Every webmaster knows that to acquire ranking positions in search engines you absolutely need to make links. This usually means hours at a computer submitting your website to directories and emailing other webmasters requesting reciprocal links. There is another way of getting links which fairly often overlooked and complements your current hyperlink building strategy, writing articles.

Content is the life blood of the Internet every webmaster needs it and every website needs fresh content to keep Google and the other Search engines coming back regularly. By writing articles you might provide this content and at the same time get yourself permanent backlinks to your internet page . This article will attempt to answer some common questions asked by first time article writers.

What should I write about?

Write about what you understand and make it relevant to the content of your web page this will ensure that the links back to your site are also relevant and enhance the links assessment of value in the search engines.

How do webmasters find my articles?

Once you have written your article you submit it to Article Listing web sites . These internet page provide a categorized list of articles that are free to use on web sites as long as certain conditions are adhered to. One of these conditions is that all links must be live. When you submit your article you add a short biography and a backlink to your page in the resource box.

Wont all the people just remove the links?

Yes this does happen but not as commonly as you think. It is very brain friendly to track these webmasters down. Use a tool like Google alerts which checks the internet for relevant key phrases. It is very useful if you add a unique key phrase to your articles that you can enter into the search tool. You might also search for your name to ensure that all the links are live.

How long should the articles be?

There is not set length of article but anywhere from 200 words to a maximum of 3500 words is normal. Personally I usually aim for 350 -500 words as this usually sits nicely on a page

How many sites should I submit to?

That is a matter of personal choice some everybody believe that you should submit them to as many as possible, personally I only submit to 2 or 3 sites with a Google PR of 3 and above. My personal belief is that this keeps the articles unique enough to benefit any webmasters who utilize the articles.

How many Articles should I write?

The more you write the better If 1 article a week gets you an more 50 links then imagine the links youll get if you write one article a day. I usually try to write 1 article before breakfast everyday.