Building links with article submission sites and directories

Not all links provide the same amount of benefit to your site. Link directories, for example, usually do not provide as much link "juice" as you will get from other types of links. One of the best ways to get high-value links to your site is by submitting articles to the article directory and article submission sites.

The links you will get by using article sites are considered in-content links, and they are more valuable than the links you build through blog commenting and forum posting. However, they also require more effort. To get these links, you have to create the quality content to post on other people's sites—and then give it away.

Some people have a hard time understanding why they need to write articles for other websites, but remember that the number of incoming links is the number one factor in how you will rank in the search engines. If you have chosen your keywords carefully, you may find that it only takes a few articles...