Learn how to write quality articles and content for article directories

How to write quality articles for article directories
Content is king and since article directories are the best way to get maximum exposure and huge traffic to your site, you should make sure that you give the best for your readers. This is possible by writing great, quality content that strikes a chord with your potential readers. Here are some tips how you can do this
1. Interesting search engine friendly title: Include a keyword rich title that connects with what you want to sell to readers; that attracts attention and that has reasonably less competition in search engines.
2. Keyword rich content: Make sure that the keywords or key phrases are evenly distributed through the article. For instance, even if your article word count is 500 words, you can keep 5 keywords at various parts of the article, ideally in every paragraph. You can have one keyword or key phrase and the other as its variation.
3. Thought provoking content: Your content should not be spammy or an excuse to use keywords, that can turn off people. Make sure there is flow in content; the readers should find something of value in your content. If you are able to achieve this, you can be sure that they will click on the website link that is mentioned in the resource box.
4. Resource box: This is a delicate area in article marketing sites. Most moderators may reject an article on the grounds of not adhering to ‘resource box’ rules. For instance, there is something known as anchor text, the clickable part of the link. While it is advisable to use keyword in the anchor text, it should add value to the article topic rather than stand out as an obvious abuse of anchored text link. Most article directories ask you to keep your anchor text link length to 3 words in an article that is less than 400 words and 5 words in anchor text if the article is more than 400 words.
5. Website links in the article: Article directories ask you have a total of 4 active links in the article, which include the box and the resource box. Of this, two of them can be to a website that you own or have control on, and the other two can be to a website that you do not own or control but adds value to the article. Also, article directories may ask you to have a link that directly goes to the home page of your website and not to the internal pages or post pages. So, it is our responsibility to ensure that we have good navigation friendly features in the website to where we send visitors.
6. Error free: Make sure that you content is free, devoid of any grammatical errors, poor sentence structure or misleading in any nature. Moderators tend to be strict with any article that tends to have these issues as well as duplicate content. Repeat violations may lead to suspension of account. So, one has to ensure that he or she steers clear of these factors.
7. Transfer to multiple article directories: The best thing about article marketing is the free way to distribute articles to multiple article directories. You can just change the title and make some changes in the content so that they appear as new articles and put them across to various other article directories.