Useful Features Of Article Directories

Often when visiting an article directory at first many readers just browse from one topic to another, or one article to another. Whilst this is great is fails to make full use of the many features available on article directories.

A common feature is an RSS feed. RSS - really simple syndication is a useful feature for anyone wanting free content for their own websites or blogs. They pick up a free feed from an article directory and direct it into their own site. Picking up a feed is incredibly easy. Just click on the RSS feed button, pick a topic you want a feed on and need copy the URL produced. You don't just need to be a website owner to make use of this feature. RSS feeds first started in the media where they have been in use for a long time, services like REUTERS and others produced constantly updated feeds of the latest news stories to various media outlets who could then chose which stories that wanted to run. The internet has made this process a whole lot simplier and given the number of people willing to give away free information on numerous topics, people can grab an RSS feed on nearly any topic for free. For the authors most article directories submit their topics to RSS feeds to help get more exposure for their authors, hence why it is better for an author to submit their article to an article directory and let the editor worry about the feeds.

Another useful feature of most article directories are ezine notifications. By clicking this button you can chose a topic your really interested in and be updated whenever someone has submitted a new article on that topic to the article directory. For example if you are really interested in model trains, you might choose and article directory that had a topic of "hobbies" and click to be advised anytime there is a new topic in that section. You just enter your e-mail address and the rest is looked after by the article directory. You will be immediately notified by e-mail of any new posted article in that topic. Also a great feature for anyone involved in serious study or research on a particular topic as they quickly are given the latest information published on the net on that topic.

If you have a favourite author that you love reading you can normally also select to be advised whenever they publish any new article.

So time to start making your favourite article directories work harder for you.

Readers and authors are most welcome to visit http://www.article-gems.com and get RSS feeds and ezine notifications. For authors submit your articles and let the editors do the hard work.

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