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Zinos is a searchable database and digest of ezines covering over 30
topics. The site serves two useful purposes. First, here you can quickly find
relevant ezines that could carry stories and links to your website. Such
ezines are often hungry for well-written copy. Second, you can also publish your own articles on the Zinos site and include a prominent link to your site.
Tip: When you find a useful resource like Zinos, you'll want to find more just
like it. How? Do a backwards link test on your chosen publication using your
Google Toolbar. For example, if you're interested in finding more sites like Zinos, when at the site, simply click on the "Backward Links" link on your toolbar. This returns about 346 Web pages that link to Zinos. Scan through these quickly and you will frequently strike gold. For example, I found a reference to a site that has compiled a list of over 40 sites just like Zinos. So go find an ezine you like, do a backwards link test and quickly scan through the results until you find a directory or resource pages that will lead you to many more.
NOTE: If you do not use the Google Toolbar (it only works on IE browsers), you
can also search for websites that link to a particular site by typing the command -
link http://www.zinos.com (using the site domain of your choice) into the main Google search box.