Are Article Directories Still Effective for Link Building?

As blog owners there is really nothing we love more than some good quality backlinks coming to our sites. The best backlinks are ones that come naturally from other bloggers and through social media. However not all of us can create incoming links simply by relying on outside bloggers and our site readers.For times like these many bloggers will look to alternative solutions to build incoming links. One of these alternatives is through article marketing and directories.The concept behind article directories is simple. Writers sign up to the web site and provide quality content and…