The Search Light Vol.7 Issue 4, free search engine marketing newsletter

Writing articles and submitting them to article directories is a great way to build an online profile and to increase traffic to your web site. However as many of you know, the article submission process can be time consuming. Here at Search Engine College we generate and receive a high volume of quality articles each month. So you can imagine we were interested to take up Cristina Mailat's request to review Fastlink2's latest product Submit Suite - Article Submitter.

Product Features:

Article Submitter can submit an article to over 640 article directories in a matter of hours. The author information/profile page contains all the fields required to sign-up and submit to each article directory in the database. New article directories are added all the time and an update can be downloaded quickly and easily with each use.

The article submission process is semi-automated which means a directory can be selected from the database manually or can be selected according to page rank and category. A drop-down menu containing a list of categories is provided for each article directory. This ensures that each article is published in the most relevant category available.

Main benefits:

The submission of an article to multiple directories at once, saves a large amount of time. Once all necessary information regarding a particular article is entered into the fields provided, that article is ready for submission to any directory in the database. There is no need to reformat each article to suit individual submission requirements.

The database is updated with new directories regularly, so scouring for new ezines and article directories is no longer necessary. If a directory you like is not on the list, it can be submitted for consideration via a direct link to Submit Suite from the main user interface. And just as others benefit from you finding a new directory to submit to, you benefit from the research of others all around the world.

Possible limitations:

At this stage the software is designed to submit articles by one author only. There is no multiple author/profile tool. However Fastlink2 indicated later editions of this product will have a multi-author profile capacity. Submission is limited to one article at a time, and an article cannot be scheduled for future posting.

Article Submitter records where each article has been posted but does not save the article content itself. This is not really an issue as presumably authors keep a library of all their own work. Although it can only submit to directories contained within its database, with over 670 directories available, the Submitter will satisfy the requirements of even the most prolific author.

My Favourite Feature:

After playing around with this product over the last month, I have decided my favourite feature is the sheer volume of article directories to choose from and the benefit of having the list updated regularly without any research effort on my part. As a resource for authors this product could very well replace the need for a Virtual Assistant! Well nearly...

How much does it cost?

Submit Suite specialise in products designed to help small business operators and all their products are available for evaluation before you purchase. The Article Submitter is neat, easy to use and is reasonably priced at just $47.00 USD. It would quickly pay for itself in regards to its time-saving capacity alone. Article Submitter can be submitting your recent articles while you are busy writing new ones! Benefits are greatest for those who need it only for submitting their own articles. If you need to submit articles by several authors, then keep an eye out for future versions.

Happy writing everyone!

About the Author

Article by Sarah Parker (BA. Comm), Virtual Assistant for Jordan Consulting Group.