Accepting casino guest post - risks and fees?

c_sharp said:

Hoping for some advice on this one. I have a 40 DA tech blog that as far as I know is in good standing everywhere. Instant indexing, lots of google traffic. I accept the occasional guest post at a rate of $50 (repeat customers) to $100 but it's no profit operation -- spend it all on writers.

Recently I was contacted about posting a casino related guest post with 1 do-follow link and they want to know the price. I'd be willing to take an unknown risk if it were an on-going thing but since it's just one post I've come to you for advice. What kind of effects could I see from posting it? Permanently ruining the site of course isn't worth even $500. And what would you charge?

And do you have any tips for increasing "normal" guest post offers? I only get around 6-8 emails a week which isn't enough since most of them want to post junk for free and I have to turn them down.

Thank you

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AngelSeo said:

You wont ruin your website even with a dozen casino links. With that said, do NOT accept articles that looks obviously paid. For example you say your website is tech niche, then article with Title as "Top casino sites Malaysia" is screaming "PAID PAID PAID" from a mile. However article about latest Samsung phones, and discrete mention that there are plenty of mobile casino offers? No problem at all. This is valid for ANY paid post you accept.

For your second question - if you add page "Write for us", "Become a contributor", "Advertise with us" etc the scrapers will found your website and you will start receive dozens of e-mails per day. In my opinion "Advertise with us" is the best option as it wont attract so much of the "free" guest posters.. and also according to some gurus Google is suspicious of websites that have "Write for us" pages.

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