Are article sites a good way to generate traffic and links

[ClaireH-184886]

I read a lot that article sites are a great way to generate links and traffic but i would like to hear from people on here to see about their experience with article sites.  I have tried  article sites and i have to be honest that most of them  are no follow links and have also not generate any traffic.

I have written over 30 articles for  free article sites with no  traffic coming from them and this has been done over a eight month period

can anyone recommend any good article sites that can produce traffic and also ones that produce do follow

If you feel i am wasting my  time  putting articles on free sites then please do tell me

[EGOL]

If you feel i am wasting my  time  putting articles on free sites then please do tell me

Yes.  If they sites where anybody can post any article then, yes, you are wasting your time.

However, if you are a fantastic knitter (plus a fantastic writer) and the most authoritative and picky websites about knitting will post one of your articles - and even pay you for it.  Then you are not wasting your time... but even in that situation I would not be giving my articles away.

....but, that's just me talking and 85% or more of the people out there will be giving you different advice.  So, the answer to this question is not how many people are saying something, the answer really is what strategy should you should be listening to.