Using Article Submitting To Builld Links
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Written by Dan Duvano   
Monday, 16 February 2009 09:30
More than likely you've heard quite a bit about link building. After all, it's one of the top Search Engine Optimization (SEO) practices out there today. While there are many other SEO practices, to build up your rankings in the search engines and drive more traffic to your website, link building is truly one of the top ways that you can do this.
by DanDuvano


More than likely you've heard quite a bit about link building. After all, it's one of the top Search Engine Optimization (SEO) practices out there today. While there are many other SEO practices, to build up your rankings in the search engines and drive more traffic to your website, link building is truly one of the top ways that you can do this.

It's important to build great links to your site, and many people are realizing how important link building is and are using link building services to help get the links that they need. However, when it comes to link building, one of the top methods out there is using article submissions.

What then is article submission? Article submission is the process of you or someone else writing an article, and then submitting that article to a number of article directories. There are a large number of these directories around the internet. At the end of each article you write you can add some information about the author, including a link to your website.

The Many Benefits Of Article Submissions

Article submissions are a widely used method of advertising and link building as well. There are a variety of different benefits that can be linked to article submissions.

If you have any doubt about whether you should be using this method, read on discover the full range of benefits from article submission.

Reason #1 - Building Up Your Name

First of all, a top benefit of link building is that it helps to build up your reputation. When you are building an online business, it's definitely important to make sure that you are viewed as an expert and someone that people can trust. When you use article submissions that include quality information, people will begin to see you as an expert in your field, they'll trust you, and you'll effectively build up your reputation.

One of the key factors in conversion for your site is going to be a level of trust. This is built by the look of your site, the sales copy etc, but also by any preconceived idea the customer may have of you - and in this respect article marketing really helps.

Benefit #2 - Cheap Advertising

Article submissions, a link building method often used by link building services, also have the benefit of working like cheap advertising. Many article directories are totally free to use, and if you write the articles yourself, you'll only spend a bit of time on this type of advertising. Even if you pay someone else to write the article, you'll still find that this is a cheap method of advertising your site, not to mention link building.

Benefit #3 - One of the Best Methods of Advertising

Not only do article submissions provide cheap advertising, but they provide one of the best methods of advertising out there. Articles end up being posted all over the web. People can pick them up and use them again in ezines, on blogs, or more, spreading around your original article. This gets word of your site out there, making it a very effective way to advertise.

Link Building - How It Works

Aside from the other great reasons to submit articles that we've covered, as we mentioned earlier, the main one is of course to build your link popularity. The main way this is achieved is through including a link at the end of your article in the area commonly referred to as the 'resource box'. This area generally contains some brief information about the author and of course a link to their website.

This resource box is copied any time someone publishes your article, meaning you get yet one more backlink to your website. This methods means the number of one way links to your website grows over time.

Now you can see why submitting articles is such a popular method of website promotion. It builds your personal and website brand, it provides direct advertising, it builds high quality one way links to your website and thereby your search engine ranking, and it grows over time. What more do you need to know to get started?

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