What Cobwebs and Articles Have in Common
Your articles should form a cobweb – a body of work that is interconnected through links. A reader clicks on a link and another article opens. No matter which link a reader selects, he will always be taken to another article.
If you already know how to write articles, you should give consideration as to how to make them perform to optimum advantage.
Building the Cobweb
Article links can be likened to the strands within a cobweb. While each line is a separate unit, it is connected to the whole. Articles that link to other articles create a web of work that is far stronger and more effective over the longterm.
In my article How to Embed Links in your Triond Articles, I discussed how to embed links to drive traffic to your other Triond articles. And I’ve mentioned before that linking helps to recycle older articles.
The Cobweb Grows . . .
Down the road, someone reads one of your articles and links to it at a blog or bookmarks it; another person scans the article and sees a link to another article that they find more interesting. They refer to the article in one of their blog posts, more people read the article and click through to the other articles and bookmark or link to them and so it goes. Your articles start to make their way around the Internet. This is a best-case scenario for the writer who creates online articles.
Strengthening the Cobweb
Today, I want to discuss strengthening the cobweb by submitting articles to Articlesbase. Articles written for Articlesbase are offered free-of-charge and are used by people looking for online content for their webpages and blogs.
The resource box and article links have to be left intact, so while someone is free to use your article, the article works away in the background for you, shining a light on your author bio and sending a flood of traffic to your other articles. Here’s what an article looks like at Articlesbase.
Scenario
- You create articles at Articlesbase and link to your Triond articles.
- Someone visits Articlesbase and chooses your article because they need online content
- They copy/paste your work, including relevant author details and links
- People visit their pages, read your article, and click through to your Triond articles
- They may opt to click on the additional links they find embedded in these articles. If they like your work, there’s a good chance they will bookmark or click on advertising on pages where your articles appear
Submitting articles to Articlesbase has the potential to drive traffic to your Triond articles for years to come. Why? Because articles you submit to Articlesbase stay up on the site.
Recap
- Work to create a cobweb of articles interconnected by multiple links
- Use article directories such as Articlesbase to leverage your article exposure
- Watch your readers and revenue increase as your Articlesbase articles start appearing in via RSS feeds, on websites and on blogs
Is it Worth it to Build a Article Cobweb?
An actual cobweb is a thing of beauty: its strands may look fragile yet form interconnected pathways that attract “visitors” and keep them within the web. The spider has worked industriously, joining all the strands to construct the web . . . and in the end . . . gets the prize.
World Wide Web and Hyperlinks
Image via Wikipedia
Article Resources
- 20 Online Writing Sites that Pay for Content–Start earning right away by joining these legitimate paying sites.
- The 5-Paragraph Article: A Time-Saver for Busy Writers–Shave hours off your writing time.
- Search Engine Keyword Placement–Want more article views? Knowing where to place keywords can make your articles search-engine friendly.
- Why You Should Set a Goal of Writing 10 Triond Articles Each Week–Can you make a decent part-time income by creating a number of articles?
- Article Marketing: Put Your Articles in Front of Hundreds and Thousands of Readers–Use these tricks to increase article views
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March 30th, 2009 at 5:52 am
You’ve given this hungry little spider much food for thought… Informative article as always.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Great article. It’s also good to add links in case people copy and paste your work without giving you credit. That way you can earn on their backs…
March 30th, 2009 at 7:43 am
I have been slowly linking my stuff and you are right Athlyn, it has a definite knock-on effect. I will take a look at Articlesbase, thanks for this.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Hi Susan,
Yes, with article links, if someone plagiarizes, the links will still lead back to the author.
While writers don’t earn on their Articlesbase articles, this is a good way to distribute their articles over the Internet. The spin-off: the author becomes known, the writing is viewed by a wider audience, which could lead to job offers.
I contacted Articlesbase and was told that an author can include 3 links in the article to the author’s other articles. This is a good deal in my books because some of the other article directories only allow an author to include a site link in the resource box.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Great article I enjoyed reading this… Thanks for sharing
March 30th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Thank you for this great advice. I need to know how to make my articles more visible. I will definitely give this a try. Thanks again.
OhSugar
March 30th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Thanks for more great advice. I am going to check out articlesbase tonight.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
a definie ‘must-do’, cant wait to see the results. thanks 4 the tips.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I need to print this, or I’ll lose it!
Thanks,
Clay
March 30th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Hello Everyone,
I just discovered that you can bookmark your Articlesbase articles at 48 sites; as well, there is a handy RSS content builder, which you can install on your blogs. If you want to see what it looks like look on the left-hand side of my http://www.writeandearnaliving.com blog. You can choose your number of articles to display and a snippet of text.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Good tips as always.
Thank you,
Inna
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:28 am
some good tips… now i know!
April 17th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
I was asked to submit an excerpt of one of my Articlesbase articles to the Articlesbase blog, as their first guest blogger.