Article Writing and Distribution for Maximum Free Website Traffic - By: Pete Nisbet

Article writing and distribution to article directories can provide you with the maximum free website traffic possible for minimum effort. There are two ways to achieve this: write articles yourself, and then either distribute them yourself or have one or either of these two jobs done for you.

The problem with sub-contracting this work is that it is no longer free traffic. However, professional article ghostwriters can provide you with articles that are search engine optimized for your keywords and so are liable to have a good chance of being listed on Google and other search engine for these same keywords. However, it is still better of you can learn how to achieve all of this yourself.

Why should writing articles offer you free website traffic, and why is article marketing becoming one of the lost popular traffic generation techniques online at the present time? In fact, it is difficult to see article writing being replaced by any other online promotional technique any time soon, and the number of article spinning software packages being offered reflect that.

So let's examine article marketing and ask a few questions that many people are asking:

A. What exactly are the benefits of writing articles and distributing them to article directories?

B. How do you write articles in such a way as to get the, accepted by most article directories?

C. How do you use articles to make money and generate traffic?

These questions are not going to be answered easily in the space available in one article, but here are the answers to these questions in a basic form, and you should be able to find the rest of the information you need online.

A. Benefits of Article Writing and Distribution to Article Directories

In a nutshell, there are basic benefits of writing articles and having them published on directories:

a) Your article can be listed on Google and the rest of the search engines. Construct the article around good keywords for your topic, with as much demand and as little supply as possible, and optimize it using natural writing, taking into account the LSI (latent semantic indexing) concepts used by Google in determining the relevance of your article to the search terms used by Google users. This could get your listed in a high position with all the traffic that will bring you.

b) Directory users often read the published articles, and you will get many reads for each published article: in some cases over 1000 for each article. Each read is a potential click on the URL to your web page in your resource.

c) Many people use article directories as a source of content for their website, particularly for Adsense pages. Visitors to these pages are liable to click on your URL and visit your website.

d) You get Google PageRank benefit from the backlinks to your website from your articles that are published on directories and other website as in c), above.

These four benefits are very valuable ones, and many people pay a lot of money to get what you are getting free simply by writing articles and submitting them to article directories.

B. How do you Write Articles?

Writing articles in such a way as to get them accepted and published on article directories is a learned skill but there is help online with this. In respect of getting your article accepted by the directories, it is important that you carefully read the Terms of Service and Editorial Guidelines. Then stick to them!

Your title should be eye-catching and the first paragraph keep the reader on the page, Basically, your article must be interesting enough to keep your readers there, and then your resource compelling enough to persuade them to click on your link. There is a lot more than that but basically, if it looks good when you read it and you feel that you would want to click on your link, then that should do for now.

C. How to Use Articles to Make Money and Generate Traffic

This is the hard bit, and where most people fail. Writing articles for article marketing is so popular these days that articles in most niches are a dime a dozen. It takes something special or different to catch the eye and make money. It can be done if you know how, but article marketing cannot be learned in a day and is one of these skills that professionals know about but for which amateurs need a lot of training - or use an article ghostwriter to help you.

Making money from articles and using them to get traffic to your site has become a professional job, although it can be done if you know how to do it.

Article Spinners Beware!

There are many article spinning software packages available on line right now, and many of them are useless. What you must keep in mind is that Google does not apply any 'duplicate content penalty' (Google clearly states that) - it is a myth. You should assess the benefit of article spinners against that fact. If you do use them, then make sure that alternatives are true alternatives and not just 'close' or your spun article could look nonsense and give you a bad name online.

Very few words are true synonyms of each other and, unless you have a very good grasp of vocabulary and semantics, then you could be digging a grave for your business by using article spinners. You are strongly advised either to avoid them like the plague or to hire professional writers to write your alternates or you might regret your decision in using them.

Some article spinners can work if used properly, but make sure you know what you are doing in which case they might be a benefit. Assess the need, assess the software you use and then make sure your synonyms are exactly that: then and only then, you could benefit.

In conclusion, article writing and distribution for maximum free website traffic is one of the best ways to advertise and to drive free traffic to your website. Professional writing services are available for you, but not essential, although this is one of these best that are best done right. The way an article is written and constructed can make a tremendous difference to the success of your article market campaign, and if you are going to do this then make sure it is done in the most effective way.

About the Author

More information on how to make money and maximize your free website traffic using article writing visit Pete's site http://www.article-services.com, and if you want to find out how to write your articles professionally then visit Article Czar where you will also receive a free writing course and other gifts just for looking.

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