Most of my freelancing work consists of writing high quality articles or general web articles, and the other part of my freelancing work pertains to various SEO techniques to help boost existing content. So a site like The Web Articles Directory is definitely a familiar sight. I haven’t written articles for this particular site, but I have written articles for other, similarly designed and laid out sites.
The nice thing about web articles is that even if they are “generic” or they contain links to commercial websites, they almost always provide factual, up-to-date content. That’s a big thing with the clients I work for: even if the articles are for SEO purposes, the content must be factual, and it has to flow nicely and engage the reader. So what are these types of articles used for? Generally, they’re used to meet SEO needs. One of the easiest ways to get your site noticed by Google and other search engines is by placing content- and keyword-rich articles (of relevance) on your website.
An example of an article that meets SEO needs while providing the reader with interesting and/or useful information is an article on Autism, found in the “Child Health” category. As most of you know, Ryan, my three year old son, is autistic, and his special needs impact just about every aspect of our lives. He has been receiving therapeutic services since his initial evaluation in January 2008, and the services have only increased since his official diagnosis of autism in June 2008. Currently he attends a regular preschool twice a week, where he is aided by a therapist that is there just for him. He also attends a remedial preschool two other days of the week, where he’s one of five or so kids that all have developmental delays. At that school the adult to child ratio is nearly 1:1, and he is provided transportation to and from the school on a mini-bus.
The article I linked to doesn’t just go over the basics of autism; it actually goes more in-depth to describe and examine two types of autistic children: the one that has a scattered system disorder and requires rigid structure and routines to get through the day, and the child that needs to have their overly-organized system disrupted in order to branch out and deal with change. It was an interesting read, especially since I can see that Ryan has characteristics of both types of autistic children. He definitely needs structure, because if he doesn’t receive it he tends to fall back on his own little system, which usually involves him rocking, wandering around, or lining up magnets, toy cars, remotes, boxes, cans, or whatever else he can get his hands on.
The article about autism was very lengthy, so obviously you might not be interested in reading it unless you’re interested in autism and the autistic spectrum. Other articles aren’t quite so wordy. Take, for example, one of the more recent ones submitted to the site — Tips to help you decide which mortgage is best for you. That one was definitely much easier to follow along with!
For more info, check out web-articles.info. 
