757 Free Guest Posting Sites - The Fullest List For Guest Blogging

What Can We Offer You?  

At MarketingHack, we have been professionally engaged in link-building since 2016. The cornerstone of our strategy is guest post marketing. This approach is particularly effective because guest posting not only helps acquire excellent links and traffic but is also cost-efficient if done correctly. Additionally, it is easy to scale.

For many years, our team has been consistently building backlinks for our own and clients’ websites. This gave us the opportunity to test various guest posting methods. We’ve learned from experience which strategies work and which are less effective. We’ve figured out how to best communicate with website owners, build long-term relationships, reduce outreach rejection rates, and much more.

This practical guide shares everything we know about guest posting. It includes examples of what to do and what to avoid, with explanations of why. The guide contains dozens of examples (with screenshots), templates for effective outreach emails to website owners, and, of course, our verified list of sites that accept free guest posts.

 

Why Are We Selling Access to This List?

Initially, this free guest posting sites list was an internal product of our company and was not available to external parties. The same goes for our guest blogging guide - it was originally an internal training manual for our link-building team.

Over time, this list of websites accepting free guest posts grew significantly and became a valuable resource for any company or website actively involved in link-building.

We immediately rejected the idea of releasing the list publicly because it would quickly become overused, losing its practical value. It would turn into one of those nearly useless lists of guest post sites you can find online for free. Most of those lists are either outdated, listing sites that no longer exist, or include websites that no longer accept guest posts.

That’s why we launched MarketingHack, where anyone can purchase access to our resources. Since this is a subscription-based service with a one-year term, we have the opportunity to regularly verify and update the website list, removing sites that are no longer active or have stopped accepting guest posts for various reasons.

Our guide to guest posting has also undergone updates and is now one of the best resources on the topic. It offers minimal theoretical knowledge and maximum practical insights, with screenshots, examples, and actionable SEO-hacks that truly work.

 

Common Mistakes in Guest Posting

Before diving into the guest blogging guide, let’s take a look at the most common mistakes in guest posting today.

Incorrect Search for Guest Posting Sites

Before diving into the guest blogging guide, let’s take a look at the most common mistakes in guest posting today.

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category + "become a writer"

category + "become an author"

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category + "content guidelines"

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This approach typically identifies websites with pages indicating they accept guest content from external contributors.

However, in reality, most websites found through this method will not respond to your outreach emails with guest content proposals. Most emails will remain unanswered, and conversion rates will be minimal.

The reason is that the owners and admins of these websites receive dozens or even hundreds of such emails daily. They are either physically unable to respond to all of them or simply lack the desire to do so. Consequently, some set up automated replies with messages like:

"We receive a great number of emails and unfortunately cannot reply to everyone. If you feel that you have high-quality content that we can publish, send it in a response to this email, we will notify you in case of publication. If within 2 weeks you don't get any reply it means that your content isn’t good enough and you can publish it elsewhere".

 

Here is an example of such auto-reply:

It is clear that in most cases, your outreach email will go unanswered, and the guest post will not be published regardless of its quality.

Why This Happens

The issue lies in the fact that website staff on the receiving end cannot process and review hundreds of submissions. Most submitted guest posts are low-quality, often generated by ChatGPT or other AI tools. These articles typically offer no real value to readers and are essentially pointless.

Over time, tired of daily bombardment with guest posting requests, many websites stop accepting guest content altogether.

This has happened with well-known sites like BlogHer.com, which for a long time published guest content from contributors but eventually discontinued the practice. The same occurred with About.com and Lifehack.org, which now rely solely on internal journalists or a limited pool of vetted authors.

Who Might Respond to Your Outreach?

Websites that publish guest content for a fee are the most likely to respond. The purpose of these sites is to masquerade as high-traffic, reputable platforms while monetizing by selling links and paid guest post placements.

Their owners intentionally optimize these sites for search queries like “tech blog guest posting”. These sites are then aggressively promoted via spam emails and offered on various SEO services and freelance platforms like Fiverr.

It goes without saying that links from such websites are often ineffective for SEO. The reason is that Google is well aware of these sites selling links and has learned to disregard paid and sponsored guest posts.

You may have noticed situations where you spent months actively buying links and paid posts, but your website’s rankings in Google did not improve. This happens because Google has become much smarter than it used to be.

Why Paid Links Often Don’t Work

Thanks to its global ecosystem, which includes products like Gmail, Android, Chrome, the Google Disavow Tool, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and others, Google has developed the ability to identify websites actively selling links and posts.

What Is Our Goal?

Our goal is to secure guest posts with links on websites that do not sell links or participate in link-building schemes.

Unfortunately, some websites that used to accept high-quality guest content for free eventually lower their quality standards while starting to charge for publication. Often, this is due to the need for additional website monetization, forcing owners to sell advertising in this way.

We continuously monitor and remove such websites from our list to ensure the integrity of our resources.

Using DA and DR to Evaluate Website Quality

In the early days of SEO, Google had its own public metric for assessing website quality called PageRank or PR, which ranged from 1 to 10. A website's PR was directly influenced by the quantity and quality of linking websites. Over time, however, Google decided to hide this metric from public view to prevent excessive manipulation, especially by those selling sponsored posts and links.

After this change, many popular SEO tools developed their own proprietary metrics for evaluating websites, based on their internal algorithms. This led to the creation of metrics such as DA by Moz, DR by Ahrefs, Citation Flow by Majestic, SEMrush Rank, and others.

The reality is that these metrics have no direct correlation with Google’s actual evaluation methods. Despite this, website owners and link sellers often rely on these metrics to convince you of their site's superiority.

Link builders tend to think along the following lines:
"We need to find guest posting opportunities on websites with a DA of at least 40. If a site's DA is lower, it means the site is not good enough for us."

This assumption is flawed. These SEO metrics are, to some extent, artificial. They reflect a subjective evaluation of a website’s quality, specific to the SEO tool that generated the metric. In fact, DA and DR scores can be artificially boosted, a practice commonly employed by website owners selling paid posts and links.

What Matters More

Organic traffic is far more important when evaluating the quality of a website. If you want to ensure a site is a good fit for guest posting, focus on these three factors:

1. Relevance of the website
2. Search traffic volume and trends
3. Presence of questionable content (e.g., casino, CBD, or other spammy niches)

A good candidate for guest posting is a site that:

• Is relevant to your niche
• Has significant and stable organic search traffic (without sudden drops, which could indicate Google penalties)
• Lacks questionable or spammy content (a sign of potential link selling)

While DA, DR, and similar metrics shouldn’t be dismissed entirely, they are better suited for quick evaluations. They can help you decide whether a site is worth investigating in more detail.

 

Which emails are ineffective for outreach and why?

Once you’ve selected websites for guest posting - whether from our list or your own niche research - what’s next?

The majority of mistakes in guest posting stem from poor communication with website owners and managers, often starting with the very first outreach email. Let’s review some examples of ineffective outreach emails:

 

Example 1: The insincere "long-time reader":

The sender claims to have been a long-time reader and admirer of the website’s content. However, the manager, who likely receives hundreds of similar emails from self-proclaimed "long-time readers", immediately recognizes this as a generic and insincere approach.

The email then offers a choice of three articles, despite the manager never agreeing to accept any guest content in the first place.

Finally, the sender explicitly outlines their terms, such as requiring a dofollow link - all in the very first email.

This type of email is highly likely to be ignored or rejected.

 

Example 2: The overly friendly but exhausting email

The sender tries too hard to appear friendly, submitting a list of seven article topics right away. However, they fail to ask whether the recipient is even interested in guest content.

In many cases, the website may not accept guest posts at all. Receiving such a long, unsolicited email from a stranger is often irritating.

 

Example 3: The premature submission

The sender skips the introduction altogether and attaches a completed article in their very first email, without any prior discussion or approval of the topic.

Such emails often end up in the spam folder. Even if they are seen, only low-quality websites that routinely sell links will agree to such proposals. This is certainly not the type of guest posting we aim for, right?

 

Example 4: The generic and vague email

This email avoids listing article topics or attaching a completed article, which is a plus. However, the positives end there.

Email is highly generic and resembles typical spam. A major red flag is when the sender claims expertise in multiple unrelated niches, such as: "... circles around the lifestyle, technology, automotive and business ". This lack of focus makes it clear they are not a genuine expert in any of these fields, which is obvious to everyone except the sender.

 

What Are the Main Reasons for Rejection in Guest Posting?

Several common mistakes often lead to rejections in guest posting, especially when made by SEO agencies.

 

Intrusive Outreach Emails That Look Like Spam

Many outreach emails fail to inspire trust and end up looking like spam. You can see examples of this in the cases mentioned earlier. If you own a content-driven website, you’ll likely understand this problem well.

Receiving an email starting with “Hello Dear” is almost always a red flag, signaling a request to publish low-quality guest content. As a result, such emails are frequently ignored or marked as spam..

 

Offering Irrelevant Topics

A common practice among many SEO and link-building agencies is to create articles in advance, which are then distributed to websites by outreach managers. With this approach, it’s not uncommon for managers to neglect checking whether the guest article aligns with the target website.

This mismatch can involve not only the topic but also the format of the article. When this happens, website managers are unlikely to continue the conversation or consider alternative article options. They understandably assume the offered content is not of high quality in the first place.

 

AI-Generated Guest Articles

The rapid development of AI tools like ChatGPT-4, Google Gemini, and others has drastically changed content creation. What used to take copywriters hours or even days can now be generated in just minutes.

As a result, a significant portion of guest posts being offered today are weak, AI-generated articles of questionable quality.

When presented with such content, website managers will likely refuse to publish it. Many websites that prioritize maintaining high standards for their materials won’t risk their reputation, even for monetary compensation.

 

How to Do Guest Posting for SEO the Right Way

Let’s dive into how to approach guest posting effectively to achieve the best possible results. For many years, the MarketingHack team has been building excellent backlinks with guest blogging as our primary link-building strategy. During this time, we’ve manually sent thousands of outreach emails (yes, thousands!) to website owners with guest content proposals.

By analyzing the results of our efforts, testing different email formats, and refining relationship-building strategies with website owners, we’ve identified the most effective techniques. You can adopt these methods to elevate your link-building results like never before.

 

The Psychology of Guest Blogging

To execute truly effective guest posting, it’s essential to understand the mindset of website owners - what they expect from guest blogging and the value they hope it will bring.

Content-driven websites can generally be divided into the following categories:

1. Websites that don’t need guest content

These sites are not interested in publishing guest content. Most of them have in-house authors and do not require external contributors.

2. Sites open to high-quality guest content, but not regularly

Typically, these are popular and well-known websites that don’t publicly announce they accept content from external contributors. However, they may be interested in publishing original and genuinely engaging content on a case-by-case basis.

3. Websites that publish guest posts for payment

The most common category consists of websites that offer guest posting as a paid service. These sites usually don’t prioritize content quality and are open to a wide range of topics. Their primary requirement is that you pay for the publication.

4. Sites that publish high-quality guest content for free

This smaller group of websites is focused on publishing well-crafted, high-quality articles without charging a fee. Some of these sites even offer monetary rewards to contributors. They often feature Content Guidelines sections outlining the requirements for submitted content.

5. Websites that publish any content for free

Typically, these are newer websites aiming to boost their popularity, traffic, and SEO metrics to eventually sell sponsored posts and links. This is often a marketing tactic. Over time, these websites usually stop accepting free guest posts and start charging for publications. It’s not uncommon for such websites to eventually remove all links from previously published articles. All they really want from you is traffic to their site and free content in the initial stages.