There are many websites that will host your articles on
Internet. Some small, some large, some with guidelines, some without, some support streams of topics, some have a limited focus, some charge a fee and some are free.With so many places to post your articles how can you maximize distribution with
least amount of effort? You can do so by being selective. Post your articles only on sites that support your topic, have integrity, and have a win/win approach. Since no two websites are alike. Here are a few features to watch for when considering your articles for submission:
1. Search capabilities. When you are at
website is there a search feature visitors can use to find a certain topic? If
page or pages list articles one after
other down a long page readers will not get past
first 20 names. Actually they will not even read that many. Web viewers do not have
patience to scroll through rows of titles trying to find
right subject.
2. How user friendly is
website? If
article section is buried inside a website and you have difficulty figuring out how to submit your article you will want to consider submitting your articles to this site.
3. What is
purpose of
website? Is that purpose supportive of your article, topic, and purpose or detrimental? Is it a sales page just trying to drive up search engine optimization under false pretenses? don't be fooled there are many of them out there. Is
host of
website apparent or nonexistent? Can you find a phone number or location -- city, state or country?
4. Submission guidelines. Some websites stipulate a word count, minimum, maximum or range. If your article doesn't meet their word count stipulations your article will normally not get published. Take them seriously and take
time to read them. More importantly find a system to track these. I have a rating system I use with 1 being
perfect submission site on up to 15 being an absolutely no. I keep track of
no website sites so that when I'm looking for new sites I know which ones I have already reviewed.