Undoubtedly, Internet is touted as the best source to look up for help and information on any topic under the sun. Internet is the source where one can easily locate thousands of thousands of articles on a plethora of topics easily. This is made possible because of the concept of article directories. Article directories are basically a place where a number of writers/bloggers on the web can put their articles on display. These articles are posted here so that they can be easily made available to the targeted audience. The main aim of posting articles on an article directory is that once the visitors will chance upon a number of articles at a common platform, which are written by a writer. They can automatically then, contact the writer by tracking him down till the writer's own website. Writers expect that these visitors will automatically visit their website and make purchases, as in for particular software and other services.

Article directories only authenticate those authors who can submit their own creative articles rather than blandly plagiarizing someone else's work. Most of the article directories do not promote affiliate marketing through the articles, which are being posted on their site as this simply nulls the purpose of posting articles in the first place. People look up the net and read these articles in order to learn something new and gain information on a variety of topics. But, if each article starts being ended up by links to other professional websites and URL's of other sites which deal in the product or service being discussed in the article is not promoted at all by the article directories. None of the article directory will happily promote the process of affiliate marketing. While submitting an article, a writer must ensure that the article is duly submitted in any one of the categories, rather than being posted in several categories simultaneously.

Article directories expect the writers to keep the general guidelines in their mind before writing an article for them. These include keeping track of the word count and ensuring that it is within the specified word limit. It could be possible that a number of article directories may be having strict guidelines regarding the usage of capital letters and other specific instructions, such as inclusion of a title, summary, font style, etc. in an article which a writer will be expected to adhere to. Article directories are also very specific about the use of HTML and other languages and formats in which an article is submitted with the directory. An authentic article directory will never support articles, which are live examples of keyword spamming.

Though the guidelines may expect the writer to include a keyword a limited number of times but overstuffing the article with keywords is strongly discouraged and will be branded under the category of spam. Also, they will only allow articles, which have made use of correct grammar and sentence structure in their content, which can assure the readers that the article has been submitted by an experienced and highly educated writer.