{"id":4383,"date":"2021-12-01T21:01:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T21:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/?p=4383"},"modified":"2022-05-19T19:40:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T19:40:12","slug":"are-guest-posts-bad-for-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/are-guest-posts-bad-for-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Guest Posts Bad For SEO? | Everything You Must Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4383\" class=\"elementor elementor-4383\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28499a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28499a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f40e9c\" data-id=\"4f40e9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b11829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b11829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I often get asked whether <strong>guest posts are good or bad for SEO<\/strong>?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Guest posting<\/em> is where you contribute a blog post to another website with the hope of getting <em>backlinks and traffic<\/em>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some people believe that guest posting is bad for SEO and believe that there are more effective ways to increase your online traffic.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, we will discuss <strong>guest posts in detail<\/strong> and <strong>find out really whether they are a good or bad strategy<\/strong> when it comes to SEO.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-644f78f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"644f78f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"what-is-a-guest-post\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What is a guest post?<\/b><\/h2><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#what-is-a-guest-post\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is a guest post?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#are-guest-posts-good-or-bad-for-seo\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Are guest posts good or bad for SEO?<\/span><\/a><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#how-do-you-build-guest-posts-ethically\">How do you build guest posts ethically?<\/a><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#how-do-guest-posts-impact-seo\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do guest posts impact SEO?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#what-are-bad-guest-post-practices\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What are bad guest post practices?<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#should-you-build-guest-posts-on-your-website\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should you build guest posts on your website?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#how-to-find-suitable-guest-post-website\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to find a suitable guest posting website?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#why-you-should-guest-post\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why should you guest post?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#conclusion\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Guest posting<\/strong> is a great way to build your brand and increase traffic. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest posts are pieces of content that you write for other websites, generally within the same industry as yourself. The benefits include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increased brand recognition with readers who may not know about your website.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authority from websites that will pass link juice to your website.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A great way to share your content with readers who will be interested in topics similar to what you offer.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6912be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6912be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1004\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/google-guest-posting.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"google guest posting\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/google-guest-posting.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/google-guest-posting-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/google-guest-posting-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e21a69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e21a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"are-guest-posts-good-or-bad-for-seo\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Are guest posts good or bad for SEO?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest posts and link building is something that is often scrutinised within the world of SEO. There is often debate as to how effective guest posts really are and whether they have the same impact as they once did.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/advanced\/guidelines\/link-schemes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google&#8217;s stance is quite strong when it comes to link building<\/a> and states the following:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a31ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83a31ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"950\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/googles-guest-post-guidelines.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"googles guest post guidelines\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/googles-guest-post-guidelines.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/googles-guest-post-guidelines-500x296.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/googles-guest-post-guidelines-768x454.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-752cd18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"752cd18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/advanced\/guidelines\/link-schemes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de2e4ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de2e4ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any links intended to manipulate PageRank or a site&#8217;s ranking in Google search results may be considered part of a link scheme and a violation of Google&#8217;s Webmaster Guidelines. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes any behaviour that manipulates links to your site or outgoing links from your site.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c1279 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45c1279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"how-do-you-build-guest-posts-ethically\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>How do you build guest posts ethically?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to guest posting, if you are doing it purely to build links and not provide any value to your customers or potential readers, then this would be a bad way to think of guest posting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should rather be using it as a way to enhance the reputation of both your website and your content. Reaching out and providing genuine content that other websites within your niche may be interested in is a completely organic and safe way to build guest posts.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a lot of spammy guest posting sites out there that should be avoided at all costs but if your research is good and you are targeting the right kinds of websites, then you can&#8217;t really go wrong.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7724061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7724061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"how-do-guest-posts-impact-seo\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>How do guest posts impact SEO?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest posts certainly still can have a big impact on a websites SEO efforts. Whilst link building is not what it once was, it most certainly still has a big impact on how well your website performs organically.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d94af28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d94af28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"950\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ahrefs-guest-post-example.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"ahrefs guest post example\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ahrefs-guest-post-example.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ahrefs-guest-post-example-500x296.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ahrefs-guest-post-example-768x454.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97125fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97125fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest blogging is a great way to get featured on real, relevant and authoritative websites. If you are able to land a guest post on a super authoritative and super relevant website talking about something highly specific to what it is you offer, then this is the perfect link you can build.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You ideally want to have only a few links within the guest post content itself so that you can maximise the link equity going from the guest post back to your website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f843b44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f843b44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"what-are-bad-guest-post-practices\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>What are bad guest posting practices?<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bad guest posting practices can have the opposite effect. If you are reaching out to sites that are linking out to a number of irrelevant websites and are filling their content with a bunch of links back to all manner of websites, then this is the kind of website you want to avoid.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You strictly want to be building links on sites that can send referral traffic from the content (ie. a reader that is reading your guest post and is interested in what you are talking about), rather than a spammy article that is packed full of links and not really serving any purpose for the user.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd6b2f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd6b2f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"should-you-build-guest-posts-on-your-website\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Should you build guest posts on your website?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to building guest posts on your website, you should only consider this if you believe it is genuinely going to provide value to your readers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I often get emails from strangers asking about sharing guest posts on my website and 99% of the time, I will decline the offer.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aea9f64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aea9f64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"950\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spammy-guest-post-emails.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spammy-guest-post-emails.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spammy-guest-post-emails-500x296.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spammy-guest-post-emails-768x454.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d213f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d213f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your website should only house the content that you believe will really engage your readers and increase value. If you know and trust the source of the guest post and think that it will benefit your readers, then by all means you should consider it. However, you need to be very particular and ensure that if you are to share content created by someone else and link back to them that it is doing the following:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giving your readers value<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is a well-written piece of content<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is not full of spammy links<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has not been written with the aim to build links in mind<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something unique that you are not currently speaking about on your website<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditional guest blogging as people know it often does not involve high-quality content and is often churned out. Users are not going to engage with your brand if the content is sloppy and doesn&#8217;t read well.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2005f11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2005f11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"how-to-find-suitable-guest-post-website\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>How to find a suitable guest posting website?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are considering writing a guest post and sending it out to a website that you would like to feature on, then you should definitely do your research if you are planning to use it as a &#8220;link building strategy&#8221;. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can quickly audit a website using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/are-seo-tools-worth-it\/\">free and paid SEO tools<\/a> that will tell you whether the site you wish to feature on is good or bad. When I am looking for suitable sites to feature on, I follow this checklist to make sure the sites are good:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many outgoing links does the site have?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many incoming links does the site have?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How authoritative is the website?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does the website have contact information?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the website completely relevant to what I do?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are other blog posts on the website written well?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where does the other content on the website rank in Google?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are just some of the key steps I take to ensure the site builds relevant links and creates high-quality content and is recognised in the search engines I wish to rank my own content within.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should also ensure you can contact the site owners directly and be sure that there is someone real you are speaking to.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should generally look for good sites that you recognise and would like to feature on and set that as a goal to try and feature on those kinds of niche relevant websites.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-217a10e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"217a10e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"why-you-should-guest-post\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Why you should guest post?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest posts can provide real value to your website and put you in front of people that may be interested in your brand.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest blog posts should be written to attract readers that would like to engage with your brand. If the topic is relevant to what you are doing, then certainly you should consider guest posting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are creating genuine quality content and sharing it across the right channels with the purpose to increase your reach and sharing quality information, then the fruits of your labour will naturally follow.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid guest posting if you are strictly doing it as a way to build links. Instead, focus your efforts on giving real value.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d020a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d020a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"conclusion\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To conclude, is a guest post bad and is guest post link building something you should avoid? The answer is&#8230; No.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest posting can be a great way to feature on other websites within your industry and give a real opportunity to share value.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should be careful and particular when finding the right sites to feature on but ultimately, if executed well enough, guest posting can be a really great way to increase the reach of your content and website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I often get asked whether guest posts are good or bad for SEO? Guest posting is where you contribute a blog post to another website with the hope of getting backlinks and traffic. Some people believe that guest posting is bad for SEO and believe that there are more effective ways to increase your online &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/are-guest-posts-bad-for-seo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Are Guest Posts Bad For SEO? | Everything You Must Know<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[16,15,82],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4383"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4528,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383\/revisions\/4528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}