Article Submissions

Article submissions are another form of link building. Five to ten years ago when webmasters first built a website they would need content. Webmasters would go to article directories to find content to post to their websites. Link builders would write content worthy of these webmasters’ attention and allow these webmasters to post content to their websites as long as they referenced the article author (link to article source).

Over the years this strategy was played out by sneaky SEO's looking for ways to build massive amounts of links by writing useless articles that would only get posted to article directories. Almost never were the articles good enough for webmasters to repost to their websites. Many SEO's were manipulating PageRank and backlink profiles by getting links from article directories causing Google and webmasters to look elsewhere for legitimate content and backlinks.

Article submissions can be a great marketing strategy when submitted to a select few websites that webmasters actually use to find content worthy of reposting. Therefore it’s a must to write articles that webmasters would find useful to post to their websites.
Many SEO companies today still perform article submissions either because they are behind, looking for a way to get links easily, or because there's still a need for these articles. Article marketing is still needed in some niches and for some keywords. Often the best link building strategy is to mimic what the top rankers in your industry are doing. If the top ranking websites in your industry obtained their links from writing articles and submitting them to article directories then you may want to consider this route as well.

The problem with article marketing arises when that's your only strategy or you are using this strategy to manipulate rankings.
When working with SEO by the Hour, you don't have to worry about black-hat link building, getting banned for dangerous link schemes, or seeing your website drop in rankings every time Google updates their algorithm. As a link building expert, we use only best practice search engine strategies and white hat link building tactics. If we couldn't tell Google about our strategies or had to hide what we did from the search engines, then it shouldn't be done. The strategies we perform are highly effective and ensure long term rankings.

If you are looking for a professional, worry free, white-hat link building campaign that will produce results, contact us today. We can help ensure your websites success.