Just had a "hot" conversion with a friend of mine about writing articles to get backlinks.

The biggest challenge is NOT how to submit articles but how to put your fingers on the keyword and start writing an article...

I found a solution.

It's FREE...

It's easy, just fill in the blanks...

It's called, 8 Minute Article Writer.

If you do not want to hire a profession writer. If you do not like writing articles. Either way this is for YOU.

8 Minute Article Writer is a software and it will really take you less than 8 minutes to write an article.

You fill in the blanks and click on a button and it loads an article for you - complete with article title, summary, bio and READY to be submitted to article directories.

You probably already know that submitting articles is ONE of the best methods to get backlinks. If you write one article a day and submit it I truly believe you will see an increase in your rankings quickly.

Just one article a day. You can submit your articles using Article Marketer. They have the biggest list of article directories, your articles will be submitted to over a thousand unique websites.

Their unique service allows you to submit as many articles as you want just by filling ONE submission form only. Can it get better?

I think the answer is a big NO!

I see webmasters using article submission software, manually doing all the submission or spending a ton of time waiting for the software to complete the submission.

That's the old way...

Grab a cup of coffee, use 8 Minute Article Writer to create an article, then go to Article Marketer and fill in one submission form. Sit back and enjoy...

That's how I do it, and how it should be done.

I am very interested, very into the topic of UFO's which has nothing to do with SEO. Unidentified Flying Objects, you heard of them before...

But I bought this book and more or less it has to do with UFO's, even though it's not some ufo story. And if you are thinking what the hell I am doing, let me tell you it's not a book filled with tons of fake ufo photos :)

You need to be obsessed like me to really understand why I go a step further from what most people do - and spend money on that subject.

But I also am very patient. In fact I have to wait like 2-4 weeks or more to get this book.

Why this story has everything to do with SEO?

You see, you need patience too, rankings will not happen overnight... but if you want it bad enough THEN nothing really can stop you from getting it.

You can say the hidden "secret" with seo is to enjoy what you are doing... do not get obsessed with it or you can get frustrated if you don't see results instantly.

KNOW deep down that you are going to get tremendous benefits when you get top rankings.

The primary benefit is website traffic, in other words customers who are going to pull out their wallets and pay YOU money.

The second benefit is low maintenance. You just have to get some backlinks from time to time to maintain your position. For example instead of making 15 link exchanges a day, you make 15 a week only.

Third benefit is popularity... many webmasters will start to email you more frequently and ask you for a link exchange.

Fourth benefit is multiple rankings. When you optimize your website for a particular keyword, usually you will get several keywords ranked at the same time.

When I optimized one of my sites for the keyword noadware spyware cleaner, I got number one position for spyware cleaner and number two position for noadware.

So patience is a virtue my friend.

To your success,

P.S. The fastest way to get high rankings is to automate things you do - like article submission, link exchanges and so on... OutRankSmart (ORS) software automates every step to make it literally a no brainer to make link exchanges.

In a single day you will make more link exchanges than what most people do in an entire month. If you don't believe me read what other people have to say, the testimonials on my site.

Note: I suggest you consider this message as very important. It's from my experience and something I believe can help you if you are currently doing article submission.

Over the years I tried several methods to submit articles. Actually several software, from free ones to paid ones. I was stuck with Instant Article Submitter. It is really good and I still recommend it till this day.

I am always looking for ways to automate things I do, so software was the best thing for me. However recently I tried yet another thing.

Article Marketer service blew me away!

When it comes to article submission their service is what I just started using. Not only that, but even article writing. They also offer article writing service, since I write articles mainly to get one way links from the article submission sites. If I wanted traffic or to appear as an expert in my niche I would have probably wrote my own articles.

But I need a lot of articles, in fact I receive a new article a day. I submit an article a day through Article Marketer service.

You have complete rights on the articles they write for you. You can edit them, or even turn them into a special report (ebook) or put your name as the author of the articles.

I am not affiliate with them, you can check out the service at:
http://www.articlemarketer.com

Now the benefits of their service:

1) Fill in one form and you are done. Semi automatic software will leave you for hours standing in front of your computer manually submitting... they just autofill the forms. Fully automatic software do the job pretty neat too, but you still have to wait for it to finish, which can take hours...

Article Marketer is so fast, so neat - just ONE submission form is all you have to fill in.

2) Their list of article directories where they submit your article is the largest I ever seen - and for a reason. They keep adding new directories to their list. It's huge - thousands of directories. Instant article submitter submits to around 300... while semi automatic software most of them do not submit to more than 300!

Plus if you submitted articles last year and this year they added new directories, they will also submit your old articles to the new directories.

With article submission software, you just get an upgrade so you download the new directories.

You can pay $49.95 every 3 months, some $200 per year or choose the lifetime membership for $400 one time fee. To get articles written as well there are other charges.

But as you can see the value you get is pretty high.

Just test drive their free service to test customer support, get used to your membership area and so on. Then upgrade and forget about article submission - just write an article (or tell them to write for you) and simple use ONE dead easy form to submit it to their list of thousands directories.

Warning: This is not meant to make you laugh so hard that you will feel pain or discomfort...

So I went to scriptlance to hire someone capable of doing link exchanges. It's just a freelancing site.

I was looking for someone to use my own software, OutRankSmart and basically do link exchanges.

The story goes on that I found a lady, she looked pretty interested in my project. I always try to make sure the people I choose have experience and know the project details. This lady seemed to fit perfectly. But she was lying.

The tragedy.

She downloaded my software, I took the time to help her install it, and then this is more or less what she told me.

"Karl, A friend of mine told me your software is illegal, you cannot optimize a search engine in such a way to get your site to the top! You are not meant to force search engines to become top that's totally wrong in it's self. It breaks the search engines
rules."

She kept insisting for like three days emailing me... She even told me she did not want to go to prison. No, seriously that's exactly what she told me.

This lady all I could found about her on the Internet is some sort of site on a free hosting account. In other words a newbie.

What I did is try to educate her a bit... So here are a couple of key lessons, even though you do not need to be a genius to figure out there's something wrong in her thinking.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via natural, organic or algorithmic search results for targeted keywords."

From Google help center:

"How can I improve my site's ranking?
In general, webmasters can improve the rank of their sites by increasing the number of high-quality sites that link to their pages."

If it was illegal than why Google gives webmasters tips about optimization. It's all there on their website. Then why did they create the Google Webmasters Tools?

The bottom line...

They help webmasters so they will create better websites. At the same time providing their end users better websites in the search results. That's their primary goal as the Internet most used search engine.

That's the story for today.

P.S. I firmly believe the only way to get a LOT of sites linking back to you is by using OutRankSmart (ORS). That's how to do it quickly and easier than falling off a log. With OutRankSmart (ORS) you have no excuse why you cannot get top rankings you deserve.

These are the actual messages this lady sent me... I am going to share the story with you in another post.

Her: I am canelling this project with Karl because, what he is doin is 100% illeagl!!! you are not ment to force search engines to become top that's totally wrong in it's self.

But I will let Scriptlance follow this up!

Me: Hi,

Please ignore what this ridiculous "programmer" has to say. Basically the project is to use a software to make link exchanges.

It just also means she did not even read the project description at all - even though she told me she did and knows perfectly how to do it.

It's just an seo project. lol

Karl

Her: Hi Karl

What you are doing is totally illeagl you CANNOT OPTIMOIZE a search engine n such a way 2 get dis 2 da top! Its agianst da law like I av already told u... It breaks da search engines rules...

I would advice you to go & look it up it clearly states on there dat, u CANNOT USE a 3rd paty program to froce da websites 2 da top! Perhaps u should of read the terms & cons on google's site before u offer dis project out.

I will post on here agian, I can post as many times as I like thank you very much :). Dis is noway an SEO project, btw, I did read ur project properly it was only till u give me da product name dat I found out that it was illegal.

Im not gog 2 risk getn banged up in prison just bc of da illgeal software dat people like u put on ds freelance sites, I would advice to take ur project elsewhere because, ur not welcome on any freelance website. Y don't u get sum other mug who wants to go n2 prsion to do it!

Her: Karl there we go read this!!

http://thatisright.blogspot.com/2008/05/5-simple-seo-rules.html

Me: For your kindly information...

Look here, I know you are a newbie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization
directly from Google:
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35291

You showed me this url:
http://thatisright.blogspot.com/2008/05/5-simple-seo-rules.html (that's just a blog post an article)

I have four years experience in seo, the software is my own, it's not third party and it's not even black hat (if you know what that means).

Search engines do allow and even help (like you can read in the article above) webmasters to optimize their websites. My software does just that... it helps finding link exchange partners.

quote: "CANNOT OPTIMOIZE a search engine n such a way 2 get dis 2 da top!"

Dear, saying that line is just more than enough to show me you do not know the meaning of search engine optimization. SEO means you optimize a website to get it on top - what you are saying is the opposite.

So who is right, a 100% newbie, who is trying to make a dollar on SL? Maybe not.

So why not learn seo before you waste my time...

I update of course if this lady keeps insisting - instead of trying to learn she basically denies reality.