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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Guarantee That Your Article Gets Published

By Terry Sacia


There are hundreds if not thousands of content directories on the internet today. Just submitting your article to article directory sites does not guarantee that your article is going to be posted. Many article sites have acceptance standards that are reasonably non-specific in nature. Almost all of the seasoned, more well-liked sites, are often difficult about what gets posted and what gets denied.

If you would like to make sure that more of your articles are accepted by online article directories you have to make sure your article meets the article directory owners standards. As an owner and publisher of article sites for years, I'm concerned at how many authors don't bother to read thru submission guidelines. Most sites will accept any article submitted, particularly if it is a smaller article directory, as a way to build up their content count. Nevertheless article sites that are far more established with high Alexa and Google rankings, have a tendency to be more picky in what's posted in their article site.

The commonest mistakes authors make in posting their article include:

1. Affiliate links and advertisements. Many article directories don't accept content with affiliate links in them. This is routinely permitted in the wrioters resource box but many writers insist on adding their affiliate links in the piece or the body sounds more like a sales pitch. This kind of article is frequently declined. Be sure to make your content informational to the reader.

2. E-mail links in articles or resource boxes. Though many editors aren't involved with e-mails in articles or in a resource box, authors must be aware of the issues that may arise from utilizing them. Article directory websites are constantly being scanned by not only search engines but by email harvester and automated scripts also. Listing your e-mail in any online webpage opens the author up to receive an huge amount of spam and is usually not a bright idea. Emails also change every now and then, leaving you with doubtless hundreds of articles on the web with an e-mail address that no longer exists.

3. Word count is low. Not all directories put word count limitations on articles. Personally, any article that is less than four hundred words is just written in order to get a link back to the writer's site. Articles that range between 600-800 words are sometimes better written and basically contain some benefit for the reader. Make sure your article meets the word count guidelines to help increase publishing rates. Each article web page has different wants for article submissions.

If you want to increase the exposure you see for your articles, make sure you become familiar with the requirements for each article website that you submit articles to. By following these author laws, you not only increase your odds of getting your article printed, you also set yourself up as a convincing writer and increase your site traffic also.




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