subject: Article Directory Submission: Author Name [print this page] Many article directories allow you to submit an article and obtain backlinks for your websites. By submitting to the article directories, you will be able to get one way links to your website. Article directories can be used to promote a product. If you persistently submit articles to article directories, you can see a tremendous result in your conversion rate. In order to be professional
Every article must contain the full author name in the resource box. You can use your real name or pen name as the author name. When you first register for an account, you will be asked to supply a pen name. The pen name will be displayed under the title of the articles which are published on the directories. The author name format that is allowed are First name Last Initial and First Initial Last name. Examples of first name last initial is Gordon. B. Examples of first initial Last name is G. Brown. The first letter of the first name and last name must be in uppercase letter.
Company names cannot be used as author name. This is because the article is written by a person and not a company.
If you use email address as author name, your article wont be accepted into the directory.
In addition, you cannot use a website URL as the author name. The use of adjectives or descriptors is prohibited in the author name.
It is unnecessary to include title in the name such as Miss, Mr., Mrs, Ms and etc. If you have a degree, you can use include the title in the author name, for example, Dr. MD. Phd and etc. Using doctorate level degree title makes people have a good impression on you. It is not a good practice to register for multiple accounts in the article directories. If the editor finds out that you hold multiple accounts, he will delete all your accounts and ban you from the site. The editor can find out a person is holding multiple accounts by tracking his IP address. If you want to include a co author, you must list them as an alternate author in your article. Most directories does not allow numbers in the author name so you should not add them.
If you feel article submission is tiring, you can hire a SEO company to do the job for you. If you provide the SEO company with an article, the SEO company will use your name as the author name. If you dont provide the SEO company with an article, the SEO company will write the article for you at an additional fee. They will submit the article under their own pen name. Hiring a SEO company to perform the article directory submission can help you to save a lot of time. If you have a lot of articles to submit, you can negotiate with the SEO company to get a bulk discount. Most SEO companies will agree to lower the price if you order in bulk.