PureBlogging

Last week, I decided to offer guest bloggers an opportunity to contribute to PureBlogging. Since that post I have received many more requests than expected so I felt it was necessary to develop a few guidelines for guest bloggers to follow.

First of all, guest bloggers will start out as contributors so that all posts can be reviewed for quality before publication. Once I am reasonably sure of what I can expect from a guest blogger, full author rights will be granted. A select few may even be granted editor or administrator rights in the future.

I also plan to limit the number of posts on PureBlogging to approximately 3 to 5 per day. Any more than that and I think we risk overloading readers with too much information. I also want to avoid a situation where there are 10 posts one day and none the next. In the beginning that will be easy because I will be reviewing each article submitted and can schedule them as I see fit. I will work on something to simply things in the future.

Acceptable Content

• Compelling Content: Posts should be informational and offer readers some benefit.
• New Content: Posts should be original content. Please don’t repost articles from your blog.
• Original Content: Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
• Link Love: Feel free to link to other bloggers if appropriate.
• Reviews: Reviews of plugins, themes, or other non-profit services are welcomed.

Unacceptable Content

• Profanity: You can make your point without the use of profanity.
• Adult Topics: Do not submit articles of an adult or sexual nature.
• Poorly Written Posts: I’m not perfect and don’t expect you to be but please proofread your articles. A few misspellings and one or two grammatical errors that can be easily corrected will be acceptable but beyond that I may ask you to correct and resubmit your article.
• Weak Content: Articles need to provide some benefit to the reader and must contain more than just pictures, graphics, or videos.
• Commercial Reviews: Reviews of for profit or ecommerce sites are unacceptable unless it is a paid review.
• Affiliate Links: Please do not use affiliate links in your posts.

General Terms and Conditions

1. All content submitted to PureBlogging.com by guest bloggers/authors will be published only after it has gone through an editorial process that may or may not require changes to the original content.
2. All content submitted to PureBlogging.com will be deemed the property of PureBlogging.com but the original guest blogger/author shall remain the author of record.
3. Guest bloggers/authors should submit only original posts and select an appropriate category(s). Additional categories can be added by request.
4. When quoting from or using material from another blog or any other source all guest bloggers/authors should give proper credit and link to the original source.
5. Guest bloggers/authors may include a short blurb about themselves and/or their website or blog after their post. The blurb can be 1 or 2 sentences long and may include up to 2 links.
6. Profit sharing for revenue derived from guest blogger/author content shall be at the discretion of PureBlogging.com and can include both Google AdSense and paid review fees.
7. These terms and conditions may be changed or amended at any time.
8. PureBlogging.com reserves the right to decline publication of any article, post, or comment deemed to be inappropriate.

If you have additional questions or concerns feel free to leave a comment here or use the contact form to send me an email and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Later today I will send everyone that has expressed interest an email with instructions on what to do next.

Please Note: Parts of this post have been taken from PixelHead Online who is also looking to add guest bloggers. Be sure to check out his offer when you get a chance.

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