Duplicate content is a pretty big issue at the moment, there is so much misinformation flying around on the subject.
I wouldn’t let the duplicate content issue put you off submitting articles to directories however, this is still one of the best ways of building one way links to your site, the problem is that Google
If you aren’t getting links to your site then you are really going to struggle getting listed in the search engines.
When you are doing your link campaign, make sure that your linking text is keyword targeted. For example, if I wrote an article promoting this site, instead of just having a link like
If you are new to affiliate marketing and want your own website, I would recommend getting yourself a wordpress blog to start with as they are so easy to setup.
You can have your blog up and running within an hour, all you would have to do is add content. On a new blog you should