Link Building
The wider programme.
Authority
Guest Posts
Contributed articles still work on publications with real readers and real editors. On the pay-to-publish networks that dominate the market, they do nothing except create risk.
At a glance
- Pillar
- Authority
- Volume
- Low by design
- Test
- Can an editor say no?
- Measured on
- Publication quality
- Writers
- Senior
Editorial guest posting is the placement of contributed articles in publications that apply genuine editorial judgement, where acceptance is earned rather than purchased.
Guest Posts · definitionWhy most guest posting stopped working
If a site publishes anything for a fee, its links are discounted and its pages are not retrieved. Whether an editor can reject your draft is the clearest quality test there is.
Editorial standards are the filter
Rejection capability is the signal.
Audience is the point
If nobody reads the publication, the placement was a link purchase with extra steps.
Fewer and better
A handful of respected placements outperform dozens on sites that exist to host them.
How it works
Vet the pool
Readership and editorial standards, not price lists.
Match experts to titles
Your named people, credibly bylined.
Write to publication standard
Senior writers, your subject-matter input.
Submit and accept rejection
A normal outcome, and the point of the exercise.
Report the pool
Including what we declined and why.
What is included
01
Publication vetting
Readership and editorial standards assessed.
02
Author positioning
Byline strategy for your named experts.
03
Senior writing
Drafted to publication standard.
04
Submission management
Through editorial review.
05
Full host disclosure
No recycled site lists.
06
Rejection log
What we declined, and why.
How it is measured
The quality of the publication, the reception of the piece, and whether the placement supported the page it was meant to support.
- Publication quality: real editorial process, real readership, topical fit
- Referral traffic: whether the article sends anyone
- Ranking support: movement on the target page and terms
- Rejection rate: opportunities declined on quality grounds
- Author authority: whether your experts accumulate a credible byline history
Baseline figures · to supply per client
Marketplaces sell something else entirely
| Dimension | Guest post marketplace | RankingBite |
|---|---|---|
| Site selection | Inventory list with prices | Vetted for readership and editorial standards |
| Acceptance | Guaranteed on payment | Subject to an editor’s judgement |
| Writing | Cheap and fast | Senior writers, to publication standard |
| Link handling | Anchor stuffed to order | Contextual, and sometimes declined |
| Risk | Accumulates quietly | Built to survive manual review |
When the pool is worth working
A good fit when
- Your category has publications with genuine editorial standards.
- You have experts who can be credibly bylined.
- You accept lower volume for higher quality.
Not the right service when
- You need dozens of placements a month at a fixed price.
- Your category is served only by pay-to-publish sites.
- Nobody internal can be a named author.
If the vetted pool in your category is small, we will tell you and recommend niche edits or newsroom outreach instead.
Frequently asked questions
Are guest posts against Google guidelines?
Contributed content at scale for links is. A genuine article, written for a publication’s readers and accepted on merit, is not. The distinction is whether an editor could have said no.
Who writes the articles?
Our senior writers, drafted with your subject-matter input and reviewed by you before submission. The byline is typically one of your experts.
How many placements per month?
It depends on how many legitimate publications your category supports. We would rather place three worth reading than ten nobody will.
Do you use the same sites for every client?
No. A recycled site list is how link profiles start to look identical, which is exactly what manual review looks for.
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