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Submitting articles to quality article directories can help secure free backlinks to your website. In addition to that they also help improve your reputation and trust factor. But here are a few points to bear in mind:

1.) Don't submit the same article to multiple directories: Links from duplicate articles do not carry the same value as links from original articles. So avoid submitting the same article to multiple directories.

2.) Submit to good quality directories: There are thousands of article directories over the internet but not all are of good quality. Securing links from low quality directories can do more harm than good. Make a list of the best directories on the net and submit articles to them on a regular basis. A good directory is one that has a lot of backlinks, have a good PR (Above PR4) and is aged.

3.) Submit to directories that allow intext links: Submit your article to directories that allow you to paste a link right within the article text. This looks more natural than a link from the article signature and will fetch you more value.

4.) Avoid nofollow directories: Some highly popular directories like articlebase.com add a nofollow to your links. This means you will not benefit from the SEO point of view. A nofollow tells Google and other search engine bots not to crawl the link or pass any value.

Finally, here are some good quality article directories to consider:

www.Outofstress.com - PR5 general directory. Allows links within the article text

www.Selfgrowth.com - PR6 directory focused on health. Links allowed only from signature. Links within content are nofollowed.

www.Sooperarticles.com - PR5 general directory. Links allowed only from signature.

www.Goarticles.com - PR5 general directory. Links allowed only from signature.

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Thanks for the pointers (esp about not submitting the same article to multiple directories)! I'll have to try the ones you mentioned; I've visited selfgrowth and goarticles but not the other 2. Thx for sharing!

Good points , Articles still one of the most important method of link building, either its give traffic or a good healthy back link. Try to follow these points.

yeah you are completely right, article submission has changed from what is once was. You can't just submit the same article to loads of directories and expect to get a flood of backlinks. Now i just submit to a few quality directories.

Articles are the best to promote a business. We need to describe the business and have to insert the keywords in that. This would help more if the article is much better.

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Thanks for sharing such valuable information! Its a great post!

I am writing articles for promotion and gaining back links, but never thought about these valuable points, important point all these. And good four directories at end , already following two of them.

right said nick..

Articles are the most excellent to promote a business. We require describing the business and have to insert the keywords in that. This would help more if the article is much enhanced.