Newspapers often print articles written by businesses that provide free material for the publication on the one condition that the contact information be specified too. And there is a profit for both parties. For instance you can read about how to prepare your home and garden for winter just before the cold months begin, and such content is offered by a business that deals in insulation systems. There are hundreds of similar examples for article marketing, and the strategies are used worldwide.

Things go on in pretty much a similar way on the Internet, where web developers submit articles to spread the word about their business. The submission to article directories is usually free of charge since the website owner collects most of his/her revenue from advertising. The traffic and the page ranking depend on the creation of backlinks through article submission to web directories. The more backlinks you create, the more relevant visitors you attract to your main web page.