Content Guidelines

Overview

Thank you for your interest in contributing to SecurityBlogs. We publish high-quality, original editorial content that helps security businesses grow their visibility across search engines and AI platforms. These guidelines set out what we expect from contributors and guest authors so that every piece we publish meets our editorial standards and serves our readers. Please read them in full before submitting a pitch or draft.

Who Can Contribute

We welcome submissions from practitioners, marketers and subject-matter experts who can offer genuine insight to a security-industry audience. Ideal contributors include:

• Security business owners, operators and consultants.
• Marketing, SEO and AI visibility specialists with security-sector experience.
• Technology vendors and integrators serving the security market.
• Researchers and analysts covering physical and cyber security trends.

Contributors should be willing to provide verifiable credentials and a short author bio. We do not accept anonymous submissions or content produced solely by automated tools without meaningful human expertise and editing.

Topic Relevance (Security Industry)

All content must be directly relevant to the security industry and our audience of security business decision-makers and marketers. Suitable topics include security marketing, AI visibility, SEO, lead generation, industry trends, technology adoption, compliance and operational best practice. Pitches that are off-topic, overly generic, or only loosely connected to security will not be accepted.

Originality & Plagiarism

Every submission must be 100% original and written exclusively for SecurityBlogs. We do not accept content that has been published elsewhere, spun, or substantially copied from other sources. All submissions are checked with plagiarism-detection tools. Quotes and statistics must be properly attributed and cited. Any submission found to contain plagiarised material will be rejected and the contributor may be barred from future submissions.

Word Count & Formatting

Articles should be a minimum of 800 words, with most well-developed pieces ranging between 1,000 and 2,000 words. To keep content readable and scannable, please follow these formatting conventions:

• Use a clear, descriptive working title and logical heading structure (H2 and H3).
• Keep paragraphs short — generally two to four sentences.
• Use bullet or numbered lists to break down complex points.
• Write in clear, professional, plain English and avoid unexplained jargon.
• Submit drafts in Google Docs or a clean Word document with formatting applied via headings, not manual styling.

Links & Promotion

We allow relevant, value-adding links within content, subject to the following limits:

• A maximum of two dofollow links to a contributor's own website or resources.
• Links must point to relevant, high-quality, non-spammy destinations.
• Additional outbound links to authoritative third-party sources are encouraged where they support the content.
• Overtly promotional, affiliate or low-quality links may be removed or marked nofollow at our discretion.

Content that reads as an advertisement rather than a genuinely useful article will not be published.

E-E-A-T & Author Credentials

We prioritise content that demonstrates Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness and Trustworthiness (E-E-A-T). To support this, contributors must provide:

• A concise author bio (40–60 words) describing relevant experience and qualifications.
• A professional headshot and a link to a verifiable profile (such as LinkedIn or a company page).
• First-hand examples, data or experience that substantiate the claims made in the article.

Images & Media

Where images, diagrams, screenshots or charts strengthen an article, we encourage their use. Contributors must ensure they own the rights to any media submitted or that it is properly licensed for commercial use. Please supply images at high resolution, include descriptive alt text, and credit sources where required. We may resize, compress or replace media for performance and consistency.

Prohibited Content

We will not publish content that:

• Is plagiarised, defamatory, misleading or factually unsupported.
• Contains hate speech, harassment, discrimination or illegal material.
• Promotes unsafe, unethical or non-compliant security practices.
• Is purely promotional, contains hidden affiliate schemes, or is keyword-stuffed.
• Infringes intellectual property or privacy rights.

SEO Requirements

Because our content is built to perform in search and AI platforms, contributors should submit basic on-page SEO elements alongside each draft:

• A meta title of up to 60 characters that includes the primary keyword.
• A meta description of up to 155 characters that accurately summarises the article.
• A suggested short, hyphenated URL slug (for example, security-seo-best-practices).
• A clear primary keyword or topic focus, with natural rather than forced keyword usage.

Review Process & Timeline

After you submit a pitch or draft, our editorial team will review it for relevance, quality and compliance with these guidelines. We typically respond within five to ten business days. Accepted drafts may go through one or more rounds of revision before publication. We will let you know the expected publication date once your article has been approved. Submission does not guarantee publication.

Editorial Rights

SecurityBlogs reserves the right to edit submissions for clarity, accuracy, length, style, SEO and consistency with our editorial voice. We may add or adjust headings, internal links and media. We also reserve the right to decline, unpublish or update any content at our discretion. By submitting content, you grant us a licence to publish, edit and promote it across our website and channels.

Contact the Editors

To pitch an idea or submit a draft, please email our editorial team at info@securityblogs.com.au or call us on +61 411 212 418 (Mon to Fri, 9am–5pm AEST). You can also reach us via our contact page. We look forward to reading your ideas.