Use Article Directories to Get Great Back Links

This is a Guest Blog Post From Julie Marks

 

Most writers that are working toward increasing the traffic to their content will overlook the importance of back links. Having the best back links in place helps in your effort to make them work positively for your online income. Consider article directories as a source for getting back links to writing content around the web. Article directories are an effective vehicle a number of writers use for getting the job done.

One of the largest disadvantages of creating great backlinks is the amount of time invested in forming them. In order to receive the best back links you have to work for them. A large part of article marketing strategies is producing the best possible back links for content. Back links are important for getting great page rank which increases the monetization of your writing work in a number of ways. Although there is work involved, directories are one of the easiest and best ways of building links to writing content.

 

 

Deciding which one to join

Some article directories have more search engine juice than others. Research which article directories serve your strategy best and join them to get started as quickly as possible. With literally thousands of these types of writing platforms available around the web, joining several is a great idea.

Writers that are searching for increased ranking should invest their time and effort in Yahoo or DMOZ directories. Both of these have terrific ranking with search engines and will serve to heighten page ranking for any writing work connected to them.

How to link from directories

Most article directories contain a special section devoted to back links a writer would like to add to the article they submit. Others permit writers to add links for other writing works directly in the article content itself. Signature boxes are useful for linking to other content. As part of your signature or author bio section add links to your site, blog or other writing content. Whatever option is offered is okay for building back links with article directories.

Things to stay away from

Keep away from submitting duplicate articles to different directories. Any form of duplicate content on the web will decrease page ranking and defeat the purpose of your overall strategy. Unique content is identified by search engines as a good thing and work in a positive manner for gaining good page rank.

Steer clear of using poor quality content to submit to directories. Lots of writers choose to fashion an article on a topic related to their blog or website to build back links with directories. Crafting the same excellent articles for directories that you use for your site or blog is best. Remember, these are not only tied to your credibility as a writer, but they are also ranked in search engines as part of the directory contents.

In conclusion

Securing the best ranking for your articles begins with back linking. In order to achieve this goal requires a great amount of work. Article directories are a wonderful way that writers have discovered to get back links produced that do not require as much work as other methods.

Increased page rank means more readers. More readers relate to increased page views, more clients, and customers and in the end more money as a writer.