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NoFollow Links in Press Releases? How To Revise Your Press Release Strategy

Bill Hartzer

Therefore, all links in press releases should have the nofollow attribute added to the links, so that the press release does not pass any SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) value to the website it’s linking to. But I have a suspicion as to why they are wanting us to put nofollow links in press releases now. But I digress.

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Facebook Rolling Out Facebook Articles

Bill Hartzer

I’ll also be looking to see how the links in Facebook articles appear, if they include the “nofollow” link attribute. A few things I’d like to see is whether or not there is a unique URL for the article, and whether or not the Facebook article is crawled and indexed in Google.

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SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links

Adam Sherk

Make sure that links within sponsored content have the “nofollow” attribute or are coded so that they are inaccessible to crawlers. While Google claims to already discount most affiliate links, from an SEO perspective the safest course is to treat them like sponsored links and make them nofollow or inaccessible to crawlers.

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How To: Make Your Links Do Follow Links in Google Plus

Bill Hartzer

I am not sure if Google has done this on purpose, but some links that are posted in Google Plus are automatically tagged with a nofollow link attribute, meaning that there is not any search engine optimization value added to the link. It is a “nofollow” link: Click on the image above it in order to enlarge it.

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SEMPO Caught Violating Google Webmaster Guidelines for Advertorials

Bill Hartzer

As such, links to SEMPO should include a ‘nofollow’ link, and clearly state in the article (or at the end of the article) that Motoko Hunt is a Board Member of SEMPO. The sole link in the article does not have a “nofollow” attribute added to the link.

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Survey: Pinterest a Great Source of Links for Publishers. What Types of Sites Get the Most Links?

Adam Sherk

But What About Nofollow? External links on Pinterest have the nofollow attribute which takes way their direct SEO value (a necessary step to combat abuse). No big surprises here as the link figures are roughly in line with what tends to be popular on Pinterest and the demographics of the user base.

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SEO in 2018, Which Practices You Should Avoid and Why.

Social Media Marketing

The guy wrote: “I recently commented on another thread regarding this, and I just did a double-take and Reddit comments indeed appear to not have the "nofollow"-relation? Link Building: Avoid Forum Posts John Mueller posted this after someone asked if Reddit comments are dofollow. How do they work?”

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