by Mark Mason | Jun 11, 2009 | Internet Marketing, Video
Updated 2026: This post was part of a tutorial series about Automatic Article Submitter, a now-defunct tool for submitting articles to online directories. The software and the directory ecosystem it served are both history. But this installment introduced the concept...
by Mark Mason | Jun 6, 2009 | Internet Marketing, Video
Updated 2026: This post launched a multi-part video tutorial series about Automatic Article Submitter, article marketing software that automated the process of submitting content to article directories. Both the software and the article directory model are completely...
by Mark Mason | May 20, 2009 | Internet Marketing
Back in 2009, I was genuinely excited about Automatic Article Submitter. I ran a case study using the software to submit articles about chicken coops to article directories, and it actually drove traffic. At the time, article submission software felt like a...
by Mark Mason | May 11, 2009 | Internet Marketing
Updated 2026: This post originally explained the mechanics of article spinning, a technique used to create multiple “unique” versions of a single article for submission to article directories. Article spinning was a common SEO tactic in 2009. Today it is...
by Mark Mason | Apr 1, 2009 | Announcements
Editor's note (2026): Article marketing — the practice of submitting keyword-stuffed articles to online directories for backlinks — is completely dead as an SEO strategy. Google's algorithm updates eliminated article directories as a viable ranking tactic...
