Guest Blogger Guidelines and Terms

I Initially encountered the idea of guest blogging on other blogs on Matt Coddington’s guest blogger post John is Busy Slaying Pandas, Im Filling In on JohnChow.com. But then I was also on another of my favorite blogs, Pureblogging.com, were David was asking his readers “Would You Like to Write For PureBlogging.com?“, and the idea of taking on Guest Bloggers on PixelHeadonline.com was born. David did get back to me, and he said he would be working on some guidelines over the weekend. So I thought that Guest Blogger guidelines would be a good post.

I’m also thinking about a web2.0 site that bloggers can use to find “Substitute Bloggers” to fill in for vacations and what not or a pool of bloggers that supports one and other.***HMMM

Anyway, without having a set of guidelines in place, I started offering the opportunity to be a guest blogger on Pixelheadonline. With three potential posts waiting, I have decided to first write a post about guest blogger guidelines prior to publishing any posts besides mine or Lizzie’s. Posts may be in the form of a traditional post or as articles. Below are the guidelines and terms for guest bloggers, which shall become a separate page.

Guest Blogger Posts that will be Accepted

• Informative posts that offer readers some benefit.
• Good original, and occasionally unoriginal stories that deserve to be retold.
• Posts with pictures and graphics are highly desirable(after all it is PixelHeadonline).
• Posts that spread the “Link Love” to other bloggers.
• Site reviews of “not for profit” or “Human service” sites can be done for free.

Posts and Articles That Will Not Be Accepted

• Having little beneficial content.
• Adult topics of a sexual nature.
• Posts with profanity
• Poorly written posts.( A few misspellings and one or two grammatical errors that can be easily corrected will be fine…after all I am not perfect)
• Posts that are made entirely of pictures and graphics.
• Site reviews of for profit sites such as eccomerce or sites created for Google Adsense. Paid site reviews must go through one of the vendors.

To insure quality, all posts must be reviewed prior to publication for a number of articles. Once a significant relationship has been established, authors may be moved from contributor to author, editor or even administrator.

Guest Blogger/Contributor/ Author Terms

• All content submitted to Pixelheadonline.com by guest bloggers/authors shall be published after it has gone through an editorial process which may or may not require changes to the original content.
• All content submitted to Pixelheadonline will be deemed the property of PixelHeadonline, but the original author shall remain the author of record.
• Guest bloggers should submit only original posts and select an appropriate category(s). Pixelheadonline has a pretty broad range of topics, and within a certain extent if a category does not exist then an appropriate category can be created.
• One link to the authors site, which can be a keyword text link within the post or maybe used at the end of the post as a signature.
• Profit sharing for revenue derived from guest blogger content shall be at the discretion of PixelHeadonline to include both Google Adsense and any Site review fees
• These terms maybe changed and amended at any given time.
• The Staff of PixelHeadonline.com have the right to decline publication of any article, post, or comment.
• Guest Bloggers should leave a comment to indicate that they have read the Guest blogger Terms and Guidelines.

If you would like to be a guest blogger, please sign up for an account and submit an article for review, and leave me a comment here or on the Terms and Guidelines for Guest Bloggers page. Also please feel free to give me any feed back if you think that any changes need to be made to the terms and guidelines.

Written by Pixelhead on May 18th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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