Having a high ranking in Yahoo, Google and MSN is definitely
going to get you more traffic to your web site.
One of the best free ways to get higher rankings in the
search engines is to write articles and submit them to article
directories.
Webmasters looking for content for their websites and e-zine
publishers looking for content for their e-zines can now
go to these article directories to find articles they can
use for free.
When they use your article they must keep the resource box
in the article. The resource box contains a little information
about you, including a link to your web site. If 100 people
pick-up your article and use it on their website or e-zine,
you now have 100 links back to your web site.
Back links to your web site will naturally increase your
ranking in the search engines. A high ranking in the search
engine will increase traffic to your web site.
The problem most people have with this technique is the
actual writing of the article. This should not stop you.
Below are some tips.
An article contains three parts: Title, Body and Resource
Box. It should contain useful content and be between 400-800
words.
The title must be attention grabbing and let the reader
know what the article's about. 10% of effort is put into
writing the story and 90% is put into the title.
Assume the reader knows nothing about the topic. The body
of the article must answer questions a reader would have
about the topic.
The resource box is at the end of the article. It should
be short, 3-5 lines max. It should contain some information
about you -- name, what you do, and a link to your website.
You can separate the resource box from the article by a single
row of a character such as the asterisk (*********).
If you still don't want to write the articles yourself,
you can hire someone to write them for you. You can get writers
to bid on your job at www.Elance.com or www.RentACoder.com.
It will cost you around $8-$12 for professionally written
articles that you can publish as your own.
Before you submit your articles to any directories you must
do some basic formatting. Different directories will have
preferences on formatting so check with them individually
for that. You can download a free text formatter from www.TextPad.com.
You should submit at least two articles a week and submit
to many directories. Some article directories to submit to
are:
www.GoArticles.com
www.ArticleCity.com
www.EzineArticles.com
www.ArticleCentral.com
www.IdeaMarketers.com
www.Articlez.com
You can do a search on www.google.com for "article directories" to
find more.
Submitting articles to article directories is one of the
best ways to get back links to your website. Back links will
increase your search engine rankings and bring more traffic
to your web site. The best part, it's FREE.
Start writing!
Laura Hite helps you increase your search engine rankings
and flood your website with traffic. She works with Safety
Technology, a wholesaler of self defense and security products.
Get more success tips by visiting
http://www.safetytechnology.com
