jsteele823 - 7:24 pm on Jan 13, 2010 (gmt 0)

Smita, the problem with what you mention is that the article is ranking.

The question was whether or not it would help the article submitter's site to rank.

If you're targeting low-competition terms, then article submission can work. They won't always, and in most cases, won't work at any noticeable degree.

Not to mention if the article is good enough to rank on its own by attracting its own links, wouldn't you have been better off to post that article on your own site?