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Google on the hunt for SPAMMY guest posts

by writeaway
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Pay attention to the hints he drops between the rise of 'spammy' guest post backlinks and 'REAL' backlinks. You can say it is all subjective but, at the end of the day, it is GOOGLE who is holding the penalty hammer Stay safe

#google #guest #hunt #posts #spammy
  • Profile picture of the author SEODollz
    This is why you shouldn't ever write a guest post where the words "guest post" "guest author" etc appears on the page. If I give my friend in a related niche a good quality blog post that links to my site and he publishes it on his site as if it is his post then it will be very difficult for G to prove otherwise.
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    • Profile picture of the author ElusiveEnd
      Originally Posted by SEODollz View Post

      This is why you shouldn't ever write a guest post where the words "guest post" "guest author" etc appears on the page. If I give my friend in a related niche a good quality blog post that links to my site and he publishes it on his site as if it is his post then it will be very difficult for G to prove otherwise.
      There is nothing wrong with that at all.
      In fact, if anything, it is better to have your guest post on a page that includes a bio at the bottom that says something like:
      "This was a contribution by John..." or "This was a guest post by John...", Matt Cutts has even said this in the past.

      When he say "spammy guest posts" he is talking about low quality or half unique articles that include multiple exact anchor text links. Also, any guest post created on a blog that is not even relevant to the authors page is another example of what they "may" be targeting as a "spammy guest post".
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      • Profile picture of the author SEODollz
        Originally Posted by ElusiveEnd View Post

        There is nothing wrong with that at all.
        In fact, if anything, it is better to have your guest post on a page that includes a bio at the bottom that says something like:
        "This was a contribution by John..." or "This was a guest post by John...", Matt Cutts has even said this in the past.

        When he say "spammy guest posts" he is talking about low quality or half unique articles that include multiple exact anchor text links. Also, any guest post created on a blog that is not even relevant to the authors page is another example of what they "may" be targeting as a "spammy guest post".
        Please define : "better"

        Ah because Matt Cutts wants us to tag all of our guest posts as guest posts? I think if you are in it for links and traffic then leave the guest post part off. If you are guest blogging as an effort to establish yourself as an authority on a certain subject then that would be different. In that case I'm sure one would be extremely choosy about where they were getting published and still then I would never say guest post just a simple bio box will do. Why overkill it with a phrase that carries a Google stigma?

        "John Doe is the Head of Internet Marketing at Cheese Fondue Inc (link etc)
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by SEODollz View Post

      This is why you shouldn't ever write a guest post where the words "guest post" "guest author" etc appears on the page. If I give my friend in a related niche a good quality blog post that links to my site and he publishes it on his site as if it is his post then it will be very difficult for G to prove otherwise.

      I also avoid any site which says "we accept guest posts" or "guest post here". Anything like that.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Matt is very clear that guest blogging isn't a problem when it's legit.

    It's impossible to say a link is paid when both sites involved are in the same/relevant niche, unless the sites involved simply advertise paid links (lol).
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