When you want to search for any topic on the Internet, you use search engines to find the appropriate results by writing some relevant keywords. This is how the websites get ranking and they succeed in boosting their ranks on the web. Article marketing is a way to market your business through different articles. These are written specifically in a way which provides essential information related to the products available in the company and provides a link so that the user can visit the site to know more about the products and services. These help in increasing traffic to the site and also increase the link density and search engine placement.

The articles written by the particular company are for entirely promotional purposes and are deposited to the article directories so that they can get the maximum out links. Every article has one or two links that straight away goes to the website. These are found generally at the end of the article by adding the source of the article, adding a paragraph and also by adding a biography of the author of the article who has written the article. This is a means which gives creditability to the information provided and also works as a tool for publicity. It also attracts many users to visit the site which has been linked with the article to know more about the services offered by the site.

The writer who is about to write an article must assure that he knows the basics which are essential to keep in mind while writing an article. The first and foremost requirement is to develop and identify the relevant keyword which will help in finding the article from search engines. The writer must use title and Meta tags which will help in easily navigation to find the information required by the user. Then the writer must confirm to contact businesses which have online niche newsletters. They should have higher page ranks; this will help in getting higher ranks. It is also important to ensure that the writer must use reasonable number of keywords which means he should know the number which can be used in a particular article. If the article is stuffed with keywords, it will not help the article to get higher ranks but it will be kicked out from the search engine results.

Once the writer is aware about the writing techniques, he has to ensure that he writes on those topics which the user wants to know or may search for in the near future. There is a general phenomenon that the more the number of articles, the more the company will get promotion. This will result into getting more clicks by the user which will ultimately help in raising the search engine placement. The purpose of article marketing will be successful only when the company will start getting the desired traffic and will be able to grab more and more attention towards the site.

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Today, there are thousand of directories  where you can submit your articles and this number is ever increasing. But the fact is that not each directory is good for submitting your articles for getting the maximum output. There are directories that are not much visited by users, so submission of your articles in these directories may be a sheer wastage of valuable time and effort.

Hence, it is vital to choose the most visited, the frequently crawled and the most syndicated article directories, if you are in the article marketing circle. Not many people know about the best article directories, so in order to help them, we have prepared a list of some highly rated directories that help improve the ranking of your articles in search engine. The list has been compiled by very experienced people in article marketing. We have provided a brief information on every article directory so that you can understand the purpose.

This list of directories is based on the following factors that include:

• Faster approval time
• Free to submit
• Provide back links
• “Do-follow” Frequently(Instantly in some case) crawled by search engines
• Syndicate articles to blogs and websites

1. Ezine Articles PR-6
   Ezinearticles is the Industry leader with more visitors and comparatively larger syndication and it accepts 2 links in the resource box. You can embed the links with keywords. If you have articles, this is the first place to submit them.
2. The free Library PR-7
   The free library has a faster approval rate. Once the article is approved, which normally takes 24 hours, the content is instantly crawled by Google. This site accepts links from the body of the article up to 3 links.
3. Gather PR-7
   Gather is a social networking portal where you can submit your articles. Gather is readily crawled and has a good PR. If your articles are sensational then your traffic is guaranteed. They accept quality articles.
4. GoArticles PR-6
   Go Articles has more than a million articles and is probably one of the biggest and most syndicated article directories. The website offers content feed and RSS feed to blogs. GoArticles also accepts embedded links in the body of the article and my rating for it is 4.
5. Self Growth PR-6
   This is an excellent resource for articles related to self growth, health, spirituality and life style. The site accept 3 links from the resource box and you can have it embedded from the keywords.
6. Article DashBoard PR-5
   While offering a simple yet effective article directory, they give the article directory script for free. This has had both positive as well as negative effects. Some of them misuse the script to make MFA (Made For Adsense) sites which has downgraded the quality of Article directories. Despite all, the site is a good place to submit your article.
7. ArticleClick PR-5
   This site accepts links only in the resource box. ArticleClick is crawled frequently and has a good number of indexed pages at Google. But they accept articles with only 400 words or more.
8. ArticleAlley PR-5
   ArticleAlley is another great site which is known for the feed syndication.
   The site offers a faster approval time and it accepts embedded links from the body of the article. They offer article writing services and the writers can contact them.
9. ArticlesBase PR-5
   Another good article directory which readily approves articles and supports a layout similar to ezinearticles. ArticleBase accepts links in the body of the article as well as the resource box and accepts both embedded and raw HTML format for links.
10. Isnare PR-5
    Isnare is probably the most syndicated article directory as it allows syndication to the 3 major article directory scripts. This site helps create content sites for free in no time. For submitting here,  your article should be a minimum of 500 words to get approved at isnare.
11. Amazines PR-5
    The layout looks a bit clogged but it is a very effective article directory. It allows unlimited links in the body of the article and has a good approval rate.
12. ArticleSeen PR-4
    ArticleSeen has a unique design and it has been revamped lately. They accept embedded links in the resource box content.
13. SearchWarp PR-4
    SearchWarp is a very active article directory with current news, discussion, comments etc. The site is  more or less a community that is known as  the “Writers Community”. This is ideal place to submit your article.
14. ArticleBlast PR-4
    ArticleBlast has easy syndication features and has a good approval rate and they They you allow up to 3 links in the body of the article and in the resource box as well.
15. ArticlesFactory PR-4
    Another frequently indexed article directory. The site  is a simple directory with ease of use navigational features and they accept links only in the resource box.
16. EasyArticles PR-4
    As they say “Everyone wins because the authors get the credit and exposure they deserve for their free articles and website owners get good, legal, free website content to help generate quality traffic” this is an excellent place for submitting articles.
17. ArticleRich PR-4
    For submission of article, it must be 300 words or more to get approved. They accept up to  2 links in  the body. They have strict policies in approving. ArticleRich has a good number of indexed pages in Google.
18. ArticlePool PR-4
    A fast growing article directory with clean layout, nice navigation and a good approval rate.  This direcotry allows links in the body of the article. Also they offer article distribution services.
19. Free-articles-zone PR-4
    This website approves any article, it helps to submit here. The site provide the email of the author which I think will lead to SPAM. This is one directory where you can submit any article and expect the backlinks.
20. Ezine-Writer PR-4
    Ezine-Writer claims to have about 90,000 unique visitors per month which is considerable.
    They  have a relatively simple system to submit articles.

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One of the most effective ways to achieve link popularity is to submit your websites or articles to search engines and at the same time also submit them to web directories, which are a popular way to increase the traffic to your site and thereby generate huge revenues. Search engines include data in their data base along with the links on the World Wide Web.  Popular search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN  use links from human edited directories to know the credibility of a site that they index. It is, therefore important for you to get your site listed in web directories in order to promote your links.

Here are some simple steps for getting listed in Internet directories:

1. Website design- The website design is a must to achieve good ranking in search engines. A website should have a professional look and design as per the target audience. Hence, your first step would be creating an attractive site in order to bring huge traffic to your site.
2. Internet directory submission instructions- The next step would be submitting your website to Internet  directories  that  make your site popular by increasing the number of visitors to it. There are proper rules and laws regarding submission. Read those rules and make the appropriate directory submission.
3. Content with well-placed key words- The usage of keywords plays a key role in enhancing your link popularity. So, writing effective articles with proper linking, plus placing keywords in their right positions is the most valuable article for the promotion of your site.
4. Genuine contact details- Internet directories attach much importance to the shopping sites that provide genuine contact numbers and addresses for the shoppers. Such sites get high ranking in these directories and enjoy profitable Internet marketing.

Hence, only submission of your site to search engine and Internet directories is not enough, there are steps that you need to follow before the submission of your website.

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