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Set Up an Article Directory to Make Money Online

The best part about having an article directory is that one can print their views on anything, although that’s not reason enough to set up an article directory. The main reason is to get the articles published without any restrictions, like other article directories demand. Like, there should be no ‘affiliate links’.

It’s not very difficult setting up an article directory and is cheap as chips. The script for an article directory is free, the only expenses involved are buying the domain name and hosting.

Generic domain name
When buying a domain name, it is advisable to buy something generic and something short, may be a five or six letter domain like Google or Yahoo. You could buy the domain name from GoDaddy or Namecheap but since the domain names would be brand new, they will not have any PR attached to them. It is wise to buy a domain with an already good PR. These domains are available for sale in the ‘services’ section of any marketing forum, like Digital Point Forum. It is not required to spend more than $100, in fact a great deal may be found for around $50 for a PR4 or PR5 domain name.

Installation of Script
Once the domain is decided upon, the next thing to be done would be to find an article directory script and hosting. There are two free article directory scripts available. One is called the Article Dashboard and the other is EvoArticles. Article Dashboard is free but slightly difficult to install for beginners, whereas EvoArticle is easier to install.

If you find it difficult installing the scripts, hiring someone to do this would be the best way out and it is not expensive at all. Modification of the template is required to make it more presentable.

Once you have installed and uploaded the article script to your web host. Your article directory is launched on the Internet and ready to be visited by others. There are a few things that need to be done to get the directory going online.

Get Free Content for Your Article Directory
The first thing to do is to promote your articles to invite people to sign up as an author and submit articles for publication on your article directory. You can get some people to become authors and contribute to your directory but announcing your article directory in Internet marketing forum like Digital Point and V7n forum. To find more authors and writers, you may try using article marketing techniques. Write a series of articles related to article marketing and submit them to a list of top articles directories. Make sure you introduce your article directory in your author bio and invite the readers to become authors.

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