50 Article Directories For More Traffic

If you ever get stuck for something to write about, on your blog for instance, you can pop along to one of the directories and choose a suitable article relative to your niche.

This may seem an easy way to fill a blog, and it is, but there are two main drawbacks:

(1) You must publish the article exactly as it has been written, including a footnote giving a bio of the writer, together with a link to his or her website.

(2) The article may have been published elsewhere. It won't be exclusive to your blog.

With blogs, lenses or whatever what you write yourself, in your own style, is always best. Plus this will be something exclusive to you. If what you write is of value you may well get other web or blog masters linking to you - this is what link bait is all about.

In saying this there are still circumstances when it may be useful to get articles from article directories.

In a way I'm writing this section wearing a different hat to when I was writing the previous section. I'm sort of contradicting myself.

If you write articles and submit them to article directories you will be able to include your bio as a footnote together with a link, or sometimes links, to your website blog or lens.

If the article is of interest other websites or blogs may then publish your words of wisdom - together with that all important link(s). It is these links that will bring traffic to your own blog etc.

So, yes, I did say previously there are drawbacks to getting articles from directories but the fact is that web and blog masters do hunt out suitable material.

So we've briefly seen the two main benefits of article directories but there is a third - links.

The better your Page Rank with Google the better your website, blog or lens will probably perform. It will, for example, help you to get higher in the search engines (though there are also other requirements).

And how do you improve your PageRank?
With links, and preferably quality links from places with a decent ranking themselves. These should help improve your own PageRank. This is why, in the list of 50 Article Directories, I have included their PageRank.

If you submit articles to article directories this will give you links to your own website, blog or lens. You will have links from the directories themselves plus hopefully other links from any other sources that publish your articles.

Article Directories can cultivate traffic, links and improve PageRank - well that's the theory!

Generally people fall into two groups when talking about the value of article directories. The first will enthuse about the traffic produced and others will tell of how they submitted dozens of articles and got nothing in return.

It all depends on the quality and subject matter of article.

I'll keep if brief.

(1) You need to know a little about keywords and where to position these in an article. See The Beginners Guide To Keywords and SEO

(2) You'll have to write some decent stuff that is unique and not a rehash of hundreds of similar articles. It's got to be something of sufficient quality to make the reader want to read it in its entirety - after all you want them to see and click on your link(s) at the bottom.

Write with authority so that it appears that you know what you are talking about - give the allusion, whether true or not, that you are an expert on the subject.

(3) Your footnote and link is all important. Give the reader a reason to click on your link. Perhaps offer more tips, an ebook or some other incentive.

If your website, blog or lens gives more information on a similar subject as the article then traffic should follow.

Okay I've waffled on long enough the list of article directories now follows. They are in PageRank order.

The highest ranking Article Directory I have been able to source will probably be of limited use as it's science based only. No doubt, though, there are a few scientists tucked away in laboratories deep in the depths of Squidoo.

As you probably know Google Page Rank is from 0 to 10. 10 being tops.

This is the link to the directory:

ACS Publications Subject matter: Science

Afraid there are no PR7's so we move on to PR6.

As there were no PR 7's sourced we move on to PR 6 Article Directories.

With Helium listed below it's possible to also make some money dependent on how many people read your article and so on. The full information is on their website.

ezine articles Subject Matter: General
Buzzle General
Helium General, also can make money
WebProNews eBusiness
Go Articles General
Article Dashboard General
ArticleCity General
Article Pool General - I found this very slow to load

And below are a list of PageRank 5 Article Directories.

Article Alley Subject matter: General
Article Cube General
Web Source Web Site Design and Development
Site Reference Online articles
Article Insider General - income option
ArticlesBase General

And so the lists continue below with Article Directories PR4, PR3, PR2, PR1 and PR0.

Articles Factory Subject matter: General
SearchWarp General
Free Articles Zone General
I Snare General
ArticleRich General
A1 Articles General
U Publish General
Articla Maniac General
Article Garden General Green
Dime Co General
Article 99 General
Free Unique Articles General
Article/.net General

If you are not sure about what Page Rank / PR means try the following articles: Google's PageRank Explained and also the entry on Wikipedia PageRank

amazines Subject matter: General
Idea Marketers Online business
Article Buzz General
Article Codex General
Untimate Article DirectoryGeneral
Article Compilation General
Article Warehouse General
Affsphere General - There was a pop up when visiting this website.
Right Article General
Internet Home Business Articles General
Article World General
365 Articles General

Article Snatch Subject matter: General
Submit Your Article General
The Content Corner General
Articles Every Query General
Article Niche Directory General

PageRanks shown on this page can change from time to time.There are many places to check what PageRank any website has. I mostly use Live PR Page Rank Checker which seems to work okay.

Article Stars Subject matter: General
Article Cell General

For other ways to get more traffic read the post on my blog:
40 Ways To get More Blog Traffic

Article Blotter Subject matter: General
Article Bliss General
Acme Articles General
Excellent Guide General
Article Wheel General
Article Cube General
Article Wonders General

Phew! That was all a bit too serious! If you want some light relief and a bit of a giggle try one of my humor / humour lenses:

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Awful Jokes - Jokes galore to make you laugh or perhaps groan or even giggle.

Funny Humorous Letters - The funny things people write in letters, without meaning to be funny! Plus a few optical illusions thrown in for good measure.

Golf Jokes and Golf One Liners - Golf is a funny old game!