Unless you’re a professional writer or have a staff member dedicated to the task, keeping your blog content fresh can be a huge challenge. Thankfully there are free sources for articles.
You might be wondering why this content is free. There are two main reasons:
Article directories can earn revenue from Google ads placed on their site as part of the Google AdSense program (www.google.com/adsense). This has stimulated the growth of thousands of look-alike article sites that receive very little traffic. Others are niche sites that carry articles in particular vertical categories.
Websites can be promoted effectively through articles. A link to the author’s website contained in each free article serves to: (a) bring targeted traffic through a well-designed, intriguing “signature” or author bio at the bottom of the article and (b) raise Google PageRank by creating more incoming links to a website. These links point to the author’s website from the article’s presence both on the article sites and on the websites that use the free articles
| Rankings as of 05-May-2007 |
Google |
Alexa |
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| EzineArticles.com |
6 |
499 |
| GoArticles.com |
4 |
3,592 |
| ArticleDashboard.com |
6 |
5,255 |
| ArticlesBase.com |
4 |
8,735 |
| iSnare.com * |
6 |
8,791 |
| SelfGrowth.com |
6 |
9,653 |
| Buzzle.com |
6 |
9,698 |
| ArticleCity.com |
6 |
11,526 |
| IdeaMarketers.com |
4 |
13,121 |
| ArticleAlley.com |
5 |
14,259 |
| Web-Source.net |
5 |
15,375 |
| SelfSEO.com |
5 |
15,945 |
| Amazines.com |
5 |
17,509 |
| ArticleTrader.com |
5 |
17,633 |
| SearchGuild.com |
6 |
20,008 |
| WebWorldIndex.com |
5 |
22,233 |
| ArticleSphere.com |
4 |
24,462 |
| BusinessKnowHow.com |
6 |
28,036 |
| PromotionWorld.com |
6 |
29,707 |
| ArticlesFactory.com |
7 |
30,664 |
| ExcellentGuide.com/article |
6 |
33,740 |
| ContentDesk.com |
4 |
33,894 |
| ArticleCube.com |
5 |
36,322 |
| AfroArticles.com |
4 |
42,283 |
| ArticleBiz.com |
6 |
49,044 |
* Site is also in the article submission business.