Tracking your guest posts
Updated · First published
My Guest Posts is everything you are writing for other sites, described as "Every article you're writing for another site, and where each one is in its journey."
The list
Each row carries the article and its current version, the destination site with its domain and its Domain Rating where one has been measured, the status, when it was last updated, and the actions available.
A dash in the rating column means it has not been measured yet. It does not mean zero.
Last updated is shown in relative words with the exact date underneath, because "8 days ago" is what you want at a glance and the date is what you want when you are working out whether to chase somebody.
Above the list, search across title, destination and status, a status filter that groups the long workflow into useful sets, and sorting.
On a narrow screen the table scrolls sideways rather than hiding a column.
The statuses, in journey order
Draft, yours, not sent.
Submitted, with the editors, not yet picked up.
Under review, somebody is reading it.
Changes requested, back with you. See when the editors ask for changes.
Resubmitted, sent back after changes.
Approved, accepted and waiting to be published.
Live URL submitted, published and being checked.
Verified live, the check passed. This is the finish line, and it is where the article joins your Content Library.
Validation failed, the check found something wrong on the live page: a link missing, wording changed, or the page not reachable.
Rejected, declined.
Deleting a draft
Only unsubmitted drafts can be deleted, and the dialog says why: "Only unsubmitted drafts can be deleted. Submitted posts and their review history are always preserved."
That is deliberate. Once an editor has read something, the record of what they read and what they said is not yours alone to remove.
If a deletion fails, the reason is given rather than the button silently doing nothing.
The article's page
Opening a row shows the article as it was received, its current version, the editors' feedback, the live link once there is one, and the result of the live check.
Where an article is part of a backlink exchange, the page says so, because the publication path is different: the exchange's process handles it from there.
The four steps, still there
Under the list, a disclosure keeps the four-step explanation around: each article is somewhere on that path, and opening one shows its exact next step.
Reading the list well
Two habits.
Scan for Changes requested and Validation failed first. Those are the two states where nothing moves until you do something.
Do not chase Under review too early. Sites publish their expected turnaround in their rules, and it is usually days rather than hours.
Where to go next
The Content Library is where verified articles end up.
Still stuck?
Open Rankbench and the page this article describes — most screens explain themselves as you go.