Author: Rose DesRochers

Webmasters are always on the lookout for ways to market their website effectively. Why not consider writing for article directories? There are several benefits that go along with submitting articles to article directories and throughout the internet, there are various article directories you can submit to.

- Increase your Reputation and Web Presence - Getting published in article directories will boost your credibility. The more informative articles you write, the better you are at positioning yourself as an expert in the field that you write about.

- Increase your Traffic - Your articles will be viewed by millions of visitors who come to the directories and if your article is picked up by a webmaster who has a large opt in newsletter subscriber list your article will be mailed out to all the subscribers as well as being featured on the site.

- Increase Link Popularity - The better quality your article is the better chances that it will be republished on other sites, therefore increasing your exposure and link popularity.

- Free Advertisement - Nothing beats free advertisement and the resource box that you include in each of your articles delivers that. Your article also might also be placed on the publisher's home page giving you even more exposure.

- Increase your Backlinks and Pr - Many of these sites reprinting your articles have a high Pr and Google spider bots tend to frequent the websites more often, therefore getting you indexed more quickly. Many of the article directories also have a high page rank.

- Increase your Income - You might gain extra income from people wanting to hire you to write for them.

- Build a Portfolio of your Writing - Article directories provide you with an ability to keep your articles in the directory for an extended period of time, therefore you are able to build a portfolio of your writing.

Submitting to article directories is a simple yet effective way of boosting the traffic to your website or blog and recognizing you as an expert in your field.

Of course the more free article directories you submit to the better. Article directories are popping up all over the internet. For a list of the top ten article directories to submit to and their rating visit Blogger Talk Blog Community forums.

About the Author:
Rose DesRochers is a published poet and freelance writer. Rose has been writing poetry for more than 20 years. She is also the founder of Today's Woman Writing Community , a supportive online writing community for men and women over 18 and Blogger Talk Blog Community and Blogger Forum a community where bloggers connect.

Visit her blog at Rose DesRochers - World Outside my Window "