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://mass-homes.com Mass Homes

    Thanks for the really nice list of article directories. I knew about Ezine and go articles but it is great to get the other ones.

    Will it count if I submit the same article to all these directories?

    Chris.

  • http://modospot.com/review/ Modo

    I do not agree with your list of top article directory. I think ezinearticles, articlesbase, buzzle should go first while others may follow. I totally disagree with the list of your top article directory.
    .-= Modo´s last blog ..Make Money Taking Surveys Review =-.

  • http://www.ezineshopper.com Shopping Article Directory@Ezineshopper

    Hi!

    We run a niche shopping article directory which could be of use to those who run e-commerce or product review type websites – ezineshopper.com
    .-= Shopping Article Directory@Ezineshopper´s last blog ..Beginners Guide to Book Collecting =-.

  • Jamie@ezine shopper – shopping article directory

    How about some niche article directories?

  • http://www.mygeoinfo.com Nolan

    MyGeoInfo.com is another articles site (shares 90% of Adsense revenue) for travel and place related articles.
    .-= Nolan´s last blog ..PIR is the Best Raceway on the West Coast =-.

  • http://www.globetales.com GlobeTales

    Hello. Can you please add http://www.GlobeTales.com to your list. It is a niche travel article directory with up to 100% Adsense revenue sharing.

  • http://articles.viewfora.com/ Jay designer

    Article directory a good source of back links and and a good source of website content, as every day new and unique content is generated so every one can make use of these service, here is one article directory you can make use of, http://articles.viewfora.com/ every one can post articles and instant approval for articles written by many authors around the world.

    Thank You
    .-= Jay designer´s last blog ..how to start a business =-.

  • http://www.freeuniquearticles.com/ Article Directory

    Thats a good compiled list of article directories..

    Perhaps you can add http://www.freeuniquearticles.com/ too your list too.
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  • http://www.proarticlesdaily.com Mike

    Awsome list! Thank You!
    .-= Mike´s last blog ..The Mormon Temple and LDS Temple Ceremonies =-.

  • http://www.financebusinessarticles.com kafeier

    Hello. Can you please add http://www.financebusinessarticles.com to your list. this site pr 3. 60w . thanks
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  • http://www.bollywoodinfozone.com/ Aahna

    wow i was searching in google also for article directory but i have not got the list of article directory but i got it here.
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  • http://www.familiararticles.com Allan

    Hi could you add to your list:

    Article Directory – Free Submission – SEO Friendly
    http://www.familiararticles.com

    Regards
    Allan

  • http://www.ezinepost.com Hassan Sayed

    Please add to the list
    http://www.ezinepost.com

    Thanks :)

  • http://maszam.com/ siti Nur

    My best priority is Ezinearticles.com as it is not only gives me backlinks but also send me some traffics.
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  • http://www.traveltastic.eu Dan

    Please add TravelTastic.eu to the list.. it’s pretty small now and only travel centric but is bound to grow!
    .-= Dan´s last blog ..test psot =-.

  • http://www.brucesmoneyrants.com Bruce Carl

    Thank you for this list. Article marketing is a great way to build back links. However, putting articles on the wrong article directories builds lower quality links and even hurt your Google page rank.

    Bruce Carl is an online publisher of Bruce’s Money Rants, My ADHD Site, and World’s Dumbest Criminals
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  • http://aedelta.com Jamie

    Hi, thanks for the list.

    Please add my PR4 free article directory with adsense revenue sharing program.

    http://aedelta.com

    Regards,
    Jamie
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  • http://www.yeboyesafrica.com Musa

    Articlesbase.com has become unaccesible to me lately, after having posted more than 100 articles with them cant post anymore!

  • http://www.directorysubmission.tv Andy

    Some of the list have changed or not working but most are working fine, thanks a bunch
    .-= Andy´s last blog ..Directory Submission =-.

  • http://www.neopeek.com Android

    I only tried Ezine and GoArticles. But I would definitely use all of em if their was a automatic publisher for all directories

  • http://www.articlesnacks.com kristine

    i have new site http://www.articlesnacks.com please submit your articles on this site as well. thank you
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  • Ana

    You can add to the list:
    http://postcont.com

    Thanks :)

  • http://articlewarriors.com/ Edward@The Best Article Directory

    It would be great if you could add my article directory to your List- articlewarriors.com.
    .-= Edward@The Best Article Directory´s last blog ..Recycling! =-.

  • http://www.secretringwormtreatment.com John @ Ringworm Treatment

    Hi Jack
    Thanks for the additional link for Arcana Web as well as all the links for the highest Alexa and Google ranking links in one source area. SearchWarp seems to have changed there submission terms to the worse in my option but there are many more excellent directories.

    Cheers
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  • http://my-make-up-reviews.blogspot.com/ Make Up Review blog

    Question…What is a proper way to submit articles?

    Does one submit to ezines and then submit the same article to other article directories but pointing it to the ezines article?

    Please advice.

    Thanks,
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  • http://cleanstar-homeandgardenworld.com Rick@Home Decor Accents | Garden Accents

    Would like to thank you for providing this list of article directories. It will save me time to search and try to select what might be good and what might not be worth to submit to.
    So far I mainly used buzzle.com, ezinearticles.com and goarticles.com.
    I got away from articlebase.com since they even tag the links in the resource box with the nofollow tag. Maybe you could improve this list by adding the Google PR and if Links in article body or resource box are follow or nofollow.
    Article writing is an important part of marketing as well as of SEO. So I for my part pay a lot of attention if the links will be follow or nofollow and I’m sure I’m not the only one doing that.

  • http://briceashta.com/shop/ Brice Ashta@Belly Dance Shop

    Thanks for this post – I had only ever heard of and used EzineArticles. Looks like I’ll have to expand my horizons.
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  • http://marketingonlinewithyou.com Glyn Lafferty

    Hey Jack,

    Great list you have all the big ones covered here.

    Many Thanks

    Glyn

  • http://www.causesofallergies.info Dan@Causes of Allergies

    I am at the beginning of my publishing career and I only used Ezine articles for my backlinks. I believe it would be quite difficult and tedious to publish on more than one or two directories without a syndication solution. I should try SubmitYOURArticle.com, but I need to make some money first.

  • Steve

    I recently started using http://www.rysite.com. I really like it because they automatically tweet the articles you submit to them to a following that deals with your keywords. I started to see traffic not only from my article submissions, but i also get traffic from twitter as well.

  • http://www.quotesmedical.co.uk Ellen@Quotes Medical

    Nice list. It will be great if you could always make it up to date.

  • http://www.thehostinginsider.com Dave

    I came across Free DoFollow Article Directory at http://www.frontarticle.com. Which I thought maybe helpful to add to the list
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  • http://www.ubscure.com John@ Article Directory

    Thanks for the list! I’ve been looking for something like this. I’ll be sure to post to these sites.

    -John
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  • http://jamesnissen.com James Nissen

    Ezinearticles is definitely king. Next two are actually articlesbase and articledashboard IMO. Thanks for the article though! Most of these I had not heard of before. Will try.
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  • http://superbadinternetmarketing.com SuperbadIM@Strategic Internet Marketing

    I find it interesting that articlesbase chooses to make anchor text links within the resource box “nofollow.”

    I understand a link is a link, but when you have the option to choose from so many other article directories, why go with a nofollow link for a keyword you’re trying to rank for!?
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  • http://hubpages.com/hub/Carlson-Fish-Oil-Read-this-review-before-you-buy-it Carlson

    I really like ezine but never had any success with it because my articles were always bad and they take too much time to get it approved.Infact I never had any of my articles approved. :)
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  • http://www.articlescounter.com Chris

    Hi there – heres a new article directory for your list http://www.articlescounter.com its free to submit and add articles and we have worked really hard on building a clean easy to use interface.

  • http://www.iarticles.com.au Prajeesh

    Thank you for the list. can you please add http://www.iarticles.com.au also, It is a very good article directory.
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  • http://GamersFury.com Frank@Fighting Video Games

    I just recently discovered the power that writing articles has on generating traffic to my site and started looking for more top ranked article directories to submit to when I found this site. WOW, what a time saver! Thanks so much for the list.
    .-= Frank@Fighting Video Games´s last blog ..What’s Better For Fighting Video Games, Your Computer Or A Gaming Console? =-.

  • http://blogreaction.com/ Aaron @ Free Blogs

    Hi Jack.. Great list.. I’ve always wondered why all of your lists are top 21 though. I do agree that Ezine is the best and has been for a long time. I’ve never had much luck generating traffic with articles though.
    .-= Aaron @ Free Blogs´s last blog ..Free Blogs =-.

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

      I don’t know, I like 21 for some reason lol. And 7. Not sure why.

  • http://gustrength.com Eric

    I have a question. Should the sites I submit articles too always have a pagerank that is greater than mine? Or is a page rank that is equal to mine okay as well?

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

      The most important factor of all is that you submit articles and get links from the most RELEVANT pages and sites to yours. Regardless of their pagerank. Relevancy is key and Google uses it to weed out link buyers and people who are trying to manipulate their way into good rankings. Its very easy to catch and not at all the most sophisticated thing the Google algorithm does.

      You won’t have the luxury of choosing what kind of pagerank a site has when you filter your article submissions and link marketing by relevancy. You’ll need all the pages you can get and relevancy cuts down on the number of sites and pages you can or should get links from.

  • Eric

    Thanks Jack for that answer. That cleared it up for me.

  • http://www.footballrealm.com Omair

    Thanks! One of the best ways to build back links through Article Marketing . . . =)

  • http://www.linux-commands.com Burhan

    Please add more information like if the directory is no-follow or do-follow
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  • http://www.articlepinch.com article pinch | Free articles

    Just a quick shout out for articlepinch.com, its new but growing fast, im sure it will make this list soon!
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  • http://www.linkbuilderspro.com Link Building

    What percentage unique content do you have to have to be safe? Is 50% OK? I’ve been pleasently surprised by the traffic I get from ezinearticles

  • http://www.published-articles.com Rebecca@PublishedArticles

    Nice list. Our site is human-edited and updated daily. Please add us once our PR is high enough. http://www.published-articles.com

    Thank you,
    Becca
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  • http://beginners-guides.com Ted@kindle publishing

    Hi Jack

    Thanks for your recommended 21 top articles sites it certainly helps cut your time down
    when you see someone as highly regarded such as yourself in the IM world recommend
    good sites.
    I am also using your PR Utility software which is another great time saver.

    Best Regards and Thank you..

    Ted
    .-= Ted@kindle publishing´s last blog ..Search Engine Optimization Traffic Generator =-.

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