Is Guest Posting The New Thing?

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I have asked people to guest post on my website for a couple of reasons. There have been a lot of articles around lately about he benefits of guest posting and why it can help your site.

It gives some backlinks and also is good way for people to get more traffic and to increase their brand presence. To me it all sounds like a win win situation for everyone. I have just asked for guest posts on my site and I am hoping that I will get a few posts from people. Guest posting is a great way to network with people.

If you are visible on several sites when you guest post then I would assume you will get some of the traffic that goes to those sites as well as what your site gets. That has to be valuable to most bloggers surely.

I have two sites and would love to get some guest posts on them. One is about parenting and I am sure every parent has a story to tell. If anyone here would like to put post on my I would love to hear from them.

Guest posting seems to be growing in popularity and it could help boost your ranking with google. I figure anything that does that has to be worth a try.

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There can be advantages to guest posting and it is a good idea, I would be happy to do such a post however I am away now for one week will pm you when I return

Thanks Katie. I look forward to hearing from you.

This is certainly a great idea and first time I have heard or it

It was really big in the past but people abused it and used it as a means of spamming and also to get back links and Google had a hissy fit about it. Now it is making a comeback and if used properly and not as a way to spam or just to build back links it is a good way of getting your site more exposure as well as building your brand, reputation and trust All very important stuff. Thanks for leaving your comment. Margaret

Yes it sounds interesting as I guess could open new does and I like the idea so may be have a tab for guest posts ?

I would be happy to write a guest post. One of my niches is 'women over 50' which covers, (amongst other topics,) how women cope when they become single parents following divorce or death of a partner.

Feel free to PM me :)

Guest posting has been around for a long time unfortunately many people started using it as a way of spamming links to their site and so Google clamped down heavily, penalising sites that allowed spam links in their guest posts.

Like everything it is re-emerging as a trend but website owners need to be careful that they know and trust the person writing the post and know any links they are putting into posts or signatures.

Backlinks are good but only if they are from reliable and trusted sites. So there is no harm in trying but just be careful, there was another post written recently on this subject that you may want to look at on WA and PJ has a training specifically on it as well.

Thanks for the link. PJ gives great information. I would not just let someone put something on my site without me approving it and I think this would eliminate most of the problems you have mentioned. Guest posting does seem to be on the rise again and I can see many benefits to both parties providing it is used properly.

It's a good idea, but I have found it's not easy to get people to follow through. Asked three people and nada...yet. Fingers crossed ;-)

I think it is the wave of the future.

It is also a relic of the past and if it is going to benefit it can't be just a way of getting backlinks. Guest posting is a great way to build your brand and your reputation but only if you use it for that purpose and not as a way of spamming.

Or better yet, get paid for it. :)

Yes getting paid for it would be great but you would not get any recognition for your site or yourself so all you would get is a onetime payment for the article. If you look at guest posting as a form of advertising, networking and building your credibility and your reputation as an expert then I thin guest posting wins hands down.

I'm named with a profile pic and a bio on all three sites I have written for. If you are ghost writing, you won't get recognition.

Ghost writing is different to Guest posting. If you put a guest post on my site then the author will get credit for it and a link to their site. All I ask in return is that they put a link to my site on their webpage.

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