> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.get-ryze.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Guest Posts

> Ryze writes guest-post articles aimed at external sites — you review and approve, then they're placed to earn links back to your pages.

Guest posts are off-page content: articles written to live on other sites and link back to yours. Ryze drafts them for you, you approve, and the placement earns a backlink to your site.

Find them under **Mentions** in the SEO sidebar, alongside press releases and backlinks.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/ryzeai-5f9aafd5/AOERrWrazZOYqwAr/images/seo-mentions.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=AOERrWrazZOYqwAr&q=85&s=78ce7f0e8e2a94a1ac91ab72c3fc4504" alt="The Mentions page with guest posts, press, and backlinks" width="3196" height="1696" data-path="images/seo-mentions.png" />
</Frame>

## How it works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Drafted">
    Ryze writes a guest-post draft — body, meta title, and meta description — built around your priority keywords and pages.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review & approve">
    You review the draft and edit it as needed, then approve it for placement.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Published">
    The post is placed on the target publication, and Ryze records the placement URL — the live link pointing back to your site.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Guest posts share the same status flow as the rest of the engine: **planned → drafted → published** (or **failed**, with a retry).

## Why they matter

Each placed guest post is a backlink. Backlinks are one of the strongest signals for domain authority — see [Backlinks](/seo/backlinks) for how Ryze tracks them.

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Press Releases" icon="bullhorn" href="/seo/press">
    Distributed PR that earns links.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Backlinks" icon="link" href="/seo/backlinks">
    How placements become backlinks.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>