Article submission involves submitting your article to the article directories. Most article directories allow user to include a link to their site in the resource box. There are also several directories that permit link inclusion within the article body.

Before submitting to the article directory, you must sign up an account with them. After creating the account, you must designate a pen name which will be displayed along with the article. The pen name can be your real name or a fictional name. The article which you use to submit to the directory must be unique and copyscape passed. If the editor finds out it is taken from somewhere else, it will delete your article from the directory and ban your account. If you are using a PLR article, make sure you rewrite it so that it is different than the original article. Each article directory will set a minimum word count for the submitted article. Generally, the word count of your article should be 250 – 700 words. If you want, you can write your article can be longer than 700 words.

You will also need to submit the article to the right category. The article should be submitted to the most relevant category to attract the targeted readers. If you submit to the wrong category, there is a high possibility that the editor will decline it. You are permitted to submit the article to one category even though if there is multiple relevant categories.

Though automated submission will produce successful result, it is recommended that you should manually submit to each article directories. If you keep using software to submit to the directory, the editor will soon find out about it. Eventually, he will ban your account. Worse still, they might blacklist your IP address and ban you from accessing the site forever.

There are hundreds of article directories on the internet. You can find the article directory list by visiting directory site such as Directory Critic, and web-directories.ws. Since article submission is time consuming, you might consider outsourcing it to a SEO company. Before signing up for the service, you should read reviews of customers to find out what they are talking about the SEO company. You can find reviews by visiting the internet marketing forum such as Digital Point, V7n.com, Site Point and etc. In addition, you can visit review site such as Epinions.com to read customer reviews of a specific SEO company. You should only sign up with reputable SEO companies that have been in business for several years in the industry. If the SEO company receives an overall good feedback, you can proceed to sign up with them. There are two ways to submit your article to the article directory which are manually or through automatic software.

After submitting to the directories, you will have to wait for some time for the article to be approved. If your article did not meet the submission guideline, the editor will ask you to make the necessary correction. You should receive a confirmation email once the article is approved.