What Does Your Article Need?

What Does Your Article Need?
By Vickie J. Scanlon

Writing Articles online is different than writing an article in school or college. yes, it does follow the same format, but the article online should emphasize more than quality content. What should your article include:


Quality Content

Quality content is a given with any article you write. If people like what you write, and maybe learn a list one tip, you've succeeded. So, what do you do first? Start and finish your article with quality content, with the specific keywords that you want to emphasize.


Keywords

Keywords should be used within the article. The keywords should be specific to the topic and web page you want to direct your audience and to which your resource box will later reference or should reference.

If you are specific to the keywords chosen, you will get the targeted market that you are looking for from an individual's search.


Subtitles

Subtitles should have keywords within the subtitle. Not only does that help the search engines but it also helps your readers. Online readers are scanners.


Resource Box

The resource box is your friend, because this is where you will give the individual an opportunity to look a web page or product on your site. So treat your only connection to your reader with care. With that being said, what do you want in your resource box, and just as importantly, what should you avoid.


What is needed in a Resource Box:

1. Your Name
2. Website Address
3. Direct the individual to the web page that the topic of the article is about.
4. An anchor Url - the anchor url should have a keyword or keyword phrase. Do not over do this
feature.

Resource Box

1. A list of all your websites. Most article directories will either reject you article outright or may specify how many links you can have within the resource box.
2. A pitch toward a product or service that isn't relevant to the topic you are discussing.
3. Resource box should be benefit oriented-if not no benefit to you