he below list contains 160+ article directories and arranged them according to PageRank.

PR 6
http://www.articlebiz.com/
http://www.articlecity.com/
http://www.easyarticles.com/
http://www.ezinearticles.com/
http://www.goarticles.com/

PR 5
http://www.excellentguide.com/article/
http://www.anyarticles.com/
http://www.articlealley.com/
http://www.articlemotron.com/
http://www.articlesexpress.com/
http://www.articleson.com/
http://www.bigarticles.com/
http://www.earticlesonline.com/
http://www.ezinefinder.com/
http://www.iarticlebeach.com/
http://www.isnare.com/
http://www.a1articles.com/
http://www.article-mania.com/
http://www.ideamarketers.com/

PR 4
http://www.dailytopstories.com/
http://www.instantcashflow.org/free-article-directory/
http://www.aadpro.com/
http://www.activeauthors.com/
http://www.amazines.com/
http://www.answer-site.com/
http://www.articlebeam.com/
http://www.articlebin.com/
http://www.articlebar.com/
http://www.articlecube.com/
http://www.articledepot.co.uk/
http://www.articlefever.com/
http://www.articlefusion.com/
http://www.articlehub.com/
http://www.articleintelligence.com/
http://www.articlekarma.com/
http://www.articlemap.com/
http://www.articlemarketer.com/
http://www.articlerich.com/
http://www.articles4free.com/
http://www.articlesbeyondbetter.com/
http://www.articlesoup.com/
http://www.articlesphere.com/
http://www.articles-submit.com/
http://www.articlewarehouse.com/
http://www.content-articles.com/
http://www.contentdesk.com/
http://www.contentmasterworld.com/
http://www.ezinecrow.com/
http://www.free-articles-zone.com/
http://www.freecontentzone.com/
http://freeinternetarticles.com/
http://www.freewebsitearticles.com/
http://www.freezine-articles.com/
http://www.goarticles.net/
http://www.infonexus.org/
http://www.articlewarehouse.net/
http://www.allaroundsuccess.com/
http://www.articleblotter.com/
http://www.articlecat.com/
http://www.articles4cash.com/
http://www.articlesaz.com/
http://www.articles-online.biz/
http://www.articleteller.com/
http://www.articlewheel.com/
http://www.featured-articles.com/
http://www.freeinternetarticles.com/
http://www.propertymagnate.com/articles/
http://www.articlemaster.com/
http://www.contenttycoon.com/
http://www.point-articles.com/
http://www.articleshouse.com/

PR 3
http://www.101articles.com/
http://www.wisearticles.com/
http://www.acearticles.com/
http://www.acmearticles.com/
http://www.addarticle-submitfree.com/
http://www.ababba.com/
http://www.activearticles.com/
http://www.articleaccess.com/
http://www.articleavenue.com/
http://www.articleboutique.com/ - nice collection of articles but no submission.
http://www.article-blogs.info/
http://www.articlebliss.com/
http://www.articleblender.com/
http://www.articleboy.com/
http://www.articlebunch.com/
http://www.articlecapital.com/
http://www.articlecircuit.com/
http://www.articlecrazy.com/
http://www.article-database.com/
http://www.articledestination.com/
http://www.article-domain.com/
http://www.articlefair.com/
http://www.articlefarm.com/
http://www.articlefocus.com/
http://www.articlegarden.com/
http://www.articlegroup.com/
http://www.articlehopper.com/
http://www.articlelookup.com/
http://www.articlemailbox.com/
http://www.articleonlinedirectory.com/
http://www.articlepot.com/
http://www.articlerampage.com/
http://www.articles365.com/
http://www.articles24.com/
http://www.articles4reprint.com/
http://www.articles-4-free.com/
http://www.articlesandauthors.com/
http://www.articlesbase.com
http://www.articleselections.com/
http://www.articles-galore.com/
http://www.articleshelf.com/
http://www.articles-hub.com/
http://www.articles-keyword-rich.com/
http://www.articleskingdom.com/
http://www.articlesmagazine.com/
http://www.articlesnetwork.com/
http://www.articlestack.com/
http://www.articlestash.com/
http://www.bigarticledirectory.com/
http://www.cajun101.com/
http://www.content-corral.com/
http://www.contentfueled.com/
http://www.content-edge.com/
http://www.everydayarticles.com/
http://www.ezinearticles.biz/
http://www.ezine-writer.com.au/
http://www.ezineplug.com/
http://www.findandpostarticles.com/
http://www.free-articles-search.com/
http://www.freebie-articles.com/
http://www.free-content-resource.com/
http://www.freezinesite.com/
http://www.getyourarticles.com/
http://www.geminipublishing.com/
http://ireprint.info/
http://www.superarchives.com/
http://www.technoarti.net
http://www.articlewiz.com
http://www.afroarticles.com/
http://www.articlepile.com/
http://www.article-hangout.com/
http://www.articlenews.us/
http://www.articles411.com/
http://www.articlesbase.com/
http://www.articlescorner.com/
http://www.articlesolutions.com/
http://www.articletogo.com
http://www.articletower.com
http://www.articletrader.com
http://www.article-treasure.com
http://www.articletrunk.com
http://www.article-warehouse.com
http://www.articlewise.com/
http://www.findanarticle.co.uk/
http://www.findandpostarticles.com/
http://www.ideamarketers.com/
http://www.jodee.biz/
http://www.miniseo.com/
http://www.mainarticles.com/

PR 2
http://www.1articleworld.com/
http://www.ablearticles.co.uk/
http://www.allaboutarticles.org/
http://www.articlebag.com/
http://www.articlecorral.com/
http://www.articledaddy.com/
http://www.articlefeeder.com/
http://www.articleforyou.com/
http://www.articleinterchange.com/
http://www.articlejoe.com/
http://www.articlelocker.com/
http://www.articlemax.com/
http://www.articlepeak.com/
http://www.articleportal.com/
http://www.articleprobe.com/
http://www.articlerocket.com/
http://www.articlesearchnet.com/
http://www.articlesindex.com/
http://www.articlesnet.co.uk/
http://www.articlesnatch.com/
http://www.articlesonline.org/
http://www.articlesrightnow.com/
http://www.authorcontent.com/
http://www.bestarticlecity.com/
http://www.goodinfohome.com/
http://www.all-you-need-to-know.com/
http://www.articleaddict.com/
http://www.articlenest.com/
http://www.articles4rss.com/
http://www.articlesrus.net/
http://www.articlewell.com/
http://www.ehealtharticle.com/

PR 1
http://www.a1-articledirectory.com/
http://www.articlefrenzy.com/
http://www.articlejunction.com/
http://www.article-monster.com/
http://www.articleoptimizer.com/
http://www.articlepipeline.com/
http://www.eclipse-articles.com/
http://www.fetcharticles.com/
http://www.free-article-directory.com/
http://www.articlerealm.com/
http://www.articles4content.com/
http://www.article-search-online.com/
http://www.articlesworld.net/
http://www.directarticles.com/
http://www.articlenext.com/

PR 0
http://www.articlestonurture.com/
http://www.articlequery.com/
http://www.freeliveknowledge.com/
http://www.article-free.net/
http://articles.seo-solution.net/
http://www.articlesalley.com/
http://www.article-store.com/
http://www.contentarticles.com/
http://www.dezinersplace.com/
http://www.freearticlehq.com/
http://www.hotarticles.net/
http://www.internetmagnet.com/
http://www.ad-matrix.net/
http://www.finance-business-law.com
http://www.articleonramp.com/
http://www.ezinesarticle.com/
http://www.articlemanual.com/
http://www.financemanual.com/
http://www.thehealthmanual.com/
http://ezineprime.hubprime.com/
http://www.articlecritic.com/
http://www.articlecritic.net/
http://www.articlem.com/
http://www.articleobsession.com/
http://www.freearticlehq.com/
http://www.actionarticles.com/

The above table displays a list of HTML-Friendly Article Directory Submission Web Sites. In other words, this is every directory I could find that will accept HTML. The list is sorted using an algorithm which weighs Page Rank, Backlinks, and Google Saturation against each other.

Are article submissions worth the time? When doing manual submissions it takes me 10 to 15 minutes in average to login, format and submit an article to an article directory. I have to make at least 10 submissions to get a feasible exposure for my articles. So this process can take more than two hours a day! To make the most of my time I have to make sure that the article directories I am submitting to, are able to bring me as many visitors and backlinks as possible. I can name top five directories: EzineArticles.com, Buzzle.com, GoArticles.com, ArticlesFactory.com and WebProNews.com. Submitting to these is a must! EzineArticles.com and Buzzle.com can bring you a lot of traffic, GoArticles.com brings you backlinks, and ArticlesFactory.com – PageRank (my profile page there now is PR5 – with only 12 submitted articles).

But five top directories are not enough. As I said above, I usually do at least 10 manual submissions, so I have to choose my directories wisely. The only two ratings easily available to web users to judge the quality of websites and webpages are Alexa Rating and Google PageRank. Both are flawed and often do not reflect the real authority or traffic of a page. But since there is nothing better I have to stick to these two when deciding if a directory is worth submitting to. Of course, one must not forget the power of themed sites. Whenever I have a choice between a general directory and a directory focusing on my topic – I choose the latter.

Why HTML-Friendly Directories?

I chose to only submit to HTML directories for four reasons:

  1. Optimized Anchor Text: The best part of submitting an article, as opposed to links exchanges or directory submissions, is that you have total control over anchor text. As we all know, anchor text is a key factor in Google’s Ranking Algorithm; so submitting articles to sites that allow for this method of optimization is a wise move.
  2. Web-Friendly Copy: The goal of article submissions is to get published in a major ezine for traffic and quality backlinks. Any ezine publisher worth his or her salt knows good web copy when they see it. Copy that is easily scannable and broken down into easy-to-read chunks and bulleted lists is going to have the edge when it comes to being published in a respected ezine.Furthermore, if you can make a page scannable, you can hold the end-reader’s attention longer. This will result in more traffic. Creating web friendly copy is impossible without HTML.
  3. Speed of Submissions: When submitting articles, I use the Firefox Web Browser and, with it, a free custom form submitter called Fireform. Fireform allows me to submit my articles to every site on this list in an hour. A great deal of time and effort have gone into customizing this tool, and one of the reasons why I chose not to include non-HTML-friendly directories is because they slow down my submission time. Non-HTML-friendly article directories seem to be altogether less compatible with this software.
  4. Quality of Article Directories: Article directories that do not accept HTML, I find, are often poorly organized for the search engines, have no logins, no clear site structure or means to edit articles. Not to say that every link in the table above is a gem, but in general, that is what I find.

So why would you want to submit to a directory that doesn’t take HTML? Speed. Most auto-submission services won’t accept HTML, because it can’t be mass-submitted. There are too many variances. The same goes for auto-submitting software. This solution, in my opinion, is the best of both worlds, offering quality and speed.

Why I Chose These Column Headings

These column headings were chosen because they are, in my opinion, the most relevant when determining the quality of an article submission site. I explain more below.

Page Rank (PR):
Page Rank, in my view, is a snapshot of how trusted a domain is by Google. The higher the PR of a domain, the more link-juice* is passed by any and all links from that domain.

When submitting articles, always consider not only how many times your article can potentially be reprinted, but also the quality of the link you will be getting from the article site itself.

Domain Links in Yahoo
First, I chose Yahoo because it returns the most accurate back link information of the big three search engines. I also chose it for the advanced search query “linkdomain:” The search query linkdomain will return every backlink attributed to that site.

The way an article directory’s linking strategy works is it makes content freely available to ezines and other publishers provided it receives a link every time one of its articles is published. So, it would be a logical assumption that the more links it receives to the entire domain, the more articles it has had republished. Meaning, getting your articles published in an Article Submission Site that boasts thousands if not millions of backlinks is something to aim for.

Granted, this is not always the case, as the article directory site may have conducted a link building campaign without any articles being republished at all.

Pages Indexed in Google
This column is important for two reasons.

  1. The number of pages indexed in Google of an article directory site that hosts, presumably, hundreds if not thousands of articles is a good indicator of how optimized the site structure is, where more is better. Unfortunately, this number won’t convey much information about sites without many articles. I wish I knew how many articles were contained within each site, so that I could compare that number to how many have been indexed. (If anyone wants to find that information for me, I’ll be happy to drop you a link.)
  2. Secondly, the higher the index number, the more likely your article is to be published, giving you higher probability of receiving a link.

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