Should I Remove My Articles From Article Directories?

[inhouseseo]

I have been submitting articles to directories for about 3 years. With the Panda update, it seems that these directories are now obsolete. So, if there is no link value from these articles: 1) should I remove these articles (at east the better ones) and place them on my site/blog? 2) If not, would there be any benefit at pointing some bookmarks at these old links to maybe get some juice out of them?

[AlanMosley]

You are correct they have little value,

It would be a good idea to place them on your own site instead, only that they are probably copied onto many other sites by now by screen scapers and you would not get credit for being the original.

You can try copy scape to see if they have been copied http://copyscape.com/

no dont point links at them, point the links at your own site instead.