There’s no doubting that guest blogs are on the up and up in the SEO world. But as with all things that become a tool in the SEO world, there’s a risk of this practice getting taken up and abused by black hatters and spammers alike.

An example of this would be for a spammer to scrape emails from thousands of websites and then send the same guest blog request to each email account. Other techniques would be to spin articles or to post the same articles on different websites.

Matt also suggests that you should NOT use guest blogging as your sole link building practice. The links can be powerful, but you still need a wide variety in your link profile. See the full Video below:

Blog Post by: Greg McVey