Guest Post Blogging And Exchanging Links
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Hi,
I hope you are all well.
Would there be any problem with exchanging a guest blog, so two websites doing a guest post for each other and both sites linking back to each other.
I don't think this would be an issue on a small scale though I just wanted to see what everyone else thought.
Are there any other things I should bear in mind when doing this as well?
Kind Regards
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Wow, thanks. Beyond the call of duty that!
Yes I did know, I recently hired a trainee in-house SEO who is talking with our web design company and sorting this out at the moment.
There is a lot to do! Though I'm asking him to concentrate on a different site which he just finished building.
Thanks again.
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I see, well lesson learned there
Thanks for sharing the valuable information!
I may do the same with allowing guest posts on our blog now, not that we post that many though.
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BTW: Did you know your site is showing the same meta description tag for almost every page?
This is on the home page, contact page, about us, below market value , ect.
"Pure Acquisitions is at the forefront of the ever growing property "
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I ended up rebuilding on a different domain. Google loves blogs but they have been heavily abused and Google looks for it. I will not be looking for blog links any time in the near future!! It has been a headache.
We will allow guest posting on our blog, but it has to be e-commerce related and we only allow one guest post a month with one back link.
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It varys to be honest, about 60/50 at the moment. 60% being websites with a dedicated page asking for guest posts.
I will have a quick look at their back link profile before I send them my content though.
Thanks for the warning though, really becoming clear you have to be so carful!
I hope you managed to sort it out?
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I like the way you look at it
Thank you for you help
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Are you going to be the only guest blogger for the other website, or do they allow others to guest blog as well? I learned the hard way that you don't want to place your links on spammy blogs. If every other post has links to random sites I would avoid it.
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Though with a small budget it's really hard to do much else to get links..
I don't worry about links. I create lots of very good content for keywords that have modest competition. These can succeed with just a few links that will arrive naturally in the first year or two that they are on the web. The key is in creating best-on-the-web content and patiently spending your time on more content while links naturally arrive.
If you are trying to sell something, don't build an ecommerce site. Instead, build an information site with a store.
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Great shout!
I will do that, thanks
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Jeff,
Just one thing to point out. I would personally worry that Google would see this as reciprocal linking and knock you for the post. I would not post both posts at the same time. I would post one article and then you or the website, could wait around a week before posting the reciprical article.
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You're always answering my nooby questions you legend!
Excellent, and some interesting views there.
"I don't do guest blogging myself. I think that my content is best placed on my own site." - Agreed!
Though with a small budget it's really hard to do much else to get links, without giving away all your secrets have you got any tips or suggestions of other ideas?
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I don't think this would be an issue on a small scale..
I agree. On a small scale, no problem. Nothing wrong with an author sharing his work. I don't think that a few dozen of these posts would be a problem.
The only caution that I would take is to avoid keyword anchor text links and duplicate copies of your articles on other websites.
A few people give me occasional articles. Any links in those articles use their domain or the author's name as the anchor text.
I don't do guest blogging myself. I think that my content is best placed on my own site. I don't want to feed my competitors or make new ones. Most of the people who give me articles are doing it because "they have a message to get out" rather than because they are looking for a source of links.
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