Article Directory List

As I promised a few days ago I was going to start making some quality lists that people could use as a resource and spread about the net. Here is my first one featuring the best article directories in order by popularity. I also took the time to include a brief description of the site and a direct link to submit. Write your own quality content before submitting, they do not like duplicate articles. Make sure the articles are in the correct category. Some of the most popular topics are health, nutrition, business, and news articles. I suggest writing about one of these if you have interest in that topic.

EzineArticles.com
The most compressive database or articles online with over 75,000 authors writing new ones everyday.
Alexa Rank: 640
People Count: 4,381,823
Submit

SearchWarp.com
Writers community for do it yourself and current events commentary.
Alexa Rank: 7,728
People Count: 407,734
Submit

WebProNews.com
For Articles related to business, search engines, technology and web development.
Alexa Rank: 7,068
People Count: 296,241
Submit

Buzzle.com
Buzzle is comprised of a dynamic network of authors and content contributors who we proudly refer to as our Intelligent Life on the Web
Alexa Rank: 9,375
People Count: 1,035,965
Submit

GoArticles.com
GoArticles is one of more than 15 web sites comprising the Jayde Online Network, most of which focus on niche areas of particular interest to webmasters, marketers, newsletter publishers, authors and entrepreneurs.
Alexa Rank: 7,127
People Count: 73,993
Submit

ArticleBase.com
Featuring over 243,128 published free articles, by 29,241 authors.
Alexa Rank: 10,503
People Count: 171,714
Submit

ArticleCity.com
Large database of quality articles. A known name in the industry.
Alexa Rank: 20,536
People Count: 94,150
Submit

ArticleAlley.com
We have been collecting articles and been writing our own articles since 2002, our collection became so large that we decided the time was right to build a site dedicated to these articles, and to encourage and promote authors to submit fresh content.
Alexa Rank: 19,631
People Count: 78,037
Submit

IdeaMarketers.com
Article community where YOUR ideas shine.
People Count: 50,775
Alexa Rank: 21,399
Submit

iSnare.com
Over 40,000 pubishers and thousands of article sites.
Alexa Rank: 15,949
People Count: 57,277
Submit

Article Dashboard
The Internet’s Premier source for article distribute. Submit articles and start your own article directory.
Alexa Rank: 10,159
People Count: 38,469
Submit

Posted in: Freebies, Ideas, Increase Traffic | Date: November 26th, 2007 | Posted by: Derek | 2 Comments »

The Best Wordpress Plugins in The Blogosphere

In an earlier post Wordpress Plugins Ever Blogger Should Use, I introduced the LinkLove no follow plugin. This WordPress plugin turns off the  nofollow attribute for all commenters who have posted a set number of comments (configured in the admin panel). This plugin is now enabled and everyone that posts a comment will get a SEO boost back from their contribution. Keep in mind I have the comments set to be manually approved and want them to have thought and be insightful. If anyone has a question or comment just ask me there and I will be more then happy to reply to it.

With that said here is the second list of The Best Wordpress Plugins

Theme Switcher
Easily show demos of other themes or switch between them.

Show Top Commentor
Shows the members that have commented the most time in order. Great for encouraging activity in the blog and keeping them reading the posts.

Buy Me a Beer - Displays a beer or coffee icon and provides a link to your Paypal account for readers to buy you a beverage of your choice. A great way to encourage the readers to give back something to you.

SpellChecker
Provides spellcheck functioning on your dashboard. Great if you do not use Firefox which as that built in (not as useful anymore).

WP-Contact Form - Creates a contact form for members to reach you at. Use this to sell advertising, report issues, or just for general contact.

Gravatars - It lets you place the small pictures (avatars) of your readers next to their comments on your blog. Another great community builder! Please note this is the new and updated Gravatars 2, the first one was discontinued.

Adhesive - This plugin that lets you make blog posts sticky, so they will remain at the top.These posts will remain at the top of the page no matter how many other posts you wrote later.

Posted in: Freebies, SEO, Wordpress | Date: November 15th, 2007 | Posted by: Derek | 3 Comments »