Sunday, November 14, 2010

Common Mistakes When Article Writing

By Hazel Knox

As an article directory owner, there are numerous common mistakes that many article authors make, a few of which can directly affect how successful an article is in its purpose of web site promotion.

One of the most typical errors that are made is not reading over an article to check for spelling errors. Although it is easy to understand that the occasional spelling error may go unnoticed, it is not unusual to find articles with lots of errors throughout. This instantly conveys that the article author is not as bothered about the article as they should be and is simply utilizing it to try and get their resource box link out to as many websites as possible.

But what about human visitors utilizing article directories?

In order to gain traffic directly from article directories, it's essential that the article is interesting but also grammatically correct and spell checked, so that readers will respect the article and will be much more likely to read it to the end and follow the resource box link. An article author who does not spell check an article following completion is not only at a disadvantage on a lot of promotion and wasting time submitting to article directories that reject the article, but also from the direct traffic which could have been received from the directories that do accept it.

One surprising mistake that is made by a few, even though not as common as spelling and grammatical errors, is an incorrect/broken link provided in the resource area. This area is meant to be the section where a reader will read a short promotional segment about what you and your website offers after which to hopefully follow the link to your site. However, on occasions, mistakes are made in the URL. For example, I've noticed a web site with an URL like "mypetdog.com" spelt as "myptedog.com". This is a clear typo which many article directory owners will notice and correct, however it is feasible that a lot of traffic and link popularity is being lost from directory owners who miss the error and accept the article "as is".

One more mistake, and one that is a pet hate of numerous article directory owners, is article authors who don't read a site's terms of service and article submission guidelines before submission. This is demonstrated repeatedly when authors submit articles with more links in the resource box, for example, or directly linking to an affiliate program. Even though numerous errors are corrected by article directory owners, there are a few which are merely rejecting articles that don't abide by the submission guidelines, since you will find so many others to review that there's no time to correct articles.

To increase the likelihood of an article being accepted, ensure that the layout is properly formatted. This is to state that the article is not formatted to a specific line width but instead, should flow to the end of the line and onto the following line. Space paragraphs clearly as paragraphs with a line space between them.

Most likely the biggest point to remember here is to double check an article before submission. If feasible, also have a friend read the article to check for errors. Doing this will allow for the best feasible results to be acquired from the submission.

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