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Submitting articles to Article Directories is probably one of the best ways to get links to your blog or website. Getting your articles published on Article Directories will have a big impact on your blog’s performance. In fact, several Search Engine Optimizers make it a habit to submit an article to article directories once every week.

What benefits do you get from submitting articles to Article Directories?

1. LINKS.
Most article directories have good page ranking so getting links from them is definitely worth your time.

2. Get MORE LINKS
Articles submitted to article directories are usually free to be republished on other blogs or websites. To do this however, bloggers who will republish your article need to include the link to your profile. As this happens, links to your blog increases.

3. INCREASE TRAFFIC
Submitting articles to Article Directories is a good way to reach a wider audience. One of the articles I have submitted to Article Directories was an article about Blogging Mix. In the same article, I have talked about what Blogging Mix is all about and what people can expect from BloggingMix.com. After my article was submitted and was approved by the Article Directories, I have noticed an increase in the number of links to my blog and a considerable rise in my traffic.

I’m sure that the three benefits mentioned above are enough motivation for you to make your own article and submit it to Article Directories. Here’s a list of reminders to keep in mind when making an article to submit in article directories.

1. Always think of your readers. Remember that most people will read your article looking for something beneficial to them. Why would they read your article if there’s nothing in it for them?

2. Make it valuable and worthwhile. To make your article valuable, you should give useful and helpful information to your readers. Once your readers find out that your article is valuable, they’ll be more than glad to share it to their friends, link to your post or republish it on their blogs.

3. Keep your article short and simple. Making a long post is discouraging to most people. According to studies, people tend to skip or scan long articles but will most likely read the shorter ones. I advice you to use at most 1000 words when you make an article for submission to article directories.

4. Write clearly. Use simple words and avoid perplex or compounded sentences. Remember that you have to send a message across to your readers and not to confuse them.

5. Write about topics related to your blog. When you submit articles to Article Directories, do not write something not related to your blog. Remember that your article serves as a window to your blog. It should give your readers an idea of what to expect when they check to your blog. You should also submit articles that are related to your blog to earn authority. Concentrating your topic on a certain area of knowledge will be an easier way to gain authority than blogging about every possible ‘bloggable’ topic.

6. Use your keywords and keyphrases in your article. Keywords and keyphrases should be used without impeding clarity.

7. Create links to your post strategically. Some article directories allow you to have more than 5 links, take advantage of it and link to your posts. You can also decide to link to your posts at the end of the article as a related post.

8. Remember to proof read your article before you submit it. An article submitted that is full of grammatical errors and misspelled words is usually rejected by directories. Carefully check your article before submission. Bear in mind that they serve as a representatives of your blog. If the article you have submitted is useful, readers will be tempted to read some more. They will then visit your blog through the links you’ve provided.

To make your submission convenient, I have included a list of links to Article Directories below. Remember the pointers I have mentioned when making an article for submission to article directories. Here’s the list, please help yourself.

There are many ways to increase the PageRank of a site, the first thing would be to get good number of valuable links. I feel like sharing some of the tips for getting good links for your blog.

• Quality Content - There are all kinds of link generating systems out there but in my opinion the best way to get links to your blog is to write quality content that people will want to read. You can solicit links with others or sign up for different link building programs or even buy text links on other sites but the cheapest and probably safest approach is to build inbound links in a natural organic way as others link to your quality content.
• Notify Relevant Bloggers of your content - Whilst I don’t advocate spamming other bloggers and asking for links - I would recommend that if you write a quality post on a topic that you know will interest another blogger that it might be worth shooting them a short and polite email letting them know of your post. Don’t be offended if they don’t link up, but you might just find that they do and that in addition to the direct traffic that the link generates that it helps build your own page rank in the search engines (more on letting other bloggers know of your posts here).
• Directories - Another way to generating inbound links is to submit your links to directories. I know of webmasters who swear by the benefits of such a strategy - the first thing that they do when starting a new site is to do the rounds of directories - submitting links to key pages with appropriate keywords in the links. There are loads of directories out there - many of which offer a free submission. Ari Paparo has compiled a list of blog directories that you might want to start with.
• Inter-link your Blogs - Increasingly bloggers are starting or joining blog networks to enjoy the benefits of multiple sites and writers working together. One of the advantages of networks of sites is that they usually link to one another. In doing so you have complete control over how your sites are linked to from multiple domains. It is worth noting that you should be careful with this approach - if all your sites are hosted on the one server many think that Search Engines will work out what you’re doing and the impact will be lessened.
• Buy Links - Many professional web masters have a budget to purchase links from other highly ranked and and relevant sites. I won’t go into this too much here but you might like to read more about it in my recent post On Buying Text Links. update: I’d encourage anyone wanting to buy links to think very carefully about this. Google have been cracking down on sites that use this practice. They can’t catch everyone but some have been caught and seem to have been penalized for doing it.
• Swap Links - Similarly many bloggers swap links with other bloggers. Sometimes this happens pretty naturally (you see someone linking to you so you link back) but in many cases the links are strategic ones and formally arranged between site owners. I get daily requests for such reciprocal links (I rarely act on them). Whilst there is some benefit in such link swapping I would again advise caution here as many SEO experts believe that the search engines have methods for tracking such strategies and devaluing the links. Some try to get around this by doing indirect or triangulated links. ie instead of site A and B doing a direct swap they involve other sites. So A links to C in exchange for D (also owned by C) linking to B (also owned by A) - makes your head hurt doesn’t it!?! There are also a variety of systems around that say they’ll take care of such interlinking for you - I know many who use Digital Point’s Free C0-Op Advertising system. Personally I tend to avoid such schemes and have a policy of linking to sites I think are valuable to my readers. If they link back then so be it.

So if you follow the above things you can improve your Page Rank and Search engine rankings easily.