Comments on: What Guest Blogging Is NOT: Getting It Right

By: Ann Smarty

Ann Smarty — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:19:54 +0000

Yes, that’s something we don’t allow

By: joshua logan

joshua logan — Tue, 07 May 2013 01:50:39 +0000

Derek Helpren in his video series said, you can create a super power solution, and change that article and then post it on other blogs as guest post. did he get it wrong?

By: jitendravaswani

jitendravaswani — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 06:31:35 +0000

You are absolutely correct , guest blogging is not link building. We can connect to many professional blogger through guest posting. It is way to build your online reputation & bringing more audience to your website with niche specific content. Many guest blogger consider guest posting wrongly & often spam guest posting

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:02:50 +0000

You should always use Copyscape. It is very cheap (5c per search) and it helped me avoid re-posts. After you publish your article try to index it as soon as possible, if somebody re-posts it on another site, at least you’ll have a priority in Google index.

By: Jerrywhyte

Jerrywhyte — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:17:21 +0000

Thanks for stressing the essence of correct guest posting/blogging and highlighting the few myths so many blogging rookies are having about this subject and its approach.

I came all the way from a link on Neil Patel’s Quickspot post on how to do guest blogging with other bloggers

Great site and service here. Thumb up

By: Michael Costin

Michael Costin — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:08:31 +0000

In 2013 it’s more important than ever that the guest blogs you post are unique. Google Penguin updates and cracking down on all the low quality junk on the web just means any links you gain will be discounted anyway. It’s worthwhile spending the time and effort crafting a great unique post for every high value blog you can find with a link to your site included. Quality over quantity.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:57:59 +0000

You bring up some great points here, Ann! I don’t see why people would want to publish their articles on multiple sites anyway. Associating your site with duplicate content will do nothing but hurt your rankings.

By: Jim Rush

Jim Rush — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:08:06 +0000

The purpose of guest blogging is quite simple, it’s to get backlinks, and possible traffic. However it all depends on how good the post is. A great post will receive more traffic, which means that the backlink will receive more traffic. It also means that the quality of the blog that the post is located on will increase, which will in return help the website the backlink points to.

Before you start writing, you should do research on the topic you’re writing about. There might already be 10 great posts about that subject, which means you’d be better off writing about something else.

Make sure you the topic is clear throughout the whole text, there should be a “keyword” in the title, intro, text. That way, the post will rank higher in search engines, which will result in more traffic.

“An image can speak a thousand words”, so make sure you find the correct amount of images, the correct color, and that the “quality” is perfect.

Does this make any sense?
Anyway, great post, Ann!

- Jim.

By: Priyanka

Priyanka — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:59:03 +0000

I have never used blog posts, A newer experience for me. Your post is surely going to help a lot. Thanks.

By: Examples of Good Guest Posts | Blogsession

Examples of Good Guest Posts | Blogsession — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:54:18 +0000

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