Wondering if a article marketing campaign would be worthwile for your site? Creating quality articles for distribution is definitely a tried and true method for generating back links. Just write an article on your chosen topic of around 400 words and submit to online directories. The back links will come from your signature file. Don't know why getting good backlinks is important for SEO?

Here are the most popular directories:

• ezinearticles.com
• goarticles.com
• ideamarketers.com
• articledashboard.com

There are other ways to use your articles to generate back links.

Blogging

You can create a free blog on any of the number of free blog sites. This is a fantastic place to use your articles to get a back link. Just start a blog on your niche topic. Create relevant unique articles and include links to your site with your post. This is a very common used technique in SEO for small businesses because the ROI is quite high.

The two most popular free blog sites are:

• Blogspot.com
• Wordpress.com

Many free blog hosts will allow you to create links and add your RSS feeds to the side bars. Be sure to do this but don't add too many on wordpress. They might consider it spam.

Creating lenses on Squidoo.com

You can create an article that relates to your site for adding to Squidoo lenses. I have found that longer lenses seem to do better long term. Take your time and create a helpful and informative page. Be sure to make use of the available modules like RSS, Youtube, and the image module.

Create hubs on Hubpages.com

Hubpages is similar to Squidoo but you should handle it differently. You will only receive a do follow back link if your hub score is 75 or above. They have done this to help reduce spam. Your hub score can sink if you use duplicate content. It might also be seen as spam if you create more than one link. They are very strict.

Share Documents on Scribd.com

Scribd allows you to upload pdf files for sharing. You can publish your article as a pdf file, include links and special offers and upload. Although Scribd is no follow site, the links in your file are clickable and scribd tends to do well in the search engines. Your scribd documents will get found.

Share documents on edocr.com

This website is similar to Scribd. Don't forget to include links in your pdf file. This is another website that is beginning to do well in the search engines. These are just a few ideas. The more back links you can create, the better. Other sites to consider in your article marketing are:

• Wetpaint.com
• Weebly.com
• Spongefish.com