These are the unsolicited guest bloggers that stroke your ego. I have a feeling that, given the opportunity, they’d be all too willing to stroke anything you asked them to. They write me emails like “I love your site and feel I could write a guest post that is a good fit.” What do I get out of it? Content. They get a link of their choosing on my site and I presume they get paid as well by the owners of that link. They have written good posts for me through the years as they remain in the shadows. Sometimes I wonder if they have blogs because what they do goes against what it takes to grow ones name and ones blog. Maybe it’s all legit and maybe it’s not. Maybe “Karen” is really a 400 pound sumo wrestler who works on the isle of Pirate Bay. Just my thoughts. You got any?