Articles submissions are one of the best and most ethical part of offpage optimization. It strengthens your website and also sends good traffic to your website. The strengthening of websites is made by generating quality back links to your site and is considered as one of the best off page optimization techniques. Such article marketing stuffs are one of the most cheapest way to advertise your website, if done in the proper way.

One of the major benefits of article submissions or article marketing is that it helps in making your major keywords rank higher in search engine results page. But don’t expect to spam via article marketing, as your articles might get rejected by the moderators of the article directories. It should be done in a moderate and proper way.

Another advantage of article marketing is getting quality backlinks, which serve as the backbone of your website. The number of backlinks for a website marks its popularity and plays a major role in getting better ranking and traffic. A well written and optimized article prompts readers to visit your site and know more about your services,  products or any other information specified in your website.

Usually the articles used for article marketing are not too long and the word count should be in the range 300-500. The article should be related to the industry which your website is serving and should to make it as unique and interesting as possible. Take care in using your main keywords inside the article wisely. Do not try to over stuff your keywords everywhere in the article. The keywords inside your articles should look genuine and sensible.

The completed articles are then submitted to various free article directories, which allows you to submit your articles. After approval by a moderator, your articles get published and would be available for others to read. If there is any issues with your articles, or your articles does not confine to the terms and conditions of the article directories, then your articles would get rejected. So always try to make your article as simple and accordingly to the terms and conditions of the directories.

Even though article marketing is the best way to promote your website and generate quality backlinks, it is somewhat time consuming. First you have to prepare your articles, then submit it to the directories and then wait for approval. Certain directories take some time to approve the articles. But once your articles are approved and published, you can expect some good results.

There are certain tips for article marketing campaign, which I have mentioned earlier in this blog. More advantages and tips on article marketing would be covered in this blog soon. Don’t hesitate to ask for any doubts or clarification regarding this.

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Articles submission is one of the best ways to get inbound links and thereby increasing the search engine visibility and traffic to your site. There are a lot of free article directories which helps you to submit your article and also allows you to link back to your website, which helps in getting backlinks. But in order to get quality backlinks through article submission, you need to submit in the right article directories which have good reputation and good page rank. Submitting articles in low quality article directories may not do good to your site. Here I would like to list the top 10 free article submission directories that I rate ahead of others, based on certain parameters even though not in the order of its importance.

1) EzineArticles.com
This site tops my list of free article directories with a Google page rank of 6 and Alexa ranking of 186, which is a good indication of the amount of traffic it receives. Need to get registered with the site, before you start with your article submission.

2) GoArticles.com
Another really good article directory which has a Google page rank of 6 and Alexa ranking of 2807. This also needs a free registration process before starting to submit articles.

3) ArticleDashboard.com
Another important article directory with a vide range of categories, ArticlesDashboard has been there for a few years and is really climbing its way up. It has a Google Page Rank of 5 and Alexa rank of 5127, and requires free registration.

4 ) SearchWarp.com
SearchWarp is another directory where I would prefer to submit articles and is well known for its quick approval of the submissions. SearchWarp enjoys a Google page rank of 5 and Alexa ranking of 5521. Registration is required and is free to register. Also have a good and user friendly dashboard to view, edit/delete your submitted articles.

5) ArticlesBase.com
ArticlesBase also gives you fast approval of submitted articles and have Google page rank of 5 and an Alexa rank of 863. Has a good Dashboard feature which allows you to manage your submissions along with important statistics of the traffic to your article. The articles submitted in Articlesbase are also easily indexed by Google and Registration is required.

6) iSnare.com
Another cool article directory with Google Page rank of 5 and Alexa rank of 11,833. This site also requires free registration and has a wider range of categories.

7) ArticleCity.com
Another simple and free article directory which requires registration to submit articles. Has a Google Page Rank of 5 and Alexa rank of 13,587.

8 ) ArticleAlley.com
This is another article directory, that I cannot avoid submitting my articles to. Simple layout, easy to use, Google Page rank of 5 and Alexa ranking of 5174 makes it a must to submit directory for article writers. Needs registration to submit articles and does not take too much time to get approved.

9) Amazines.com
Another popular free article submission directory, which has a Google Page Rank of 5 and Alexa ranking of 6292. Needs to register in order to submit articles and has the facility to rate articles.

10) ArticlesFactory.com
This is another article submission directory that I love to submit my articles to. It has a slight lower Google Page Rank of 4 and Alexa ranking of 23,777. But this is an upcoming directory and would soon top the charts in the time to come. This also needs to register for article submission and offers a good user dashboard.

There are more other free directories available, but here I am wrapping it out with only 10. Hope it would be useful to everyone.

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