Here are some of the top article submission sites on the web, there are lots of article sites but only the good ones will really do anything to help you. Here are some basic rules that will help.

• Before submitting an article, check the site to see if they have any editorial guidelines. If they do, make sure that you strictly follow them

• Pick 3 or 4 good article sites and submit to them. Most peoples first thought it to bombard 1000 article sites but this will not help you and can even hurt. Search engines don’t like to see massive amounts of duplicate content and may devalue your site it you do this. Bombarding article sites with 1000 submissions worked well for about three months 8 years ago. Search engines caught on quick and took measures to prevent it.

• Don’t use article submission software. It doesn’t work. I know that it is tempting to think that having your article on 1000 directories will help, it won’t. Good article sites require that you create an account and submit manually. Good sites do not allow automatic submission. Manual submission can be time consuming. Remember, good article sites don’t want it to be to easy, they want dedicated and professional writers.

• Most article directories cover the main product or service categories but if you find a “niche” article directory that is targeted directly to your industry those are always a very good choice

• Make sure that you are providing real and relevant information. Article sites don’t want an out and out sales pitch. They will not pick up an article that is nothing but a sales pitch. Remember that they are in the business of providing information not free advertisement.

• Before submitting please read our article “Tips on Article Submission”. It will save you a lot of time and help ensure that your article actually does help your site.
Tips on article submission

Free Directory Site	Description	Page Rank
www.ezinearticles.com	Large article site feeding many online magazine and industry   sites. Top 1000 site on the entire web	6
www.goarticles.com	The webs largest free content article directory	4
www.articledashboard.com	Large and well respected. Very similar interface as ezinearticles.	7
www.iSnare.com	No Tags, Sells article distribution	6
www.buzzle.com	Good but has a 4 week application approval time	6
www.articlecity.com	Large article directory with tons of categories. No sign up so   submission is very quick and easy	5
www.ideamarketers.com	Business oriented article bank. Good distribution network	5
www.articlealley.com	Easy sign up, good article directory with trusted content	3
www.articleonramp.com	Large article service with lots of categories	2
www.articlebiz.com	No sign up	3