I am very new to web development - basically I am in the process of creating something specific that I was looking for and couldn't find. My husband and I are plugging along, a few hours here and there, and people are actually finding us on Google and reading several pages.

As the site nears the state where I want to actively market it, I see that some promote the idea of submitting original articles to sites that offer free content to other publishers, in exchange for a link to your website.

I see the logic behind this - the problem is, the other articles I read on those sites are really quite terrible. Some just suffer from poor grammar, others make no sense at all. Do people actually use these articles on their sites? How could this content add value?

I'd like to make some of my articles available to other sites, but I don't want to post them with what's there. Are there free article sites that offer quality content that I just can't seem to find? Should I submit my work to individual websites - as I would for a newspaper or magazine?

Many thanks in advance for any help you could provide.