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The Best Free (or Cheap) Tools for Blogger and Influencer Outreach

Adam Sherk

Plug any URL into Topsy and see who tweeted it and which users were most influential (and which have a blog). Google+ Tools. But Google+ is a decent method as well, since Google Authorship participation results in people adding links to their blogs and sites they contribute to on their profile. Google Blog Search.

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The New Writer’s Guide to Evaluating Websites for Guest Posting Opportunities

ProBlogger

It’s also now evident that Google has no love for low-quality sites and inbound links from them. Check site:sitename.com in Google to see if the site is banned from the SERPs (no results means a Google ban). Enter the website URL into Alexa. Nowadays I use Buzzstream to keep track of my guest blogging initiatives.