I&#x27;ve been asked to do some writing for a site, but I don&#x27;t know who the person is doing the asking and his guidelines are rather amateurish. It really makes it sound like a fly-by-night operation, but then, many popular sites were originally started by naive go-getters who just kept cracking the pavement until it worked.<p>What sort of question would you be asking, what sort of things would you be looking for, to figure out whether or not becoming a contributing author or a guest poster on a new blog is worth the effort?<p>I mean, beyond just the time effort. Is there a potential to harm one&#x27;s own reputation if one gets involved with a site that goes sideways? For example, there are lots of articles that talk about the best way to run a blog that accepts guest posts, how to avoid spammy content, how to avoid getting penalized on SEO, etc.
Ask HN: What should concern a “guest poster”?