Article directory
Encyclopedia
Article directories are websites where users submit unique articles to be categorized and included to a specific niche. Well-written content articles released for free distribution have the potential of increasing the authoring business' credibility within its market as well as attracting new clients.
. Popular article directories are considered authority sites and are constantly crawled by Search Engine Bots
. Webmasters submit articles with relevant anchor text linking back to their site and obtain powerful backlinks.
purposes, the ideal article length is 400-500 words with a keyword density
of approximately 2%-3%. While discussion has been increasing lately on the effectivenes of longer or shorter articles, it remains general practice to submit articles in the 400-500 word range. Most article submission sites allow links, but they usually limit the amount to 2-3. The backlinks should have anchor text
created using HREF tags
. Most article directories prohibit keyword stuffing, so it is good practice to use multiple anchor text and links in the article.
Submitting Articles for SEO
Article directories allow users to submit unique articles to the directory. These directories allow articles to embed links to other websites with relevant Anchor textAnchor text
The anchor text, link label or link text is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink. The words contained in the anchor text can determine the ranking that the page will receive by search engines. Since 1998, some web browsers have added the ability to show a tooltip for a hyperlink before it is...
. Popular article directories are considered authority sites and are constantly crawled by Search Engine Bots
Web crawler
A Web crawler is a computer program that browses the World Wide Web in a methodical, automated manner or in an orderly fashion. Other terms for Web crawlers are ants, automatic indexers, bots, Web spiders, Web robots, or—especially in the FOAF community—Web scutters.This process is called Web...
. Webmasters submit articles with relevant anchor text linking back to their site and obtain powerful backlinks.
Article Structure and Format
For SEOSEO
SEO or search engine optimization, the process of improving ranking in search engine results.SEO may also refer to:* Seo , a Korean family name* SE-O or Västra Götaland County, a county on the western coast of Sweden...
purposes, the ideal article length is 400-500 words with a keyword density
Keyword density
Keyword density is the percentage of times a keyword or phrase appears on a web page compared to the total number of words on the page. In the context of search engine optimization keyword density can be used as a factor in determining whether a web page is relevant to a specified keyword or...
of approximately 2%-3%. While discussion has been increasing lately on the effectivenes of longer or shorter articles, it remains general practice to submit articles in the 400-500 word range. Most article submission sites allow links, but they usually limit the amount to 2-3. The backlinks should have anchor text
Anchor text
The anchor text, link label or link text is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink. The words contained in the anchor text can determine the ranking that the page will receive by search engines. Since 1998, some web browsers have added the ability to show a tooltip for a hyperlink before it is...
created using HREF tags
HTML element
An HTML element is an individual component of an HTML document. HTML documents are composed of a tree of HTML elements and other nodes, such as text nodes. Each element can have attributes specified. Elements can also have content, including other elements and text. HTML elements represent...
. Most article directories prohibit keyword stuffing, so it is good practice to use multiple anchor text and links in the article.