Comments on: Guest Post Publishers Checklist

By: Arun Basil Lal

Arun Basil Lal — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:14:11 +0000

Rightly said kamal, re-posting is dangerous and big G wont forgive if he catches us once.

By: NpXp

NpXp — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:30:41 +0000

Guest Posting is a very good method to generate content for your own blog and also give some exposure to the writer. The points that are mentioned here are the typical checklist that everyone has to follow.

Beware of article spinners. It’s just one way to fool Google but on the other hand it is asking for dangers to your blog’s reputation.

By: Arun Basil Lal

Arun Basil Lal — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:13:19 +0000

I liked that first part, though its a lot of work especially when they are not returning, it sounds like a fool proof plan

By: SBA

SBA — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:00:33 +0000

A couple of times I created a new profile and password for each guest, using their email so that the author profile has their avatar and the comment notices go to the guest writer. I don’t give them the password — I had to create the post from email.

For people that I expect to be regular contributors I give them a ‘contributor’ profile — they can create and edit drafts but not publish. So I don’t see the problem if the blog administrator controls publishing and can delete the profile/password at any time.

By: JackNguyen.com

JackNguyen.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:24 +0000

Yup that’s exactly what I did!

By: Arun Basil Lal

Arun Basil Lal — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:57:34 +0000

OMG, Never do that, esp when you don’t know them well. Actually I wanted to add that to the post, but thought it wont match the title.

One idea would be to create a new profile named, Guest Author and you can log-in and post it yourself. This would avoid the mismatch of names in the author field and by-line. Hope you got it.

Good luck with guest posts.

By: JackNguyen.com

JackNguyen.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:54:09 +0000

Thanks. I’ve also resisted having them create their own user login because there’s always that chance of getting hacked into. I prefer them emailing me instead.

By: Arun Basil Lal

Arun Basil Lal — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:43:11 +0000

I allow two links to any of their posts and one link in the by-line. Total Three. Its up to you, 2 to 4 is healthy.

By: JackNguyen.com

JackNguyen.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:41:08 +0000

Perfect timing! I’m going to publish my very first guest post later today and these tips are really valuable for bloggers like me. What are your thoughts on the number of allowable links in the post?

Thanks for sharing!