What would you do with unqiue articles?

[activitysuper]

Hi,

If you had 10 articles which are unqiue and around 400 - 600 words what would you do with them?

I personally would more then likely put on squidoo, wordpress, blogger, weebly, hub pages etc and orientate the setup of these around my target keyword so the title tags, urls, h1's and content are around the term and then place anchor text links (2 of them) in the content of each one.

I would then social bookmark each on the top 10 sites.

Because it takes so long for me to write the content I sometimes think would it be best to put on the onsite blog.

What would others do with this content, is there something else I could do with it that would have a great impact on rankings?

[giantpeach]

What about writing a guest post for a decent related site?

[activitysuper]

Yeap that is a very good option as well, thanks for bringing that to my attention.

[rhutchings]

I would do a couple of things:

1. Spin the articles for your own on-site blog.  Although many SEOs look down on article spinning, a good article spun by a good source (even yourself) can double the content.  That way you have something to still put on your site's blog, ans have something to marketing with that is not duplicate content.

2. Find a good link wheel service that will take your article and put then up on relevant blogs and social sites. (similar to what gianpeach said)

[activitysuper]

mmm I know of both these methods and they kind of lean into the dark arts if you know what I mean.

The first one I would not do purely because I would be worried I had not spun the article enough but its till a known method just not for me.

Second one is interesting because I have heard pros and cons on link wheels, I have to admit mostly bad but some good.

[rhutchings]

agree on the spinning.  That word really has a black hat rep, i prefer to say "re-write".  I have in-house content writers and myself, so its a tactic will utilized but closely monitored.

Link wheels are like link building.  Most services are bad and spammy, but every once in a while, you find some decent ones.  I have used one called PostRunner before, and they turn out some decent article & blog posting service.

[EGOL]

What I would do with them depends upon their quality.

If they are best-on-the-web for their topic I would post on my own site and recruit links into them.

If they are less than best-on-the-web for their topic I would improve them.

If they are really bad I would offer them to a competitor.

[AnthonyMangia]

I agree with EGOL.  When people say that your best content belongs on your website, I always ask myself - why are you spending time creating content that isn't your best?  Whether you intend to put an article on your website or use it for a guest post opportunity, you owe it to yourself to only put your name on the best quality work you can produce.  You'll create way more opportunities for yourself down the road as you start to be seen as an expert in your niche.