Make Money With An Article Directory - Earn A Regular Income
Introduction
Article directories provide a rich source of information on every conceivable subject and can generate a healthy monthly income from the advertising displayed on each page of content. The vast improvements in technology have now made it possible for individuals with limited technical skills to own an article directory with some easy to download and install software.
How Do Article Directories Work?
Essentially an article directory is like an online library of information, a smaller version of a search engine. Members can upload articles that they have written for other website owners to use as free content and in return get to advertise their site at the bottom of the advert, something which is not possible on most other websites who are keen to keep external links to a minimum. Another member can download any article available on the site and use it on their own providing that they include the short advertising paragraph or author biography created by the original author.
What Are The Benefits Of An Article Directory?
The main benefit of article directories is that they are fully automated meaning that members can upload their own articles to your site without you having to do it for them and also without you having to create a large bulk of content for visitors to read. No one has complete knowledge on every subject but individual members may have a specialism in a particular area which means that they can produce authoritative articles that are of direct relevance to visitors. 100 members uploading 10 articles each produces 1000 pages of content for your site and on each page you can display advertising relevant to the subject of the article and generate revenue for your site.
One of the most popular forms of content related advertising is Google Adsense which is available to any individual who owns a website or blog and automatically matches advertising to the content of any page without you having to do this manually. To find out more about Adsense and how to optimise it for use on your own site read our article entitled How To Make Money With Google Adsense.
Why Will Visitors Post Articles On Your Article Directory?
Article directories are a great way for owners of other websites or blogs to promote their site to other internet users for free. Members could post one article on your article directory that that is downloaded by between 10-50 people who are looking for free content for their own website. Because a link has to be posted back to the website or blog of the original author, that is potentially 10-50 free links pointing back to the author’s site. This means that people get more publicity for their site, which generates more visitor traffic. A back link is simply the process of creating a link to another website from your own site or vice versa.
In addition you could offer a revenue sharing scheme to members in which they earn 50% of the advertising revenue generated on their pages of content that they upload. This is a great incentive for authors to post fresh and original content on your article directory and we have listed a number of revenue sharing articles directories here. Feel free to have a browse and see how they work.
We have also created a more detailed guide to revenue sharing sites entitled Make money with revenue sharing sites.
How To Create An Article Directory
Creating an article directory is quite simple and in some cases free. There is a free article directory software download that I have used called Article Dashboard. This will enable you to get started straight away by installing the software into your website directory file. It is quick and easy to use, however because the software is not maintained there are no updates for it so if you encounter a technical problem or difficulty there is no specified place to turn to get help. Having said this there are often numerous technical forums that will help you resolve the problem.
The other option is to pay for some article directory software which may cost you between £15 and £200, but which provides ongoing support and technical help if you get stuck.
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