A great way to get traffic and create backlinks is to use article submission services. With that said, some article submission services are better then others.
It is important to know if your submission site is sending out unique articles or if they are sending out the same article to every directory. Some article submission services will send your article out to directories using the same article.
This poses a problem because the major search engines do not like duplicate content and will pay no attention to all of the articles that have been sent out. If this is the case you will get the same traffic as just sending out one article and the backlinks will hold no importance to the site you are trying to get traffic on.
Another thing to watch for is article submission services that use keyword spinning to provide unique content. Keyword spinning only provides the articles with about 30% uniqueness which is the bare minimum you can have and call it unique content. Often times the articles will not have a good flow and can seem computer written which will negatively affect your click through rates.
Again this diminishes the chances of your article being found by viewers and getting the quality traffic and backlinks that you are trying to achieve.
Another big question you should ask is what the quality is of the sites your article will go to. If all of the site have a very low PR then the backlinks will not count for as much and your articles will not hold much importance to the search engines.
The last thing to look for is price. Is it a one time fee to send out x amount of articles or is it a monthly fee that allows you to send out as many articles as you want?
Depending on the amount of articles you plan on submitting a month, a monthly fee for unlimited article submissions is the best deal. The more articles you write the more visitors you will receive.
