

Ideamarketers

This directory is my fifth choice in order of merit and has many interesting articles.

It is hard to know how many of these directories people should be submitting their article to. I have been given lots of different advice on this subject and have decided to come up with my own conclusion. I personally normally submit my articles to around twenty of these sites but always the five above.