| Several years ago I began an online business. | | | | Most webmasters have opted for trading. |
| At the time, the field I was entering was not all that | | | | But what, you may ask, do they have to trade? |
| crowded, search engine algorithms were much easier | | | | The trading arrangement which has evolved is one of |
| to manipulate, and links from relevent sites were not | | | | wriiten content in exchange for a hyperlink. |
| too tough to come by. | | | | Hyperlinks are gold in today's Internet economy. The |
| In short - if you wanted traffic, and were willing to do a | | | | more links a website has back to it, the higher it will |
| little footwork, you could get it. | | | | rank in the search engines. |
| Over the past few years, things have changed. | | | | Therefore, if I, as a webmaster, can obtain several |
| Almost by accident, I stumbled upon a method for | | | | hundred relevent links to my website, my search |
| increasing, quite dramatically, the number of visitors to | | | | engine rank goes way up, and I end up with a ton of |
| my website. | | | | visitors. |
| It turns out that almost everybody can design a really | | | | Do you see the possibilites? If you're a decent writer, |
| cool website...but very few people can write an | | | | you can end up having your articles published all over |
| interesting article. Writing is not a skill which is crucial in | | | | the Internet, with hyperlinks galore pointing back to your |
| todays world, and very few can do it well. | | | | website. |
| (I, on the other hand, have the opposite problem...it's one | | | | "But how" you ask, "do I hook up with website owners |
| of the few thing I can do well) | | | | who will publish my articles?". |
| So, what is a webmaster to do if he wants to provide | | | | Basically, there are several large article repositories |
| well written content to his visitors? Obviously, he needs | | | | online which will allow you to post your articles. Some |
| to get somebody else to write it for him. | | | | of these are: |
| That leaves two options: | | | | Go Articles |
| 1. Pay cold hard cash to a professional writer. | | | | Article BeamiSnare |
| 2. Find a way to entice good writers to write good | | | | Article Factory |
| content for free. | | | | Ezine Articles |
| 3. Trade something of value for well written content. | | | | There are actually quite a few more, if you do a |
| My father once told me that there's no such thing as a | | | | search in Google. |
| free lunch. I believe he was correct, so option 2 is out. | | | | Write a few articles, post them, and see what |
| That leaves paying or trading as the only viable | | | | happens! |
| options. | | | | |