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Next week we are going to discuss linking practices on our monthly Google Plus Hangout: That will be your perfect chance to ask us your questions!
Today, in preparation for that talk, we sum up the previously discussed linking topics to create a all-in-one resource to make your life easier! READ MORE… »
Upcoming (5/31/13) MyBlogGuest Google+ Hangout On Air 
Are you ready for our May 2013 MyBlogGuest Google+ Hangout On Air? It is coming up, Friday, May 31, 2013.
MBG Hangout: 11am EDT Google+ Event Page
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We will be talking about linking. We covered it extensively in Twitter Chats, but this will be an opportunity to cover it face to face. We will also talk about the *why* for guidelines within MyBlogGuest, as it relates to Google’s rules and algorithms. This would be a great time to ask questions, where you need more clarification on what is allowed and what is not allowed, why, and what the best practices are. READ MORE… »
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Even though it seems to be a hot trend now, co-citation is not a new topic in web marketing world. @jimboykin blogged about co-citation back in 2006, for example; but for some reason it seems so hard to believe that few people care to think about it (“What? Giving someone free links???” – that’s the philosophy we are fighting with!).
Co-citation is about analyzing your link neighbors. If we talk about a guest blogging in particular, here’s how it looks:
Academics have been using co-citation since the dawn of the printing press. Much of the algorithm is academic in nature. #myblogguest
— Don Sturgill (@Roadturn) May 16, 2013
@jeremybenno I think they mean that co-citation allows both author and blogger to support eachother #myblogguest
— Givelify (@Givelify) May 16, 2013
With lots of lower quality writers and link builders trying to ruin the concept of guest blogging (scaring away some bloggers), it is easy to fail to see the bigger picture: Guest blogging is the way to build contacts through great content.
You don’t disable comments simply because you get a lot of spam ones. Similarly, you don’t disallow guest posts simply because you got a couple of low quality pitches.
The benefits of guest blogging and accepting guest posts WAY outweigh the inconvenience of dealing with people who don’t get it: And one of our happy publishers has the proof today! READ MORE… »
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Today we are happy to announce our spring contest winners! And here they go:
☆ Most active publisher - Sabrina Sabino (sabrinasabino). Sabrina published 193 articles through our plugin and gets $500!
☆ Most active “interacter” – Kiesha Easley (keasley) gets $500 for replies to comments and interacts with the guest author in the post 5 Ways To Use Pinterest Besides Image Sharing READ MORE… »
Today was the last day of our spring contest! Hold your breath… We are counting results, and will announce all the winners this Thursday at our weekly twitter chat.
At the meantime April is over, and we are happy to introduce you the roundup of 20 guest posts published last month.
1. 5 Must Have Attributes To Land A Junior SEO Job (via andy-morley.co.uk): So, you seem to be in search for a junior SEO but hardly imagine what you should ask during the interview as no experience? Just keep in mind these tips by Stacey Cavanagh of listingthings.co.uk and everything will go on wheels!
2. Freelancer Tricks to Accurately Estimate Deadlines (via aboutfreelance.com): I bet I’m not the only one who thinks deadlines to be a kind of the sword of Damocles. Are you the one? These helpful tricks by Karol K. of writersincharge.com helped me a lot, maybe you should try as well? READ MORE… »
Intro by Ann: This article is written by MyBlogGuest user. It is courtesy of Elite Articles Gallery, our newest feature featuring highest-quality pre-moderated content!
“I liked the shaver so much, I bought the company.”
This was the catchphrase of the 1980s television commercial for Remington Electric Shavers. It featured the company owner, Victor Kiam, who proudly noted he bought the company after his wife gave him his first electric shaver as a gift.
At around the same time, Steve Jobs was thinking about how to get people interested in personal computers. One way was to make the product cool. Until then computers were viewed as industrial machines no individual would ever need to own. Jobs started wearing his “beatnik” outfit consisting of jeans and black turtleneck, and suddenly the machines he was selling seemed downright artsy. READ MORE… »
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As you might know, we’ve been requiring subheadings (as well as images) since day 1 on MyBlogGuest.
Someone may criticize us for enforcing these quality standards on users but we’ve been always good at doing what we’ve believed in.
With the introduction of the new higher quality level – Elite Guest Articles – we can’t stress the necessity of well-structured content enough…
So first let’s try to understand why we need subheadings in the first place:
An image is worth a thousands of words:
We’ve talked about subheadings during our April hangout on Google Plus; here are some takeaways: READ MORE… »
I’ve always enjoyed seeing people so eagerly spread the word about MyBlogGuest. It’s so awesome to know that nowadays when everyone is so focused on income, our members give us so much free love!
Today I am sharing the most recent video and text reviews from our members featuring our WordPress plugin as well as our Elite Gallery:
MyBlogGuest hung out on Friday, April 26th for our April hangout.
Our participants for this hangout included (in order of Google layout): Don Sturgill, Gerald Weber, Michael Cohn, Min Min, Phil Turner, Shannon Hutcheson, and Deborah Anderson.
We created a takeaways version of the hangout in this short video
You may also view the April 2013 MyBlogGuest Hangout Full Video. READ MORE… »
