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Do you know that one of the best methods for spreading your message online and making money doing it is one of the methods that has been around online for a long time?

What is this method? Article Marketing!

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You are putting in the effort to create quality articles. Now you are ready to submit them to the article directories. There are hundreds if not thousands of them, you scratch your head and ask yourself, “Where do I start?” Don’t waste your time submitting to all of them. Actually you really want to submit to only the best directories. Here I am going to list the top ten article directory sites that you should make sure that you get listed on.

These ten sites are listed below in order of page rank on Google and Alexa Ranking. You know the smaller the page rank number the higher it is up on Google.

1.GoArticles.com is owned by Canadian publishing giant, Jayde Online, Inc., and has been around since 2000. PageRank: 3 (http://GoArticles.com)

2.Searchwarp.com is a very nice article directory, it feels more like a friendly community than an article directory. It’s very colorful and vibrant. You can also publish your photo with your article. Searchwarp has been around since 2002. PageRank: 3 (http://SearchWarp.com)

3.Isnare.com is an outstanding article directory owned by Glenn Prialde of the Phillipines. Isnare has been around since 2004. PageRank: 4 (http://Isnare.com)

4.IdeaMarketers.com is a great article directory that will not only let you submit articles; you can build your own ezine as well. IdeaMarketers is owned by highly respected entrepreneur, Marnie Pehrson. IdeaMarketers has been around since 1998. PageRank: 5 (http://Ideamarketers.com)

5.AmericanChronicle.com is another one of my favorite article directories. Actually, it’s a family of 21 different article directories. Like Buzzle below, it’s technically an online news magazine. And also like Buzzle, you can still submit your articles to them, once you pass their approval process. AmericanChronicle has been around since 2004. PageRank: 5 (http://www.americanchronicle.com/notices/submit_info)

6.Buzzle.com features its own directory, free e-mail, message boards, news, articles and short stories online. Buzzle provides information on health, travel, science, technology and lifestyles. Technically, Buzzle is an online news magazine. But you can submit articles to them, once you pass their approval process. Buzzle has been around since 1999. PageRank: 5 (http://www.buzzle.com/authors/become-author.asp)

7.WebProNews.com is an articles and newsletter database covering a variety of ebusiness topics including SEO, SEM, and Affiliate marketing and ebusiness site design/development. WebProNews has been around since 2000. PageRank: 6 (http://WebProNews.com)

8.ArticleDashboard.com bills itself as “the premier source of free content for newsletters, ezines, and websites.” The site also offers free syndication services for authors and publishers. ArticleDashboard has been around since 2005. PageRank: 6 (http://ArticleDashboard.com)

9.ArticleCity.com bills itself as “your one-stop source for free articles.” And not only can you submit articles; you can submit press releases as well. ArticleCity has been around since 1999. PageRank: 6 (http://ArticleCity.com)

10.EzineArticles.com is a matching service between tens of thousands of expert authors and millions of readers & publishers looking for expert solutions to millions of problems. EzineArticles is owned by highly-respected entrepreneur Chris Knight, and is arguably the king of article directories. EzineArticles has been around since 1999. PageRank: 6 (http://EzineArticles.com)

My final piece of advice on submitting your articles is this, do it yourself. If you don’t have time to do it yourself then hire someone to do it for you. Don’t use software that is going to do it for you. Doing it yourself will save you time and frustration and it will allow you to stay on top of the which sites are doing their job and which sites have vanished from the net.

Neil Bartlett is the founder of ProArticle.com. Pro Article provides writers with Tips and Techniques for improving their writing skills. To learn more INSTANTLY grab his FREE report “10 Tips For Successful Online Writing”

Stop! Before you write another article for your website or to submit to article directories read this article. Do not be one more author that is just putting garbage on the internet just because you can.

Come on, you have read them. I should say you have wasted your time reading articles that you thought would provide you with the information you were looking for only to get to the end of the article and go, “What the*!@#” It is important to write articles that are going to get read. To do this you need to write articles that people want to read.

The first thing you want to do is make sure you are writing about something you know. There are so many people out there writing about things they are clueless on. So why do they write the article then? They want to get their name out there, or they want to get Adsense on their sites. What does that do for your readers? It does nothing for them and it is costing you readers and credibility. Write about what you know so that you can present an educated stance or opinion.

Write like you know what you are talking about. Make sure that you are using crisp words and bold statements. You want the person who reads your article to walk away thinking that you are the guru of that topic. The verbs you use should not be passive; they need to “do” something.

Next, take time and do some research. Do any research that you may need to do to make sure you are providing information that is factual. Also do research to find out what is already out there. Let’s say that you are writing about ways to make money online. There are already thousands of articles out there on eBay, Adsense, and Clickbank, provide information on a new way that few people know about. Or that they have false information about.

Have a great title. You want the title to reach out off of the computer screen and grab your reader. Titles should be short, tell me what the article is about and make me want to read the article. If you cannot come up with a one liner that will hook your reader and make them want to read more you are writing about too much. Don’t try to be the superstore of any topic all at once, be the specialty store.

Make sure that what you are writing is relevant. If your topic and content are those that people can not relate to who in the world is going to read it? Make sure that you are offering pertinent information that is going to help a person improve themselves, provide them a way to do something better or make them feel better.

Be professional; make sure that you are using proper grammar. Proofread your writing and make sure that you are not misspelling any words. You should also make sure that you are using the write tense of a word. Know when to use “then” over “than.” There is nothing more irritating or disappointing then to read an article by a “professional” or “guru” that has misspelled words.
If you follow the above suggestions you will create content or articles that will get read.

Neil Bartlett is the founder of ProArticle.com. Pro Article provides writers with Tips and Techniques for improving their writing skills. To learn more and INSTANTLY grab his FREE report “10 Tips For Successful Online Writing”