This week I spent some time researching a few more of the black hat and blue hat techniques that are being used to increase search ranking and web traffic.  What I am finding in my studies is that there are a number of affordable tools that are designed to automate the backlink process. 

As part of my SEO linking strategy, I am one for occasionally writing an article and then submitting it across the web (google Barrett Niehus)  I generally end up manually submitting my articles to ten or fifteen article directories for republishing.  This works great for me because the resource box for the article is always included which gets my name and links top the discount for the RedX Expired Listing Lead System in multiple places.   

I have however found a great new tool that is really going to streamline the process for me.  The tool is a software package that automatically submits your article to over 374 different article directories.  The software, Article Submitter, has an interesting video that walks through the submission process, but essentially once you enter your article, byline, author information and category data, the software goes to each directory populates the required forms and automatically submits the entire article.  There are a few directories that require you to enter the captcha verification codes as part of the process, but it is pretty straightforward.  Overall, the Article Submitter software allows me to increase the number of directory submission from around 15 to over 374!