Submitting articles in article directories is one way of promoting a website. The more articles you submit, the more links you gain. The secret lies in the resource box where authors can post up to three links. These links can also have anchor texts they desire which makes these links very powerful.
Writing articles for article directories is very easy. You do not really need to hire an amazing writer to do it. But if English is not your native language, you may have a hard time. Articles in article directories, after all, are being reviewed by human editors. Here are some tips to remember so you can have your article approved in article directories.
Uniqueness is the Key
Copying another person’s work will not get you into article directories. They value unique content and you should also. The Internet is a free resource. But this does not mean you should simply copy another person’s work.
To make sure that your article is unique, you can use www.copyscape.com. It is a popular anti-plagiarism online application which scans your article to see if they have duplicates on the Internet. If you have written an article, create a free page from Blogger.com and paste your article. Run it through Copyscape by copying and pasting the blog’s URL and you will be surprised that links will come up if you copied the content.
Because of the duplicate content issue in article directories, some people think that they can simply spin articles and pass it off as unique content. But I have bad news for you. Copyscape can still track spinned articles. Aside from that, your articles will also contain lots of weird sentence constructions and word usage errors which will also prevent your article from being approved. It will not do you any good if you continue to do this. Article directories will just reject your content.
Always Check Your Articles for Errors
But aside from not copying other people’s work, it is also very important that you check your own work for grammar errors. Article directories are run by human editors who can discern a good sentence structure from a wrong one. They also double check. So if you managed to get through the first check, you may not get through in the second one.
The lesson of the story is to always check your articles for errors if you want it to be approved. If there are times where you feel that your article is okay but the article directory is rejecting it for grammar errors, it is time to hire a writer. You may have been missing some grammar rules that professional writers can point out.
Write 500-Word Articles
I put 500 because that is the highest required number of words in article directories. Sadly, it is required so you have to write 500-word articles or you cannot submit them to some article directories. Although some accept articles from 200-500 words, 500 words is still your best bet. It will cut your editing time.
I hope these tips have helped you get an article into the article directories. It is not hard. So long as you stick to the rules, article directories will love you and give you that free link.