Guest blog on my web site.

[EGOL]

...passing page rank from you to their client, something they are clearly doing for their own personal gain....

Right.  I agree.  And some of this crap is coming from people who call themselves "PR Services".   In my opinion the PR services have been infiltrated by a lot of spammers who wear suits to work.

[Andy.Drinkwater]

"In my opinion the PR services have been infiltrated by a lot of spammers who wear suits to work."

What a fantastic way of putting this Egol

[EGOL]

Thanks.  Glad you enjoyed it.  

I have encountered a few guest bloggers that I really respect.  I occasionally receive offers of free articles from people who simply have a story to tell and they know that my website gets a lot of traffic related to their story's topic.  These people are generally content area experts who produce wonderful work and they often have great photos or graphics to accompany the article.  And they are not asking for links, trying to shill a business, or even seeking payment.

I have several of these articles on my site and have felt so good about them that I have given the author payment for hundreds of dollars simply to create a transaction that I have paid them for the right of publication.  Once I started paying, a few of them have written several articles - on topics that I don't have the expertise to write about.  I have gotten some of my best content from a couple of these people.

[weddingshoesandaccessories]

Hi Andy

Reading what you and Egol have written confirms why I asked the question. In the past I would have gone along with this and thought nothing from it. As always I appreciate your views and on this occasion ill take your advice and leave well alone.

Cheers

Petert

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Very pleased to have helped Peter

[weddingshoesandaccessories]

Hello Egol

Im listening to you and Andy and will not go along with the proposal. We do write good articles anyway for ourselves but this seemed something a little different, but I sure dont need penalizing for it, so Im grateful for you taking the time to respond. Thank you

Peter

[AlanMosley]

Matt Cutts recently said that Guest posting is dead. I don't have the link but I am sure  you will find story if you look

[EGOL]

Yes, since he made that video the number of requests that I receive has dropped.

[CommT]

Wish I could say the same. When they use incorrect English grammar in the request email, we send it round the team to have a giggle....

[EGOL]

lol...   I get mad and delete them... but maybe I could get some giggles here instead.