guest blogging is great if not abused
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Guest Blogging Is Great If Not Abused
What Is Guest Blogging?
Ever since the search engines came out people have been trying to figure out a way to play thesystem. They have used just about every trick and tip out there to build links to their sites. Thisis all done with one goal in mind. Get more website traffic to their blog. And the concept ofdoing a guest blog post for someone isn’t new. But in recent months since Panda and Penguinit has come to the forefront.
In order to continue I thought I would define guest blogging to you. Simply put when you haveanother person write a blog post for your blog that is a guest blog. Pretty easy right. In anothercontext when you write a post for someone elses site your providing my site a guest blog post.
For example. Many people don’t know this but I am member of a blogging community. Weread each others content. Provide social bookmarking and social sharing solutions to eachother. And most importantly we comment on each others blogs. Now this is a goodarrangement because I don’t have to search for new sites to comment on all the time.
During some restructoring of the community I volunteered to help out. And as a results I hadthe opportunity to do a guest blog post on the groups main site. (You can read it here join thegroup too. If you can’t figure out how him me up and I’ll get you signed up)
When writing the definition of guest blogging you have to cover the benefits of following thisprocess as well. First lets say that your site really isn’t that popular right now. So you need toget your name out there. And through the power of networking you find that your new bloggingbuddy will let you post some content on his popular site. Thus you will get some of his/herlisteners reading your content. Perhaps they come over to your site and see what your allabout.
The second benefit is the backlink that you will receive to your website. This will help increaseyour rankings. As well as increase the authority Google awards your site over the long run.
Where Can You Find Guest Bloggers?
Here is a great list of places you can try to post courtesy of the folks at Webuildlink.com.
Internet Marketing & SEO
URL Age Alexa IL
searchenginepeople.com 6 Oct 13 1999 13729
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mpdailyfix.com 5 Jul 1 2006 47653
webdesignbooth.com 5 May 13 2009 14527
reelseo.com 5 Sep 14 2007 7634
dkspeaks.com 4 Feb 3 2009
madimmarketing.com 4 Apr 19 2009 38616
bigmarketingsmallbusiness.com 4 Oct 3 2009
dailyseotip.com 4 Aug 9 2008 26892
seo-hacker.com 4 Apr 25 2010 36787 63
seodesk.org 3 Dec 24 2007 31550
seoandy.com 3 Mar 18 2009 93
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alexwhalley.com 3 Feb 6 2010 42845
fmsseo.com 3 Nov 3 2009
kerryseo.co.uk 3 Sep 1 2010
bpwrap.com 3 Oct 5 2009
bosmol.com 3 Mar 30 2004
canimakebigmoneyonline.com 3 Nov 23 2005
kikolani.com 3 Aug 12 2008 15862
newbizshop.com 3 Dec 15 2008
seinternetmarketing.com 2 Jun 27 2008 14
seocenter.com 2 May 31 2003
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wpblogmagazine.com 2 Jun 30 2009
allinanchor.com 1 Mar 6 2006 15
internetmarketingnigeria.com 1 Apr 30 2007 57
Health & Fitness
URL Age Alexa IL
organicjar.com 4 Oct 13 2007
thehealthymoms.net 3 Mar 11 2009
healingtalks.com 3 Oct 3 2009
parentingpink.com 3 Jul 5 2008
actabit.com 3 Feb 23 2005
dailyhealthcare.net 2 Jan 19 2010 4
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healthresource4u.com 2 May 2 2010
worldhealthhub.com 2 Nov 18 2008 76
mensweekly.co.uk 2 Jan 27 2007
theperfecthealth.com 1 Sep 23 2002 88
Web Design
URL Age IL
flowingdata.com 7 Oct 16 2007
smashingmagazine.com 7 Oct 9 2006 582
sitepoint.com 7 May 10 2000 1017
hongkiat.com/blog 6 Feb 1 2001 1765
problogdesign.com 5 Aug 18 2007
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webdesigneraid.com 5 Jul 16 2010 79
youthedesigner.com 5 Jan 13 2007
artfans.info 5 May 14 2009
ourtuts.com 5 Mar 22 2009
topdesignmag.com 4 Sep 11 2010
tooft.com 4 Jan 29 2010
sitesketch101.com 4 Jun 16 2009
psdeluxe.com 3 Feb 14 2009
webdesignne.ws 1 May 8 2009 63
Business & Finance
URL Age Alexa IL
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investopedia.com 7 Feb 29 2000 1579
personalfinance4all.com 3 Nov 5 2010
financialmentor.com 3 Aug 16 2000
calbrokermag.com 3 Dec 6 2000
seniormoneymemos.com 3 Dec 25 2008
theglaringfacts.com 3 Jan 2 2010
standstrongresearch.com 2 Oct 1 2010 30
yourfamilyfinances.com 2 Jan 28 2003 62
markettalk.com 2 Dec 20 1996 5
businessaccent.com 2 Dec 17 2008 72
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financingwealth.com 2 Jun 15 2006
financeandloans.biz 1 Mar 28 2010 2
Computer & Software
URL Age Alexa IL
ciscopress.com 7 Dec 6 1998 97592
informit.com 7 Oct 12 1999 11009
freesoftwaremagazine.com 6 Oct 29 2001
ilovefreesoftware.com 6 Dec 16 2007 10319
dotnetcurry.com 5 Nov 11 2007 41772
maketecheasier.com 5 Nov 12 2007 10629 71
enterprisefeatures.com 4 Mar 12 2010 1
softwaretestinghelp.com 3 Mar 19 2007 61271
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tech2date.com 3 Dec 9 2007 32195
codeweek.pk 1 Feb 8 2010
Education
URL PR Age Alexa IL
asbj.com 6 Jul 7 1997
edudemic.com 5 May 16 2004 57267
africanbrains.net 5 Mar 18 2004
minglebox.com 5 Mar 21 2004 9177
allynbaconmerrill.com 5 Apr 7 2006
angelamaiers.com 5 Jun 9 2007
saycampuslife.com 4 Dec 13 2007
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world.edu 4 May 20 2007
I know a lot of those are article directory types sites. So don’t forget these great resources.
Guest Blog Sites About Blogging Marketing Social MediaEntrepreneurs.
1. Blog Success2. Pro Blogger3. Copy Blogger4. Successful and Outstanding Bloggers (Liz Strauss)5. Social Media Examiner6. Business2Community (also Tech Lifestyle and News categories)7. Geek Business8. Men With Pens9. Blog Engage
10. Basic Blog Tips11. Hot Blog Tips12. Affiliate Marketing Guides13. Blogging 2414. iBlog Zone15. Famous Bloggers16. One-Woman Marketing17. Blog Godown18. Quick Online Tips19. Kiolani20. Traffic Generation Cafe
Tech
1. Fried Beef’s Tech2. Right Now In Tech3. Regular Geek
General Topics
1. Technorati.com2. About.com
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Business
1. Small Business Trends
Real Estate
1. Bigger Pockets
Health Care / Financial
1. MtHerald2. Everyday EMS Tips (EMTs Paramedics Students and EMS Professionals)
Productivity
1. Life Optimizer
Energy / Environment
1. Fresh Energy
Resources for Guest Bloggers
1. BloggerLinkUp.com is a very active place to find guest blogging opportunities.2. This is a large hub for guest bloggers to network and find new sites to guest post. It is
free to join.3. Blog Engage is also a large hub for guest bloggers. (I love this one)
What Is Google’s View On Guest Blogging?
Now if you have never watched Matt Cutts talk about search engine optimization you know thathe kind of talks around in circles. He gives you just enough information to do the right thing
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without saying exactly what you need to do. Which is a good thing because it keeps peoplehonest well to some extent anyway.
So in the interest of clarity let me cover a couple things that you should and should not do whenit comes to writing guest blog posts for other people.
Number 1) Don’t under any circumstances try to give someone a spun article. If you didn’twrite it originally for their blog don’t provide it. Smart people who are posting guest posts ontheir site will check for duplicate content. Its not worth the loss to your reputation.
Number 2) Don’t under any circumstances repost a post that you have given someone. Don’trepost it in article directories don’t repost it on your site. Just don’t repost it. Again this goesback to duplicate content and reputation management. People take this seriously folks.
Number 3) Do ensure that you promote your work on social networks. Just because its not yoursite doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be giving it love. Besides its really helping your out as well.
Number 4) Always offer to post something for someone who has allowed you to post. It builds agreat relationship and can result in some combined projects.
A Beginner’s Guide To Guest Blogging
Here is a great infographic on the subject with some more added tips.
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