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February 2nd, 2010

Best Blog Directories for Marketing Your Blog

Looking to market your blog? Let's start with the basics. You need to get your blog to show up in search engine results. You also want prospects to stumble upon your blog. What's an easy and cost effective way of doing this? List your blog with the best blog directories.
 
We’ve compiled this list of the 19 best blog directories. We’ve ranked them based on our editorial review, monthly US visitors (estimated by Compete), and Google page rank (a key factor in determining ranking in search results… the higher the number the better).
 
Blog Directory
Monthly Visitors
PageRank
BlogCatalog      2,466,000          7
Technorati      2,237,000          8
Blogs.com      1,605,000          7
Blog Toplist         549,000          4
Blogged         211,000          6
Best of the Web Blogs         150,000          6
TopBlogArea.com         147,000          5
Blog Flux         146,000          4
TopOfBlogs           74,000          5
Loaded Web           69,000          5
Blog Top Sites           59,000          3
Blogarama           32,000          4
TopBlogging.com           26,000          3
BlogExplosion           21,000          5
Bloggapedia           13,000          6
OnToplist.com           13,000          5
Bloggeries           12,000          3
EatonWeb           11,000          6
BlogHop             7,000          6

It only takes a few minutes to submit your blog. You’ll register with the blog directory, type in your blog’s URL, choose categories that your blog fits, and provide helpful keyword tags to make it easy for directory searchers to find you. That’s it.

Best of all, most blog directories offer free blog submission!

In a few cases, you may be asked to pay a fee but even then it’s affordable (e.g., $35 per year)… and some offer advertising opportunities that make sense for you to consider.  But don’t be surprised if the blog directories ask that you link your blog back to them. Why not as they need promotion too.

So what are you waiting for? Let’s start marketing your blog!
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November 7th, 2009

Best Article Directories for Your Online Marketing

So what exactly is article marketing? It’s simple. You write an article and then submit it to article directories, websites, and blogs that are looking for quality content. They post your article, including your bio and a link to your website… and then good things start to happen!

Start with publishing to the best article directories. It’s easy and free. And we’ve compiled a list of 27 article directories based on our editorial review, the number of monthly US visitors (as estimated by Quantcast), and Google page rank (a key factor in determining ranking in search results… the higher the number the better). Not to mention we’ve used a bunch of them too!

 

Article Directories
Monthly Visitors
PageRank
EzineArticles
    8,400,000       6
Articlesbase
    5,500,000       5
Helium
    2,600,000       6
Buzzle
    2,200,000       5
SearchWarp
       721,000       5
Article Alley
       276,000       5
IdeaMarketers
       252,000       3
ArticleClick
       237,000       4
GoArticles
       161,000       6
Isnare
       158,000       6
Amazines
       132,000       2
Article Dashboard
       117,000       5
ArticleSphere
         56,000       2
A1Articles
         54,000       5
Article Pool
         44,000       4
ArticleBiz.com
         40,000       5
Articles Factory
         32,000       4
ArticleRich
         22,000       3
Free-Articles-Zone
         20,600       4
Article Monkeys
         15,000       5
ArticleTrader
         15,000       3
ArticleCity
         10,000       5
Sooper Articles
         10,000       4
Article-Buzz
         10,000       3
1888Articles.com
           7,000       3
EasyArticles.com
           6,000       4
ArticlePros
           3,000       3


Remember that everyone’s needs are different… so we encourage you to try them all to see which ones work best for you!

Other websites to consider for your articles include: eHow (how to articles), WebProNews (Internet marketing related articles), Article Garden (sustainable living articles), and Work.com (how to for small business). Just keep in mind that some of these sites may require exclusivity (you can’t submit your articles elsewhere).

And keep a look out for blogs and websites in your industry that want guest authors (you can be one!) For example, having your article show up in a popular blog can mean thousands of dollars of exposure for your business.

Happy article writing!

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