If you are trying to build up links for a site, submitting content to article directories should be an integral part of your efforts. By submitting quality content to some of these sites you can gain fee HTML links that you can even control the anchor text of (in the about section of an article). Additionally, if your article is good it can even get picked up by bloggers looking for content and generate even more free links.

But if you just Google “article directory lists” you are going to find dozens of old directories that will never publish your article. Or, they do publish your article but you can never find it on their site. And odds are if you can’t find it then neither can a search engine bot.

To help all of you reading my blog, please enjoy the following list of 15 article directories that my business uses with all of our clients. They all allow for HTML in the about the author sections, and most importantly they are quick. Meaning your content and links will show up quickly and be visible to both search engines and other bloggers.

1.    http://ezinearticles.com
2.    http://www.articledashboard.com/
3.    http://www.easyarticles.com/
4.    http://www.articletrader.com/
5.    http://www.goarticles.com/
6.    http://www.articlealley.com/
7.    http://www.articlecube.com
8.    http://www.free-articles-zone.com/
9.    http://www.a1articles.com
10.    http://www.postarticles.com
11.    http://www.articletogo.com/
12.    http://www.articlenexus.com
13.    http://www.articlesbase.com/
14.    http://www.thearticleworld.com/
15.    http://www.articlebiz.com/
16.    http://www.1articleworld.com/
17.    http://www.article-buzz.com/
18.    http://articlecrazy.com