subject: The Pros and Cons of IdeaMarketers [print this page] Article directories basically allow you write a short article and submit it along with a few links in your resource box. This helps you to not only generate traffic, but these links also serve as back links which help your rankings in the search engines. IdeaMarketers is one of these great article directories that will help you rank higher and get more traffic coming to your website.
They have a wide variety of categories, which helps you to get maximum exposure for your articles. Here are some of the pros of IdeaMarketers, as well as a few cons.
The Pros
Link Location. Most article directories allow you to put your links into your resource box to be displayed underneath your article. IdeaMarketers however, will place a context link in big bold letters right on top of your articles where your readers will not be able to miss it. So even if your articles do not get that many views, they still have a high click-through rate.
On top of this link you are still allowed to have another 2 links in your resource box. Therefore IdeaMarketers can help you to get up to 3 links in each article to send you more traffic.
Maximum Exposure. IdeaMarketers will maximize the exposure of your articles for a small fee. However, even if you do not pay for this, your articles will still appear at the bottom of related articles, and thus you will get good exposure.
Immediate Acceptance. Most article directories will review your articles before they are accepted into their directory. IdeaMarketers however, will immediately allow your article to go live as soon as you submit it.
Signature Link. They have made it extremely easy for you to change your signature link to all of your articles with one edit. This still leaves your keyword link at the top of your article to remain the same, but your signature is updated throughout all of your articles. This can save you a lot of time.
The Cons
1 Author Per Account. IdeaMarketers only allows you to set up one author name under one account. This means that you have to create a new account for each author that you write under. This does not necessarily mean it is a bad thing, but it makes it easier when you can see the stats for all your author names in one account.
Text Editor. IdeaMarketers does not have a text editor that allows you to highlight and bold your text or spellcheck. However, they do give you instructions on how you can use basic HTML to bold your text.
Regardless of the few cons, IdeaMarketers is a great place for you to submit your articles to in exchange for free traffic for your website.
