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Article submission sites are rated below guest blogs by search engines for various reasons. Article sites have been filled with duplicate content and they usually accept articles on any topic. On the contrary, a guest blog is moderated by the blog owner and only good quality articles are accepted. These blogs are related to certain industry and therefore have relevant content on related topics only which gives more value to readers. This makes guest blogs much preferable than article sites.

Both of these tactics have their uses. Today, the way search engines prioritize backlinks, guest posting on a good blog is more effective. On the other hand often article submission is faster and easier. If your blogging business plan consider long term goal, guest posting is the best approach, and for short term goal keep a mixture of article directory and guest posting.

Here is another thought, which came into mind: Since Google launched Google plus your world search, in some time most of search engine traffic (Google) will come from personalized recommended search, and how many of you follow blogs and how many of you follow article directories? So, in long run approach, guest posting is my suggestion.