Hello,

I find the best way to post articles (for me at least) is to post it on your website first, wait about 10 days for Google to index it, then submit it to the top directories...

The more directories you submit to the better. (but don't get caught up in the idea of submitting to every directory you can think of. or you will waste valuable time)

Here's my strategy....

1. I have a writer that I use all the time. It would take me a couple hours to write and I'd rather hire someone for $10 per 1,000 word article. Although she lives abroad (but is a native English speaker), she writes great articles and I have been using her for a while so she knows my local market well. I have her write about an article a week .

2. I post the article on my website with a long tail keyword for it's sub-page (ie. http://www.yourdomain.com/real_estate_vancouver). and let it sit there for about 10 days until it's been indexed with Google.

3. I hire an article submitter to manually submit the article to 400 article directories (including ezine, goarticles and other high PR sites) for $20.

The reason I post the article on my site first is so Google will see my site as having the original content and will hopefully see my site as the 'authority' for the article. Then... it sees the other copies of my article posted on all the other sites. Also, I am always sure to have a couple backlinks in the bio box with targeted anchor text.

Any thoughts or opinions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jeff

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