Guest posting services write articles for other websites in your industry and arrange for them to be published there, with a link back to a page on your site. For SEO, the value is a contextual backlink from a relevant source. For your brand, it is an article in front of a readership that already cares about your topic. The quality of both depends entirely on which sites publish the posts, and that is where most guest post services cut corners.
We sell guest posting as fixed-price, one-off packages within our link building services. Each package sets the number of posts, the minimum domain rating and the article length, and higher tiers add a minimum level of organic traffic for every site. Our team handles prospecting, guest posting outreach, writing and publication, and you see each site before your article goes live on it.
What Is a Guest Posting Service and How Does It Help SEO?
A guest posting service is a managed way to publish your content on other people's websites in exchange for a link and author credit. The service finds suitable sites, pitches topics to their editors, writes the article, places your link naturally in the body and confirms it is published and indexed.
It helps SEO in three ways. Links from relevant sites are one of the signals search engines use to judge authority. A link inside the body of an article on the same topic carries more weight than a link in a footer or author bio. And guest posts on sites with real readers send referral visitors and brand searches, which matter regardless of algorithm updates. SEO guest posting services that ignore the reader and focus only on the link tend to produce the low-quality placements Google is best at discounting.
What Each Guest Posting Package Includes
| Included | What we do | Why it matters to you |
|---|---|---|
| Site prospecting | We search for sites in your niche that accept contributed articles, using competitor backlink data and topic searches. | Sites chosen for your industry rather than a generic list. |
| Quality thresholds | Each site must meet the minimum domain rating for your package, plus organic traffic minimums on higher tiers. | You know the floor before you order. |
| Relevance check | We review recent posts, audience country and outbound links on each site. | Your link sits among related content, not next to casino and loan posts. |
| Topic planning | Topics are matched to the host site's readers and to the page you want to support. | Editors accept the pitch, and the article gives a natural reason to link. |
| Article writing | Our writers produce the article to the length in your package, following the host site's guidelines. Top tier articles include original images. | Content you are happy to have your name on. |
| Your approval | You see the site and the article before submission. | Full control over where your brand appears. |
| Contextual link | One followed link in the article body to your chosen page, with an anchor agreed with you. | The type of link that carries the most value. |
| Delivery report | The live URL, publication date, site metrics, target page and anchor for every post. | A record you can check and keep. |
How Our Guest Posting Service Works, Step by Step
- Order and brief (day 1 to 3). You choose a package and tell us your target pages, preferred anchor style, topics to avoid and any sites you already have links from. We review your site so the articles reflect what you actually sell.
- Prospecting and vetting (week 1 to 2). We build a list of candidate sites that meet your package thresholds, then check each for traffic trend, relevance and signs of selling links to anyone. Sites that fail are removed before you see them.
- Site approval (week 2). You get a shortlist with each site's domain rating, estimated organic traffic, audience country and our notes. Reject any site and we replace it.
- Pitching and topic agreement (weeks 2 to 3). We pitch editors with topics designed for their readers and agree the title, outline and link placement with them.
- Writing and approval (weeks 3 to 4). Our team writes each article to the agreed brief. You review it, we make any changes and submit it to the editor.
- Publication and checks (weeks 4 to 6). Editors publish on their own schedule. We confirm each post is live, the link is in place and followed, and the page is indexed, then send your delivery report.
Most packages are fully delivered within four to six weeks of approval. Individual posts can go live sooner, and an occasional slow editor can stretch the last post a little longer.
Guest Post Deliverables and Quality Checks
- A delivery report listing every live guest post with URL, site metrics at the time of placement, target page, anchor text and link attribute.
- Copies of each article as approved, so you keep the content even if a site changes later.
- Indexation confirmation for each post, checked in Google.
- A completion check before handover: a package is only marked complete when every post is live, the link is in place as agreed and the page is indexed.
What success looks like: a set of new, relevant referring domains pointing at the pages you chose, with natural anchors. Rankings depend on many other factors, so we do not promise positions. We do promise that every post meets the thresholds of the package you bought.
Guest Posting Services Pricing
Guest posting is sold as fixed-price, one-off packages. The price is set by three things: the number of posts, the minimum domain rating and organic traffic of the host sites, and the length and production of the articles. Sites that meet higher thresholds are fewer and harder to win, so each step up in quality costs more per post. There is no ongoing commitment, and you can order another package whenever you need one.
3 Guest Posts (DR 30+)
$450 one-time
One-time, paid upfront
- 3 guest posts on relevant sites (DR 30+)
- 800 to 1,000 word articles written by our team
- 1 do-follow contextual link per post
- Site list sent for your approval before writing
- Live in 3 to 4 weeks
5 Guest Posts (DR 40+)
$1,150 one-time
One-time, paid upfront
- 5 guest posts on sites with DR 40+ and real organic traffic
- 1,000+ word articles written by our team
- 1 do-follow contextual link per post
- Site list sent for your approval
- 12-month replacement if a link is removed
- Live in 3 to 5 weeks
5 Guest Posts (DR 50+)
$1,750 one-time
One-time, paid upfront
- 5 guest posts on DR 50+ sites with 1,000+ monthly organic visits
- 1,200+ word articles with original images
- Niche-matched sites only
- 12-month replacement guarantee
- Live in 4 to 6 weeks
- Add-on
- Single post: DR 30+ $160, DR 40+ $240, DR 50+ $370, DR 60+ $480. Ongoing monthly links: see Blogger outreach
All prices in USD. Need something different? Ask for a custom quote.
Need more posts, a specific country or links for several client sites? Request a custom guest posting quote.
What Google Says About Guest Posting, and How We Stay Within It
Google does not ban guest posting. Its spam policies target guest posting used mainly to manipulate rankings, and they name "large-scale article marketing or guest posting campaigns with keyword-rich anchor text links" as an example of a link scheme. Google's site reputation abuse policy also targets third-party content published on a host site mainly to exploit that site's ranking signals, such as unrelated coupon or product pages on news sites.
In practice, that means we follow a few rules:
- Relevance first. Every post is on a topic the host site covers for its own readers.
- Natural anchors. Mostly brand names, page titles and descriptive phrases, with exact-match keyword anchors used rarely.
- Real content. Articles written to inform the host site's readers, not thin text built around a link.
- No paid followed links. We do not pay site owners for followed links. If a site demands payment for placement, we skip it, because a paid link should carry rel="sponsored".
- Measured volume. A steady pace of posts across varied sites, not a sudden burst of identical placements.
Guest Post Marketplace vs Managed Guest Posting Outreach
| Guest post marketplace | Managed guest posting outreach | |
|---|---|---|
| How sites are found | You pick from a public catalog of sites with prices. | Sites are prospected for your niche and vetted one by one. |
| Who else uses the site | Anyone who pays, often hundreds of buyers. | Sites that accept contributions editorially, not to anyone. |
| Metrics | Domain rating often inflated; traffic sometimes missing. | Traffic trend, relevance and outbound links checked by hand. |
| Content | Often thin or supplied by you. | Written by our team and approved by you. |
| Speed and cost | Fast and cheap per post. | Slower and higher per post, but fewer wasted links. |
If you want to buy guest posts from a catalog, a marketplace is quicker. If you want links that are likely to hold their value, managed outreach is the safer choice.
Red Flags Before You Buy Guest Posts From Anyone
People often search for the top guest posting sites in their niche. Any site that appears on a public list of "top guest posting sites" is likely to be flooded with link requests and sold to many buyers, which reduces the value of a link from it. Instead of a list, use these checks on any site or guest blog posting service:
- Traffic that does not match the domain rating. A high domain rating with almost no organic traffic usually means the authority was manufactured.
- A "write for us" page with a price list for followed links. This is paid linking, which Google's policies cover directly.
- Posts on every topic. Gambling, CBD, crypto and home improvement in the same week means the site exists to sell placements.
- Dozens of outbound commercial links per post. Your link will be one of many and worth little.
- Posts marked as "sponsored" or published in a separate section. These may be clearly labeled paid content, which is honest but should carry rel="sponsored".
- Refusal to show examples. Any guest posting service should show you live posts before you pay.
Choosing Guest Post Topics Editors Accept and Readers Read
A good guest post topic serves the host site first. Editors reject pitches that look like advertisements, and readers ignore articles that do not answer anything. We start from the host site's archive and look for gaps: questions their readers ask that they have not covered, or a fresh angle on a popular post.
The link then follows from the topic. If you sell project management software, a post on "how small agencies run weekly status meetings" can link naturally to your guide on meeting templates. A post that exists only to say your product is great will not get published on a site worth having. For stores, links often work best pointing at buying guides that pass authority to category pages through internal links, a pattern we use in our ecommerce SEO services.
Planning Anchor Text and Target Pages for Guest Posts
Where a guest post links matters as much as where it is published. Before writing starts, we agree with you which pages each post will support and what kind of anchor text it will use. A small package works best focused on two or three pages that are already close to page one, rather than spread thinly across the whole site.
| Anchor type | Example | How we use it |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | "95 Solutions" | The most common anchor in a natural profile. Safe on any page. |
| Page title or topic | "our guide to choosing running shoes" | Most guest post links, because it reads naturally in context. |
| Partial match | "choosing trail running shoes for beginners" | Used now and then where it fits the sentence. |
| Exact match | "trail running shoes" | Used rarely, and never repeated across posts in the same package. |
| Plain URL | "example.com/guides/running-shoes" | Occasionally, where an editor prefers it. |
If you are unsure which pages to choose, we pick them from your Google Search Console data: pages ranking on page two for valuable queries are usually where a few good links make the clearest difference.
International Guest Posting Services for the UK, Canada and Australia
Most of our guest posting targets sites read in the US, but we also run packages for the UK, Canada and Australia. For international guest posting services, the audience country of the host site matters as much as its authority. A US store gains little from a guest post on a site read mainly in another market, while a UK service business benefits from links on UK sites that show up in UK search results. Tell us your target countries when you order and we filter prospects by audience location, not just language.
Guest Posting Services for SEO Agencies
We provide guest posting services for SEO agencies on a white-label basis. Delivery reports can be unbranded, approval sheets go to the agency, and we never contact your clients. Agencies typically order packages per client as needed, which suits the fixed-price, no-commitment model. For agencies that want links alongside audits and content under one arrangement, see our white-label SEO service.
Who Our Guest Posting Packages Suit
A good fit
- Businesses with strong pages that need a predictable number of relevant links without a monthly commitment.
- New sites that need their first set of quality referring domains.
- Agencies that need white-hat guest posts for client campaigns.
- Brands launching a new section of their site that needs initial authority.
Probably not a fit
- You want large volumes of posts at catalog prices. A marketplace will suit that budget better, with the risks described above.
- You need links from national news sites. That comes from digital PR outreach, not guest posting.
- You want links every month as an ongoing program. Our blogger outreach services are designed for that.
Link Building Services to Combine With Guest Posts
Guest posting works best as part of a varied link profile. Start with a link gap analysis to see which sites already accept contributions from your competitors, add resource page link building for links from curated lists, and return to our link building services overview to compare every method we offer.