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Google Says Treat Press Releases As Advertisements; Nofollow Links In Press Releases

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Yesterday we reported about the link schemes Google update and later on I had the opportunity to ask Google's John Mueller specific questions about this update and what it means. My main concern was how specific the example was given on this one: Links with optimized anchor text in articles or press releases distributed on other sites. My questions were: (1) Just the optimized anchor text within these press releases have to be nofollowed? (2) Do you have to nofollow basic URL links (i.e. not optimized keyword anchor text) in these releases? (3) Why is Google calling out press releases here? So in the video , you can watch it, it last about ten minute (with one question not related in between), I ask these questions to John, as do others in the live hangout. John Mueller from Google makes it clear that Google wants all links in these press releases to be nofollowed. He did ...

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@gabs » 06 Aug '13, 2pm
@ActuallyMummy @CisionUK It's a press release on a third party site with followed links back to the authors site. [link]
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Have you heard the news about Google not liking "no follow" anchor text links in press releases? That doesn't... [link]
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Google: Links In Press Releases Are Unnatural Links and Should Be Nofollowed (SE Roundtable - 221 retweets) [link]
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@jordanflinn » 31 Jul '13, 2pm
Google addresses press releases: [link]
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@Joe_Gardiner » 31 Jul '13, 1pm
Google has got it in for the SEO guys atm - Nofollow Links In Press Releases [link]
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Google Says We Treat Press Releases As Advertisements So Use rel="nofollow" [link]
@Semiciudadano » 31 Jul '13, 11am
Google dice que los enlaces en notas de prensa no son naturales y deben llevar el no follow [link] vía @noe #SEO #periodismo
@AntonioRull » 31 Jul '13, 11am
WTF?! RT @bitanton Los #links en las notas de prensa no son naturales y deben usar el #nofollow, dice #Google, [link]
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@MrKeelson » 31 Jul '13, 10am
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@badams » 31 Jul '13, 9am
Google once again playing internet Gestapo, forcing us all to play by its whimsical rules or face oblivion: [link]
@MorphNorth » 31 Jul '13, 9am
This is long overdue if you ask me... [link]
@fabounito » 31 Jul '13, 8am
Les liens des communiqués de presse devront tous être en nofollow #çasentlafin [link]
@yourposition » 31 Jul '13, 8am
@JohnMu präzisiert Googles #Linkaufbau Richtlinien: Links in #Pressemitteilungen mit nofollow auszeichnen! [link]
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Google treats Press Releases As Advertisements - Nofollow Links In Press Releases? [link] #onlinepr #seo
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