2. New year brings new beginning and new expectation. This
is the time where people get things straight and set new
goals for the coming months. For most, their goal for the
year is to set their finance in order. Once they have done
that, they will normally try to invest their money to
increase their life savings. That is good. When you have
more savings, it acts as a cushion when you incur
unexpected expense such as medical bills or tax increase.
3. For webmasters, your goal is probably to achieve certain
page rank or link popularity for your site. That is good. It is
even better if someone else can help you do that. To
increase your link popularity there are two types of sites
that can help you achieve that; web directories submission
and niche article directories.
4. Web directories let you submit your website profile and
descriptions mostly for free. They act as internet yellow
pages where each website is categorized according to your
website content. You can gain one link per one listing at
most web directories.
5. Niche article directories let you submit your content. Their
services are also free. At the end of the submission
form, there is a resource box that lets you describe your
website and businesses with a link to it. To me, this is one
of the most wonderful ways of gaining back links. For
one, you can get more than one links if you write more
than one article. Having 100 articles to submit? Then, you
can gain a 100 back links from just one site. If you submit
to ten different article directories, then you can get at
least 1000 back links. With web directories, you need to
submit to 1000 web directories to get that much back
links.
6. Having said that, which one is a more effective back link?
One link from a web directory or one link from an article
directory? The more effective back link is of course the
link that comes from an article directory. This is because
you submit your content to article directories, which might
help viewers finding information they need. Once they
read and like your article, they are most likely to click on
the link and visit your website. Meanwhile, web
directories merely publish information about your site
which might or might not help the viewers.
7. Do you have to pay to publish your content at another
site? Not at all. Most article directories do not charge
submission fee. But as they gain in popularity, they might
charge a submission fee in the future, just like web
directories. Here is your chance to get 1000 back links or
more if you have 100 articles to distribute.