How to find Great Sites for Guest Posting?

What is your ultimate goal in doing the guest posting? I don't do this so I can't make any suggestions, but figured if you clarify your "why" you'll get better answers here.

Valarie

Try out MBG (Myblogpost) for guest post site searching. Try it. Cheers

You are already on the right track to filtering the sites you encounter.

Some things to look at are:

- Social shares and Comments (show engagement and readership)
- Post frequency: If they post 5 new posts a day, you will most likely end up with a smaller readership than a blog that posts once every few days. (given that they get the same amount of visitors).
- And obviously traffic is important as well, although it sometimes might be hard to find how much traffic a blog is really getting.

Good luck!
Maikel Michiels

Before you guest blog for traffic, here is how to know if a blog is worth sending your article to.

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The way I do it, is by spying on the competition. Basically:
1) Decide an SEO strategy
2) Find a competitor in your niche who uses the same strategy and ranks well (but not so good that his links are unattainable by average people - for example, if you are in the money making niche, Problogger would not be a good choice).
3) See where the competitor guest blogs and have a go at those blogs.

Full strategy here

I run a pretty high-traffic fitness website and get requests for guest posts often.

I don't care if the person has authority in the niche. I'm game for all offers ... BUT what's critical is that they propose and/or provide a really great article that's specific, unique and something my readers will like.

I get way too many of the same junk offers such as "8 cool ways to lose weight" which are worthless. I politely respond explaining I need something unique and interesting very relevant to my niche. Some people then respond "can you suggest article topics?" I ignore that.

Your aim should be to guest post for traffic. Look for the big blogs in your niche. Read the blog and get a sense of what they publish. Then write an article the audience and website owner will really want to publish.

As a publisher, I don't care if it's been published elsewhere as long as it's great content (although not all website owners accept articles published elsewhere).

I REALLY like it when somebody just attaches an awesome article for me. This saves me a lot of back and forth. If I accept it, I just publish it and it's done. If I don't accept it, I let them know so they can submit it elsewhere.

TIP: You'll bring more to the table if you build up a social following in your niche so that you can offer to let your social network know when it's published sending more traffic to the guest post. I love it when a guest poster sends their own traffic as well.

If you decide to build up a social following, get Klout account and build up your score. With a score above 50 or 60, you'll get attention because that signals you can send some serious traffic to the post on your own.

Thanks a lot for all your replies!

I just got to understand how to chose a best site for guest blogging, BUT still I didnt find a solution on finding a huge number of sites who needs guest posting in their site. how do I find this..? ( instead of google? )

i usually search similar sites using alexa, try to find one there and offer them to guest post

I am loving this tool atm:

Link Prospector | An AMAZING tool for finding link opportunities!

Guest posting can be an awesome SEO strategy if done properly, but can also become a waist of time, if you don't find the right blogs to guest post on.

Try using My Blog Guest. You can use it to find websites in your industry that accept guest posts, and also bloggers who do it for free. Register yourself as a member and you'll have a better exposure.

Here is a review of the website - read it and learn how to use the benefits: When Guest Posting Seems Impossible...