Guest Post Format

Now that you have read benefits of guestblogging here, please follow the instructions carefully on to format and send your article to us. Please note we have strict content and linking policies, and may modify it from time to time to comply with good practice guidelines.

Guest Post Order

Check out some previous guest articles to get an idea about the format. Please stick to the format when you send the article and read these guidelines.

• Introduction - Your name will be introduced in the first line as “Guest post by Authors name”.
• First line – Choose the text carefully as first line automatically becomes the META description tag of the article and affects seach engine search result rankings.
• Article Text - Add bold, underlines, break into paragraphs and try bullets, numbered lists to get a better copy.
• Subheadings – its a good idea to split your article by subheadings. Only use h3 tags.
• Link policy -There is no limit to external links to other sites. Your site link can only be added in the intro line and /or author byline with the same keywords, and NOT inside the article.
• Images - Strongly recommended you add an image as it helps to get a better reader response. You can find some paid high quality photos on Fotolia.com (just like the images on this site) or free images at morguefile.com. Include optimized fast loading images with maximum 500px wide to fit in our template. Indicate source of image for credits.
• Author Byline – all articles need some information about the true author (we will usually not accept by third party writers). You can add one link to your site here which anchor text same for your own site title or .com/.net etc. Do not link to SEO targeted keywords. e.g. If you site name is MyCoolSite.com, we cannot link it to “tech news”, we can link it to MyCoolSite or MyCoolsite.com only. We will link to Max 1 link to your site. We will not link to unrelated author bylines e.g we will not link to pharma links on a tech article. We will usually not link to products in byline. We will usually not link to paid, hired third party / freelance professional writers linking to different products or services for purely for links / promotional purposes. (Please note this is the most important reason for rejection). We reserve the right to nofollow any link at any time if any article links tend to harm our site rankings.  

How to Submit Guest Article

• Send by email –  to editor @ quickonlinetips.com (contact us).
• HTML  format is best. We also accept MS-Word or .txt
• Images as attachments. Check max size is 500px wide. If size is bigger, then please send unresized uncompressed png, we will crop and optimize it. Confirm source of image for credits and CC license.
• Send you twitter url to add to our Twitter guest bloggers list.
• Publishing Time – We sometimes discuss with the author to edit the article to make it perform better for you. Article will go live ASAP (1 hour -5 days) depending on how well you have formatted the content.

After Article is Published

I suggest you read these 15 Secrets of Successful Guest Bloggers. It has some tips to get a better response to your article in terms of traffic and authority.

• Answer Comments – readers may like to clarify issues and discuss in comments. Having the guest author answer comments add to credibility and better response.
• Promote on social media sites -  submit your article to site like Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicious, Twitter, Facebook and share the article with more friends. If they like your article, they share with more people and they are interested to know who the guest author is and click to your site
• Post link to your blog - Post a link to your guest article on your blog and inform your readers about your article. This will help to showcase your guest blogging skills and they might invite you to guest blog too.

Common Rejection Reasons

The most common rejection reason is the author byline and links to your site. Please see format for same. We have some rules to prevent gaming the system and to prevent our site from getting penalized.  Other reasons are -

• Sponsored paid articles / links
• Previously published by you in same/modified form on your/any other site
• Self promotional articles for your product / service
• Promoting individual products / services / companies
• Containing affiliate links / Sponsored links/keyword links
• Containing links for unrelated sites /deeplinks
• Links solely for purpose of anchor text for keyword SEO
• Hidden info /Misrepresentation of facts
• Fake author info
• Inappropriate / abusive language
• Defamatory content / suggestion
• Linking out to banned sites / adult sites / redirects
• NSFW links or NSFW images
• Copyrighted content
• Too short
• Poor images
• Not following guidelines

Guest Blogging Badges

Some badges to use on your site. You can link to your article and drive more traffic to it from your blog readers.