@iamdhaval Personally, I have stopped using this tactic submitting articles to these directories. With the recent Panda Updates you will run the risk of having your content penalized instead create quality, relevant content, timely distribute that content. Address the needs of your industry, offer some help the rewards follow. 

I think the point is that article directories aren’t particularly useful for SEO, period.

From what I see, most people today are focusing on tactics such as guest posting. Another possibility: combining good “link-worthy” content on their site along with social media promotion of that content to attract traffic and links.

If you must submit to directories, I’d say to focus only on a small handful of top-notch directories. The emphasis here should be on quality, not quantity. Then write a different article for each directory so the content is unique. You can use the same topic for all of them, but make sure each article is different. (This does NOT mean “run the keywords a couple of times through ‘article spinner’ software”. I’m talking about creating honest-to-goodness, good-quality, unique articles.)

Just don’t expect much in the way of results, IMO.

@iamdhaval

I agree with the sentiment here: Article Marketing is dead. 

I would instead suggest creating quality content at your own blog and look for guest blogging opportunities at related blogs. 

You may want to go check out the Blogging Club for more advice on that. 

Good luck!

@Dhaval Gandhi I would take on board the great advice from the folk above and move from an article marketing strategy to a guest blogging strategy. There is work to do in identifying possible opportunities in each client market but once contact is established the job is similar – write informative, educational, relevant and inspiring copy – Simple