Traffic Generation For Your Website Through Article Marketing Part 2
This post is a continuation of yesterday’s post, Traffic Generation For Your Website Through Article Marketing. You may want to read the first part if you have not read it already.
Let’s consider other ways to use article marketing to generate traffic for your website.
Article Directory
You can find article directories on a wide range of topics. Some article directories cover a large range of topics, while others cover a specific topic or topics. You can do a Google search to find “article directory” or you can narrow your search by adding your topic to the search. Use “topic + article directory” for your specific search and include the + sign and the quotation marks. If you use FireFox web browser and the Add-on SEOQuake while searching, then you will know the Google Page Rank for the website. Look for Article Directories with a Page Rank of 5 or more. The higher the better.
Ezine Articles is a common general topic article directory with a Google Page Rank of 6. You will notice there is a wide range of topics in this article directory.
Article Dashboard is a common general topic article directory with a Google Page Rank of 6. You will notice there is a wide range of topics in this article directory.
Most article directories will require you to register for an account before you can post any articles. Make sure you read and understand the rules and guidelines of the article directory before you submit any articles. You should create a bio about yourself and include some active links to your website or blog if the article directory allows them. You should also create a signature with active links to the webpage that you are promoting.
Most article directories will not allow active links in the content of the article, so you need to have them in you signature and in your bio if allowed. If the article directory does not allow any active links, then do not waste your time posting articles. Some turn off links, but may not mention this. I would advise you post 1 article to srat with and see if the link is active in the posted article author box or signature. If the link is not active, then it will not give you any help in your Page Rank of your website or webpage.
Social Media
You can post articles, photos, audio files and video files on many Social Media websites. It is a good idea to use these websites, because many have very high Page Ranks and have millions of visitors every day. This is a great way to get visitors directly from the website and increase your Page Rank for more search engine traffic. A two-for!
Associated Content is a social media website with a Google Page Rank of 6. You can post text articles, images, audio or video on any topic you choose. They also have a feature called “Calls for Content” that makes requests for specific content.
Squidoo is a social media website with a Google Page Rank of 6. You can post text articles, images, embed galleries from Flickr, and embed videos from YouTube.
The focus is on article marketing, so I did not highlight the social media websites for video. The biggest is YouTube with a Google Page Rank of 9! Video is a great way to increse traffic to your website.
Start Your Own Article Directory
This is a great way to increase the content on your website. It is very easy to do. You can download and use the same scripts that Article Dashboard uses on their website. You can download the files from Here. There are instructions to help you set up your own article directory. You can post articles yourself and you can promote the website for others to contribute their articles. By having others provide articles you will increase the content on your website with very little work.
It may take a year or more to build your Page Rank as high as some of the other article directories. You can speed up the process by having an RSS Feed Link. Other websites can use your feed to list the articles from your directory and you will get a back link from their website.
I wish you success in all your legitimate business ventures and in your every day life too!
Sincerely,
Jim Van Dyke