Tuesday, July 29, 2008

4 Crucial Article Marketing Elements to Make You Money

By Harry Constantine

The importance of article marketing in today's Internet marketing is immeasurable. It means a lot success and the drive of huge traffic into your website. Article marketing has become a key element in making a site work and earns a profit. As a website operator and owner, you should have the good sense to include articles in his or her site that will work for them and earn them the many benefits articles can give to their site.

Article marketing has been known to be the driving force in driving traffic to a website with articles. And articles are a factor in giving site high rankings in search result pages. But, it is not just about stuffing your site with articles; they have certain requirements as well. These requirements must be achieved to obtain the maximum benefits an article will provide for you.

Below are 4 key elements of article marketing that to make your site a profit earning and traffic overflowing site.

Keywords.

An article must always be centered on the keywords and keyword phrases. As each website visitor goes to a site, they are not just browsing but actually looking for a specific thing. When this happens, a searcher usually goes to a search engine and types in the keywords they are looking for (e.g. historic archery, firefighter retirement gift, electric torch mini). It could be anything they want.

The Important thing is you have an article that has the keywords that are related to your site. There are a lot of tools online that provides service in helping you out in determining what keywords and keyword phrases are mostly sought out. You can use those tools to determine what keywords to use and write about.

Keyword Density

Keyword density is the number of times a keyword or keyword phrase is used in an article. An article should have good keyword density for a search engine to feel its presence. The number varies depending on the number of words used in an article. An effective article must have a keyword density that is not too high or too low. If the density is too high, the essence of the article is lost and may turn off a reader as well as the search engines. It comes off as overeager. A low number may be ignored by the search engines.

Good Article Content For Your Readers

Like what I mentioned above, you cannot just riddle an article with keywords. They must also be regarded as good reading materials for your readers. Your articles must be able to entertain people as well as provide good information and help for their needs. Articles should be well written with correct spelling and good grammar. If you want people to trust you, make your work good and well thought out.

Try to present great information and as many facts as you can to your readers. A good and well written article will boost your reputation as an expert in your niche. As more people believe in you, they will more trust you and your products.

Links

And another important factor to remember. If you are going to submit articles to ezines or contribute your articles to newsletters and other sites, DON'T ever forget to include a link point to your site. A little resource box with a brief description of your site and you should always be placed right after your articles that you have submitted. If people like your articles, they will most likely click on the link directing them to your site. It will also gain link juice for your websites to help your them rank higher in search engines.

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