Manual versus Automatic Submission

by Adriana Iordan, 3/5/2007

One of the most effective ways to promote your website without spending a fortune doing so is through article submission. This means you write or commission someone to write articles pertaining to the content of your website and then submit them to online article directories.

Article submission works by creating backlinks to your website. Every article directory will include a so-called "resource box" at the end of your article with a few details about your website and a link to it. When your article is picked up by newsletters and e-zines that publish material on the subject you chose for your article, they also include the resource box, thus backlinking to your website.

As a result, the traffic to your site increases, and may sometimes come from places you would have never found on your own. What's more, if readers like your content, they may link to it from their websites, as well. The more backlinks to your site out there, the better your position in Google rankings will be.

Manual or Automatical Article Submission?

Manual submission entails finding the right article directory, then creating an account with that directory and submitting the articles in the right category. It may also entail modifying the articles (such as removing or adding html code inside them, putting links only in specific parts of the articles) to meet the requirements of the various directories. Article directories have different forms for article submission and the input fields vary from one such directory to another.

Some of the most important article directories are:

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