Comments on: Matt Cutts Declares Guest Blogging “Done” … Are We All Screwed?

By: David

David — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 10:46:08 +0000

In reply to richard mclachlan. Great video Richard and a great way to shine a light on how Google gets it wrong often. I sense a lot of frustration in Matt's post and the fact that he's been making noises about guest blogging since 2012 now and yet we still haven't seen any algorithmic update that penalises guest posts and I think this is because they dont know how to and there isnt a update they can simply roll out without affecting everysingle site on the web. There are positives and negatives to this though, the positives being that people can continue guest blogging and accepting them for now but also that some sites and companies are going to get away with spammy tactics and content like your examples above...

By: Abdul

Abdul — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 23:31:43 +0000

This discussion really helped me to think about accepting guest blogs. Special thanks to all for sharing their experiences. I was almost going to create “guest blog welcome page” but now I have stopped. It’s time to find alternative way to welcome or giveaway a blog post, let’s exchange the love 😉 I’m writing some rules for my guests. I hope they’ll love them.

Jerrod thanks for your post, I’ll write a follow up article and’ll send you pingback sooner. No, one is going to screw anyone. 🙂

all the best.

By: richard mclachlan

richard mclachlan — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:29:12 +0000

If this was in fact a shot across the bow, way back in 20 January 2014… I am not seeing the cannonballs hitting the fan yet.

See this example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EOJ0wuYOwM

By: Sarah Harris

Sarah Harris — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 15:47:38 +0000

In reply to Sonia Simone. Being that I own a guest posting service, I was incredibly nervous on January 20th when I saw Matt's announcement, but I have since mellowed out about the whole thing. I agree with you, Google is going after low quality spam and guest posting has been an abused tactic in SEO. When guest posting is done properly and you submit quality content to niche relevant sites, it's still a good method for building rankings, traffic, and authority.

By: Jerod Morris

Jerod Morris — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 17:29:19 +0000

In reply to Paul Stone. Great question Paul. Not sure. We don't add "nofollow" to links here, and Copyblogger would be a prime example of a site you would NOT want to dock for accepting guest posts, or dock the guest posters, because they are all of such high quality.

By: Paul Stone

Paul Stone — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 17:27:18 +0000

Hey Jerod,

Hmm.. Interesting, I wonder if its just aimed at blogs that have many do-follow links or how else they are going to set this up to weed out the good from the bad. I mean many blogs have multiple links to lots of different sites in the comments, so its my guess about many do-follow links going to sites perhaps in different categories.. your thoughts?

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 11:59:52 +0000

Google penalized all customers of GuestPost Shop – company that was bribing bloggers to accept their guest posts.

https://searchengineleaks.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/guestpostshop-customers-are-penalized-by-google/

This was quite interpretive. tough measure considering there are some big shots , established websites in that list.

By: Noel

Noel — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:21:50 +0000

Google clearly mentioned in their Webmasters Guidelines that, anything this is done in excess to gain backlinks is subjected to penalty. So doing few guest post in a month or accepting few guest post in a month, shouldn’t be any problem.

By: Milan B.

Milan B. — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:04:49 +0000

I completely agree with you Scott. Quality content will always be quality content.

By: Andrea H.

Andrea H. — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 08:16:43 +0000

I guess paying for traffic and links using AdWords will always be cool for Google. It’s just another example that Google wants people to use its services and nothing else. They shouldn’t decide what’s good or bad, they should only stick to providing reliable results, but they are no more a search engine, just a business aiming to rule the net. Imho.