Guest post that links to sport-betting websites

Zedhun

I had a guest post inquiry for my blog. The sender wants to write about a topic that fits my blog (bartending) but will link out to a sports betting website.

I couldn't find any info in Ezoic's help section other than it falling under restricted content.

They send some samples along, these are the blogs, and there are 1-2 links in each article to a site (https://www.bovada.lv)
https://sillyseason.com/american-football/can-the-miami-dolphins-make-a-super-bowl-run-189725/
https://celebmix.com/the-queen-of-the-metaverse-why-does-paris-hilton-invest-in-blockchain/

Before I go further with them, is linking out these site's allowed under terms and services?

MichaelH

Thank you for checking! While not breaking terms and service, it's highly likely that this page would get restricted. This means that ad demand would be much more limited due to the page's content.

Zedhun

Thank you, I thought that might be an issue. Would it impact just ad demand on the guest post page or the whole site?

If it impacts the ad demand for the whole site, then I'll definitely turn them down.

Lilla

Hi there,

Hope you're well - just stepping in for Michael, while he's out of office. We'd expect this to only impact the singular article (if it has any impact at all), it shouldn't impact the overall site - unless you have a significant amount of content related to gambling.

I'm saying this with the caveat, however, that this is ultimately up to Google and so I can't guarantee anything with certainty. However, I think it would be highly unlikely for this to have any impact on the overall ad demand for your site.

I hope that makes sense, let us know if you have any further questions or concerns regarding this and we'll do our best to address them for you! 🙂

Kind regards,
Lilla