Do article submissions work for SEO?

[joeko]

Im wondering if article submissions with backlink  work for seo?  How google handle with these submissons?

Thanks

[Solvari]

I think this whiteboard friday will tell you a bit more about it.

[TomRayner]

Article directories have been heavily devalued with the big Google updates.  While they were once quite powerful, that time has now gone.

Definitely won't say they won't pass any value at all, because they will, but put it this way - for every 1 article you submit to a general article submission site, you could probably find 100 better websites, blogs or more to post it to.