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Best Practices for Guest Blogging for SEO

By John E Lincoln

Guest blogging can be an excellent way to get your name out there and add quality content to another website. In addition, guest blogging can help your search engine optimization. In the video below, Matt Cutt’s from Google gives us best practices regarding guest blogging for SEO. Here are some key points.

Important Points on Guest Blogging for SEO

  • Guest blog on relevant websites that are on topic
  • Don’t use keyword rich anchor text
  • Make sure you write a quality, expert piece
  • Make sure your guest blog has a bio
  • Don’t spin guest blog posts
  • Guest blog in moderation

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About John E Lincoln

John Lincoln (MBA) is CEO of Ignite Visibility (a 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Inc. 5000 company) a highly sought-after digital marketing strategist, industry speaker and author of two books, "The Forecaster Method" and "Digital Influencer." Over the course of his career, Lincoln has worked with over 1,000 online businesses ranging from small startups to amazing clients such as Office Depot, Tony Robbins, Morgan Stanley, Fox, USA Today, COX and The Knot World Wide. John Lincoln is the editor of the Ignite Visibility blog. While he is a contributor, he does not write all of the articles and in many cases he is supported to ensure timely content.