Articles are an excellent way to get one-way links to your
website and can also bring you lots of visitors if you know
how to optimize them for the search engines.
You simply write an article and then submit it to article
directories with your link in the 'signature section'. The
article directories will publish your article and you will
immediately have a one-way link to your website.
Here's where it gets interesting: Other websites are
allowed to post your article on their website as long as
they include the "sig-field". Many webmasters are looking
for content and each time someone uses your piece, you get
another one-way link to your site. Writing 10 articles
could easily get you a hundreds of links.
Tips for Success:
- Make sure your article is at least 400 words
- Instead of writing a 1000 word article, it's better to
make 2 - 500 word articles
- Keep your paragraphs short as people don't like to read
long paragraphs.
- Use your target keyword in the: Title, beginning, middle
and end. Don't just stuff the keyword in, find ways to
include it naturally. A 3-7% keyword density is ideal.
- Have a catchy title that grabs people's attention
- Don't write for your English teacher, write the way you
would talk to a friend
- Double check the article for spelling and grammar
mistakes, you may want to ask a friend to proof-read it for
you.
TIP: I recommend that you publish each article on your
website first and wait until your site has been re-indexed
before posting to the article directories. This way you get
credit for the article and content for your website.
You can tell if your webpage with the article has been
indexed yet, by going to that page and then choosing the
blue 'page info menu' icon in your Google Toolbar. Choose
'cached snapshot of the page' to see if the page has been
indexed.
This step isn't mandatory but is a really good idea because
you should be adding new content to your site anyway and
this guarantees you get the credit.
Here are some ideas for catchy titles:
7 Things You Must Know About X
X Reasons to Y
Top 10 Ways to X
Why X is better than Y
How to X your Y
Checklist for X
The signature field is very important for your ranking
success. You want to make sure that you have a text link
with your target keyword and also include your url. It's a
good practice to try to fit in one or more of your
secondary keywords as well.
The more you practice writing articles, the easier it gets.
This is a very effective way to get the visitors you want
and boost your link popularity. A few hours of writing can
bring you hundreds of visitors!
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Jason Storm is an seo consultant at Seo Publicity. Visit
his site to learn how you can get maximum results from your
articles and save time:
http://seopublicity.net/Article_Submissions/
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