As an article directory owner, there are several common
mistakes that many article authors make, some of which may directly affect how
successful an article is in its purpose of website promotion.
One of the most common errors that are made is not reading
over an article to check for spelling errors. Although it is understandable
that the occasional spelling mistake may go unnoticed, it is not uncommon to
find articles with dozens of errors throughout. This immediately conveys that
the article author is not as bothered about the article as they should be and
is merely using it to try and get their resource box link out to as many sites
as possible.
But what about human visitors using article directories?
In order to gain traffic directly from article directories
it is important that the article is interesting but also grammatically correct
and spell checked, so that readers will respect the article and will be more
likely to read it to the end and follow the resource box link. An article
author who does not spell check an article after completion is not only missing
out on a lot of promotion and wasting time submitting to article directories
that reject the article, but also from the direct traffic that could have been
received from the directories that do accept it.
One surprising mistake that is made by some, although not as
common as spelling and grammatical errors, is an incorrect/broken link provided
in the resource area. This area is meant to be the section where a reader will
read a brief promotional segment about what you and your website offers and
then to hopefully follow the link to your site. However, on occasions mistakes
are made in the URL. For example, I have noticed a website with an URL such as
"mypetdog.com" spelt as "myptedog.com". This is an obvious typo
which many article directory owners will notice and correct, however, it is
possible that a lot of traffic and link popularity is being lost from directory
owners who miss the error and accept the article "as is".
Another mistake, and one that is a pet hate of many article
directory owners is article authors who do not read a site's terms of service
and article submission guidelines prior to submission. This is shown repeatedly
when authors submit articles with more links in the resource box, for example,
or directly linking to an affiliate program. Although many errors are corrected
by article directory owners, there are some that are simply rejecting articles
that do not abide by the submission guidelines, as there are so many others to
review that there is no time to correct articles.
To increase the likelihood of an article being accepted,
ensure that the layout is correctly formatted. This is to say that the article
is not formatted to a specific line width but instead should flow to the end of
the line and onto the following line. Space paragraphs clearly as paragraphs
with a line space between them.
Probably the biggest point to remember here is to double
check an article before submission. If possible, also have a friend read the
article to check for errors. Doing so will allow for the best possible results
to be gained from the submission.
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