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Hey there, I don't think there's another similar plugin (I may be wrong)... Please email me directly seosmarty AT gmail and we'll figure out which problems you have and how to fix them
It's running smoothly on my sites but it can be tricky under different server environments... so we'll figure that out!
Thanks for your kind words about MyBlogGuest, Amanda!
Thanks for the mention. I just want to note that we at MyBlogGuest are undergoing a quality-control stage right now: We are trying to drag users FROM link dropping while connecting them to niche community-bloggers, so it's a good time to join!
To me, revenue sharing has been low-effective, so I don't think it will increase the value of incoming requests. Here's what I suggest:
Thus you'll see fewer low-quality requests and save your time as well
If you really want good content, pay cash money.
That's just looking in only one of many possible directions... One of guest posts placed on my site brought me a mention in NYTimes, another one brought me 10000 visits from SU (and still counting since then). Another one ranks top in Google = constant stream of free traffic.
I am advocate of guest blogging (the quality one) because it's what makes content social. It's like comments: I don't like blog posts that disable them because they take the social aspect of content marketing away.
Yes, paying for content is one of the ways to get it, but even paying for it you will get lotы of low-quality articles (especially you build up the base of reliable writers which takes time). It's also an investment many bloggers simply can't afford, so there's nothing groundbreaking in your advice, sorry, I do respect it...
Diane, to make the forums less cluttered and more focused we only allow one active thread per site at a time. Most blogs fall under one of our very generic categories. If you need to try more categories, squeeze all you can from your currently active thread, then close it and create a new one in a different category. This way we also ensure each user doesn't have too many threads he/she is not able to keep up with
This helps us keep the forum integrity and usefulness!
If you have overgrown My Blog Guest, I do recommend you try going straight to high-profile bloggers directly. MBG is good for a start as well as for scaling: you try your hand at guest blogging meeting people who are there exactly to receive guest articles. You can learn to meet other people's requirements, brainstorm interesting topics, etc. It's easier in terms of hearing back and getting your article placed.
The truth is, high-traffic blogs don't use platforms because they receive hundreds of guest post pitches weekly. They hardly need more. So if you want to go to the next level, use Marks' suggestions below and go to Google.
As a PRO MyBlogGuest user, you already have access to the link tracker (that's the update you are getting if any of your guest posts get removed or any of your links gets deleted), so since you are using MBG, MBG tracker would be extra 
We are working on the quality issue and haven't noticed that many poor-quality articles. I personally track ALL rejections (I get an email each time the publisher rejects the article) and I don't recall seeing that many rejections either... Could you please report any time you receive a poor article?
About the blog quality, we have had lots of discussions in Private area about that and haven't still come to any good solution. Making another level of membership where only high-quality articles can go and only high-quality blogs can enter sounds like no problem to me. But I've heard some serious concerns about that being a closed network Google might once consider as breaking the rules. Right now our doors are open to everyone, and yes, it is much more natural this way
Gerald Weber, VCB co-founder, can't post here for some reason but here's his reply:
Marko,
I can understand where your thinking is coming from because there are many "vote exchange" sites that have a lot of low quality and spammy submissions, where the focus seems to be on just spamming out low quality content. However since we moderate all submissions and will disallow users that repeatedly attempt to abuse the service, we can ensure a certain minimum level of quality.
I totally agree with your point about building an active audience and social circle. This is something I have been personally already doing for years and I encourage others to do that same. However another selling point of our service is that it generally will allow you to get your content shared from individuals that are mostly outside of your normal "social media circles" which is always a good thing.
Most of our sites have been accepting guest posts for ages. We have many members who grew together with us (they joined as very new sites and are now getting traffic, rankings and activity), so your observations are wrong.
None of our oldest and most established bloggers has been devalued so far, so I don't see any point in getting suspicious.
New sites are more active, true, just because they are new. So they might be easier to notice.
We are not doing anything wrong and saying "after MBG sites are all devalued" is also wrong. Let's talk about that if/when it ever happens. We have worked hard to be Google-friendly. We are doing our best to convince the members of non-link-building priorities. And most of our users do get that.
I have said it many times: it's not about guest blogging - it's how you are using it. So don't blame the tactic if you see someone abusing it.
The high-quality guest blogging will survive: because it's based on great content.
The low-quality guest blogging is not worth it, so it is probably being devalued right now.
Hey there, I don't think there's another similar plugin (I may be wrong)... Please email me directly seosmarty AT gmail and we'll figure out which problems you have and how to fix them
It's running smoothly on my sites but it can be tricky under different server environments... so we'll figure that out!
Hey Marie, good plan on starting guest blogging! Good luck. Here's my way to handle this:
No more than 2 links in the byline. More looks somewhat greedy and doesn't make sense anyway.
I wouldn't guest blog on a PR N/A site but in all other cases PR doesn't matter. There are very new but very active sites: lots of tweets, likes and comments, lots of activity. Even if they are PR0 or PR1 they might be worth a show for two reasons: (1) They are likely to attract traffic (2) They are likely to have accumulated some considerable link power but it's not that visible yet using the tools. If there's activity on the blog, it's most likely to grow very fast! Besides, these new blogs are usually much easier to communicate with!
None that I have faced, but here's one recent comment from one of our users: it looks like his guest post has outranked content on his own domain, so I'd pay attention to what you are guest blogging it to avoid your own guest posts competing with your own pages in Google search.
Absolutely. Don't just share them to be indexed (they will be indexed quite quickly anyway because blogs are usually caught up in no time) - share them to get more traffic and exposure. You want your guest post to be a powerful trust signal - and an actively discussed and shared article will give you a larger boost.
To me, revenue sharing has been low-effective, so I don't think it will increase the value of incoming requests. Here's what I suggest:
Thus you'll see fewer low-quality requests and save your time as well
Hey Ryan, let's try to figure everything out!
1. We are welcome blogs on any platforms. However we only support DIRECT post (sending guest articles directly to blogs) for Wordpress. Don't worry, that's an optional feature. Just ignore it if you don't have a Wordpress blog. You can still make offers in the gallery (provided you have verified your blog)
2. "So, now, I just write content in the site-used article generator?"
Generator? Not sure what you mean, but just in case: we allow only well-written authentical and useful content.
3. To start off, you may want to browse PRIVATE forum to read about the rules, quality standards, other members' experiences, etc. Just look it over
4. Now, feel free to write a good article and try submitting it to the gallery.
There's no actual strict way to use guest blogging for links. If you don't want to write for competing sites, brainstorm topics in neighboring niches.
Lastly, if you need more help, examples of good guest articles, actual guest post ideas on your topics, etc - I can always be reached via email (I am going to email you right away as well)
The best way I usually follow:
It may sound like the article marketing, only it not one because it's in no way about spinning or rewriting. it's about re-focusing your research to write masterpieces.
I have given a few examples in my article on content re-focusing (we have also had a Twitter chat on that)
If you have overgrown My Blog Guest, I do recommend you try going straight to high-profile bloggers directly. MBG is good for a start as well as for scaling: you try your hand at guest blogging meeting people who are there exactly to receive guest articles. You can learn to meet other people's requirements, brainstorm interesting topics, etc. It's easier in terms of hearing back and getting your article placed.
The truth is, high-traffic blogs don't use platforms because they receive hundreds of guest post pitches weekly. They hardly need more. So if you want to go to the next level, use Marks' suggestions below and go to Google.
While it surely up to you, but with guest posting, I'd rather focus on the quality of the blogs than the number of unique ones. That said, recurring guest articles at SEOmoz or Mashable will work much better than dozens of unique guest posts on low-quality blogs.
That doesn't mean you should focus only on huge established blogs.
Here's what I do:
Looks like my answer here is: do both 
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