Optimizing your articles for the search engines is a very important thing to do. You probably reached the article that you are reading right now in one of two ways: either by the search engines or via a website owner who published this article onto their website. No matter how you got here, what’s important is that you are here and that you’re looking to improve your article marketing efforts.

Before you implement your article marketing campaign, the first thing that you should do is find a keyword that you want to structure your article around. Proper optimization of your article is important because there has to be a way for people to find your article. One thing that you don’t want to do however is spam your article with a repetitive keyword.

This is known as “keyword stuffing” and is the fastest way to get your article rejected by the article directories. What you want to do is use your keyword in your article title, and about 2-3% in the body of your article. You’re writing for a real person here, not the search engines - so keep this in mind.

After your article has been written, you will want to submit them to the article directories. If you’re doing this by hand, you should limit your submissions to the top 4 directories. If you’re using a submitter of some sort, then you should make sure that you place them in the proper category so that your article won’t get rejected.

Here are the top 4 article directories that you should submit to by hand:

- EzineArticles.com
- goarticles.com
- articledashboard.com
- articlesbase.com

I don’t recommend using an article submitter to submit to these websites. All of these directories get a ton of traffic and it isn’t worth it to get banned by any of them. After you’ve submitted your article, you will want to track your results. You will get a ton of one-way back links also to your website and this will increase your search engine rankings.

Some of these directories give you statistics that you can use to track your results. You will want to measure your conversions versus the amount of traffic that you are getting in order to get a gage on how well your site is converting.

When creating your articles, always be sure to write for human beings. If you find that you’re submitting alot of article and it isn’t producing the results that you are looking for, then more than likely you will just have to submit more. It takes alot of articles to really make article marketing work - so you will want to keep this in mind.

All in all article marketing is an effective way to get traffic to your website. It can also be the reason for high conversion rates as you are establishing credibility for yourself when you write articles. People are visiting your website after reading a quality article that you submitted - and this can mean alot in terms of sales and conversions.

Good luck with your article marketing effort.
GarryField Reviewed by GarryField on . Article Marketing Tips And Submitting To The Article Directories Optimizing your articles for the search engines is a very important thing to do. You probably reached the article that you are reading right now in one of two ways: either by the search engines or via a website owner who published this article onto their website. No matter how you got here, what’s important is that you are here and that you’re looking to improve your article marketing efforts. Before you implement your article marketing campaign, the first thing that you should do Rating: 5