It is far more advisable to choose one method and not only get very good at it, but put enough time and effort into it so that you do it better than anyone else is doing for your keyword. Keep in mind, each keyword is its own market. And what this means to you is that the only thing that matters to you is that one keyword, not all of them. You don't have to be number on the web to make money online – you generally just have to do one thing better than everyone else.

Now onto the topic at hand – article marketing for the purpose of building links.

I believe in massive action. This means that if you are going to build links – why not build the very most you can. What is the worst that can happen – you just might make #1? Think about this – what if it takes 50 links to get to the second page in google, but 60 to get to the first page? What if you only submit to 50 directories at first, just to see if that is enough – and you only get to the second page? Sure, you can submit a few more and you will probably climb – but why not just go the extra mile and get the very best ranking you can as fast as possible?

And that is what article marketing for the purpose of building links is all about. You want to gather as many inbound links as possible.