Is the Smashing Magazine link dofollow? What we could and couldn't check
A long-running publication for web designers and developers. It takes articles from outside authors after an editor approves an outline.
Our check
- Link
- Not checkableWe couldn't check this one on a public page.
- Approval
- PitchYou pitch; someone else decides whether you're used and linked.
- Where it shows
- Your author page, with links to your own site and social profiles
- Popularity
- Outside the Tranco top million
- Checked
- The checker could not read the author page links because the page's HTML is minified with unquoted attributes, and we don't guess.
Rules and free route: Smashing Magazine's own page
How to get the link
- Read the Write for us guidelines and the publishing policy.
- Come up with a topic from your own experience: a tutorial, opinion piece, ultimate guide or case study.
- Write a short outline and send it to the editors through the contact route on the page.
- If the outline is approved, write the article with your assigned editor.
Worth it if
You build websites and can write practical, experience-based pieces for other professionals.
Skip it if
You want to promote a product. Pieces that read as content marketing, press releases and articles sent on behalf of a company are rejected.