Why Using Guest Blogging as a Link Building Strategy Is Actually Bad for You?
For decades, guest blogging has been popularly used as a link-building strategy. But as a matter of fact, it is “the worst strategy” you could think up to build links. Often guest blogging is people’s weapon of choice for link building, and so was the case with us initially. But over time, we realized guest blogging, if truth be told, has no role to play in building links, although that might be the main or only reason you began writing guest posts. Even today, this misconception that guest blogging can help in gaining links continues to float around. This blog will discuss how guest blogging is the worst link-building strategy and why you shouldn’t trust it blindly. GUEST BLOGGING IS EXPENSIVE WHEN DONE RIGHT In its correct sense, guest blogging is a costly affair. To put things in perspective, a very well-put column in the business-to-business niche can easily cost you hundreds of dollars on popular sites. The thing is that the best copy is expected to bring in something specia...