Top 21: The Best Article Directory List

by Jack Humphrey on May 23

Updated 6-14-2010

Article directories are a dime a dozen. If you are going to do it the hard way, meaning you’d rather submit one at a time and not use the best article syndication service I have ever used, then focus on submitting your articles to the top 21 article directories below.

You won’t benefit from the long tail effect of submitting to the other article directories available, but you will at least hit the big ones with the highest Alexa and Google rankings.

  1. EzineArticles -The big daddy of article directories.  If you could only choose one place to submit your articles, this would be a good choice. PR6
  2. Submit Your Article -This started as an article submission service, but has also turned into a high-quality article directory over the years.  PR4
  3. Suite101 – Another monstrous article site.  PR7
  4. Helium – An up-to-date article site.  PR6
  5. ArticleDashboard -Another staple in article directories.  PR5
  6. ArticleBase -This article directory has grown to a PR6 with lots of content and praise from article syndication experts.
  7. GoArticles -This one claims to be the largest, but I’m pretty sure #1, #3, and #4 give it a run for it’s money.  PR4
  8. WebProNews -You have to be selected to get into this one but it’s well worth the trouble.  Old and respected.  PR6
  9. SearchWarp -Free to submit and serves a lot of articles.  PR5
  10. Buzzle -A strong article directory.  PR6
  11. Isnare -Also a submission service, iSnare is another strong article directory at PR6.
  12. American Chronicle -Actually part of a network of article sites.  PR6
  13. ArticleCity -Pretty much your standard article directory.  PR5
  14. IdeaMarketers -A giant, this is much more than a simple article directory.  It is a newsletter builder and management system as well as a “home base” for authors.  PR5
  15. Site Reference -This is a content portal with article submission built-in.  PR5
  16. Article Alley -A standard article directory.  PR5
  17. TheWhir -Another strong article site.  PR6
  18. Articles Factory -Mid-level article site.  PR4
  19. SelfGrowth -Won’t find this one in auto-submission software.  Must become an “expert” first to then get access to submit articles.  PR6
  20. Amazines -Pretty standard.  Nothing fancy here.  PR3
  21. Article Snatch – It’s pretty popular, but is a “no-follow” directory.  PR5

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  • http://www.mindscreen.co.in Cinematography

    This is very nice list for article submission. But, I want to suggest one thing here. If you will update this list with more article submission site so, It will more useful to use.

    Good Work!!

  • Pamela

    Thanks for the list. I am using http://www.sooperarticles.com my article gets approved in less than 24 hours also I get good amount of traffic as well as backlink Submit Article here.

  • http://www.frederickwebpromotions.com David Bruce Jr

    Hey there fellow Warrior,

    Great article/post.
    Got a quick question: how does one submit an article to webpronews?
    There doesn’t seem to be a ‘submit’ button or link?
    thanks

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Man, I haven’t done that in so long that it’s probably changed anyway, even if I could remember. For some reason I believe they picked up articles from elsewhere, or there was a submission that was somewhat dated, like via email or something. Wish I could help. Haven’t submitted there in years!

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    Thanks to sharing wonderful information. This is really hard work to do….

    Nice Job!!!

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    Take a look at this niche article directory for religion and spirituality: http://www.spiritualarticledirectory.com

  • http://www.quinnybuzzpushchair.com Glen

    Excellent list, thank you very much! I will use these directories to promote my new Silver Cross Pushchair blog.

  • http://www.venou.com webmaster articles

    I was looking for the list of directories to submit my website. Thank you for the list.

  • http://www.eddieway.com/articles/ Submit Articles for Free

    I’ve just recently created an article directory at eddieway.com, it’s built with a clean and simple interface. Please give me your opinions to make it better.

    Thanks.

  • http://ArticleArchitect.com Jay Jennings

    Jack – Thanks for the list — I’ll make sure those are all in Article Architect.

    Quick question: Do you know of any directories that have an API? It would be really nice to be able to submit articles in an “approved” way rather than sneaking through the hedge.

    Jay Jennings

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Not that I know of. The most advanced article directory out there is EzineArticles.com and if he doesn’t have one (not 100% sure) probably no one else does. Would be good to hear from anyone who knows for sure on this – let us know!

  • http://www.forexguideresources.com Julmazli Dempollok

    I don’t know how to say thanks for you Jack. It’s so helpful. As a newbie articles writer like me. I found a hardness to subbmit my articles for promoting my new site http://www.top5affiliatreview.com Hope we all meet in a few or many article directory soon..

  • http://www.linknami.com Andreas

    Hello Jack, can you add my article directory http://www.linknami.com/articles (general, with over 1500 categories) to your list? Its not Top 21 yet but its definitely worth submitting articles too :)

  • http://www.twitteringworld.co.uk/ Barny

    Thanks Jack, I find GoArticles to be a whole lot better than EzineArticles, the submission is easier and I rarely get my article rejected for some strange reason.

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  • http://www.twitterappsworld.com/ ian

    Ezine Articles is by far the best if you submit good articles regular then you should be ok i have never had and rejected

  • http://www.revenueschool.co.uk David

    There is no doubt that Ezine is the best but I have recently had a lot of success with articlesbase. Articles submitted there will rank really well but I still think that Ezine articles out rank them. Only just though.

  • http://www.ALLITBooks.net che

    Anyone know of a good site to submit tech related articles to?

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  • http://www.interviewmanuscript.net Bethany Trinoble

    Crackling list thank you, it’s too easy to focus in on the big names and forget the power of the lesser known ones

  • http://www.articlesvine.com MarkC

    Hello Everybody,

    Just came across a new Article Directory with Social Networking Feature at http://www.articlesvine.com. Thought it’s worth sharing!

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  • http://www.navaro.co.uk Ben Hook

    Is it not pointless submitting to more than one directory unless you spin the article? WHat about the duplicate content issue?

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Ben – that’s only if you are looking to game the search engines. Article syndication is intended to get your link in front of as many people as possible and to hopefully get your articles picked up and published by other website owners. The short sighted only see article syndication as a tool to manipulate rankings. The winners in article syndication are the ones who worry about getting their articles picked up and used on sites where their target market surfs and clicks. Dupe content issue only affects content that was submitted after Google finds your original. So if you want to rank on your site for said article, you need to make sure Google sees it first before syndicating it around the web.

  • http://www.skintologyny.com/ skintology

    Excellent List, can we get more article websites which are seo friendly

  • http://www.articleslash.net George

    Big List of Article Directories with PR:
    http://www.directorycritic.com/article-directory-list.html?sort=pr

    George
    http://www.articleslash.net
    Articles: 477,188
    Authors: 70,774
    PR: 4

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    Great work and thank you for sharing this big list of social bookmarking website. This will help us

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    Very Great List.

    Thanks for all.

  • http://www.johanroode.com Joahn Roode

    This is exactly what I was looking for.
    Thank you for this list. I will start using it right away.

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  • http://thearticledirectory.org Article Directory

    I heard by getting articles from directories with lower page rank than yours can benefit your site by showing up first in rankings before the directory. That is like getting a double bonus, free content, and better positioning!

  • http://www.valuedarticles.com Franklin

    you can also check valued articles.com

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    Thanks for the great information. We appreciate your great post!
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  • http://www.articlesidea.com/ Michael

    Hey, great list here. Now I can submit articles to those websites! Thanks!

  • http://freephpcms.com Altax

    Great list of articles submission sites. Bookmarked this page a long ago but had time to leave a comment just now. Thanks for the post.

  • http://www.free-macs.com Mac Jones

    Great list, I’ve only been using Ezine and goarticles so I will give the others a go. Ezine is great but they are taking ages to review articles recently, up to two weeks in some cases. I’ve reached the review stage for Platinum on there so hopefully it should improve if I pass.

  • http://www.morefreeinformation.com/ Submit Your Articles

    Here’s another couple of good article directories I found that have brought me traffic..

    Morefreeinformation Article Directory
    Articlelisted Article Directory PR 4

  • http://www.articles-planet.com free article directory

    plz http://www.articles-planet.com this article directory in your list plzzzzzz

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    http://www.sembawangmarine.com/article/ => maritime/boating/nautical related directory

  • http://articlebuster.com Hasan Akhtar

    Hi,

    I would like to add my article directory to your database. Here is my site info:
    Name: Article Buster
    URL: http://www.articlebuster.com
    I assure you that your users will find my site very useful. My site is a new one but it is expanding fast.

    Regards

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    Hi Jack it will be great if you recompile the list and include more directories as i have already submitted my articles to most of them.

  • http://www.articledirectory.ie/ Leslie

    My article directory is the best one in Ireland – well it is the only one in Ireland. But it is for Irish interested only, this way is the only way for me to keep it clean and long lasting.

  • http://www.thertastore.com Tyler

    Hey Jack,

    I have someone that writes 2 articles a week about topics relating to my e-commerce website. Is it wise to submit each article being written to all 21 directories above? I am trying to gain as many back links as possible to gain traffic to my site. The articles are really good to and useful.

    thanks
    Tyler

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      @Tyler – yeah you may want to put the articles on your site first to get spidered by Google and get credit as the original source and then submit them to the article directories. If you don’t care about your site having the original, then just submit to those directories right away when your articles are ready.

  • http://aurumwriters.com Rakesh Sharma Jack

    Well done Jack…good work, as it is really hard to find a single place where you can get them all listed. Of course article marketing plays a big role in getting traffic and back links.

    Thanks,
    Jack

  • http://www.articlesidea.com Michael

    Thanks for the list and can i add a new article directory into your list?
    http://www.articlesidea.com

    Thanks

  • http://dailycashsaver.blogspot.com/ Joshua Fairfield

    Ezine in my opinion is the best by far. I submited one article to get referrals for the chitika referal program. I have gotten 5 url clicks in 2 and half days on a 500 word article that took me 20 minutes to write. Soon i will be in the bank.

  • http://trabalhodigital.com Luis

    Really well done. Blogs like this one that we marketeers need. It takes lots of time to find the right place to post articles. And nothing bits a good article.

  • Stewart Given

    This is a new article directory that’s recently been launched, and one which seems to have some potential. There are too many article directories around which are only in it for the adsense revenue and will accept any old rubbish given.

    The directory I linked to – http://netpressarticles.com – seems to be a lot more stringent about what it will accept. I’ve tried it with several articles, all of which (deliberately, to test them) failed at least 1 of their guidelines. Every one was thrown out for not meeting guidelines.

    Now, it might just be because they’re new and are trying to discourage the spam community, but I think in time if they keep this level of due diligence going then they could rise to the top. An article directory where only quality articles are published? Who’d have thought it possible!?

  • http://articlesdirectoryonline.com Articles Directory Online

    Hi there,
    Could you please add

    http://ArticlesDirectoryOnline.com

    Thanks and best regards,

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