I’ve been using a bunch of software to grab articles from free article directories. So far I have used Article Automator, Article Equalizer and now Article Fetcher.

Article Automator

My favourite of them all is Article Automator even though I had some issues with generating the index page of the articles. I hope the author has fixed those issues I had when I used that software some time ago. I like its ability to create RSS feeds from your list of articles and its search by keyword function that saves me a lot of time.

Article Equalizer

I don’t like Article Equalizer because I feel the logic of searching for articles is wrong with that software. You have to select the article category and the look through a long list of articles in that directory and select the ones you want. There is a search tool for you search for keywords in the articles but that is only AFTER you select your category. This is a big problem if you are trying to look for articles across multiple categories. Futhermore, the time it takes to retrieve the articles in each category is very slow even on my broadband connection. I am glad I got a refund for this.

Article Fetcher

This is a new one that I have tested out recently. Its only $37 while the rest will cost you $97. At first I thought I got a steal but after using the software I realised I get what I pay for. There is no template function in this software and that means you can only create plain articles without integrating into your web site design. You will have to do it manually with your html editor to make the articles look like your site layout. What a waste of time. Article Fetcher only grabs articles from 1 source only. I hope the author makes some changes quick because its just not good enough at the moment.

Article Directories

All the software above grab articles from some free article directory. So if you’ve got time on your hands to “do it yourself”. Visit these sites and grab the articles that relate to your site.

1. Go Articles
2. Article City
3. Ezine Articles

Some other great places to get free articles:

1. Wikipedia
2. Project Gutenberg

Wikipedia’s an amazing place to learn about anything. They let you use their articles as long as you include their copyright notice.

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