When you first start submitting articles or links to article and directory sites, you need to make sure that you don’t over do it. Even if you have great content, and your site is 100% legitimate, the speed at which you submit your articles and links can get you filtered out as search engine spam.
Below I’ve outlined a process to effectively and efficiently submit your articles and links and stay on good terms with article and directory site owners.
Before You Submit
Instead of trying to find submission sites on-the-fly, it’s much more efficient to do your homework first. You need to gather your resources, determine where you want to submit, and compile your list.
How you do this? First, if you’re submitting articles, my rule of thumb is to find article directories with a PageRank of at least four. It’s okay to submit to lower pagerank directories, just make sure they’re legitimate. Also, you might want to check out the Alexa rating for the sites you’re submitting to. One way to detect a possible link farm is to look at the site’s Alexa rating and compare it with its PageRank. If the Alexa rating is...