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Google warns authors, publications against misusing links in syndicated articles & posts
If the primary purpose of distributing content is to gain links, both authors and publishers risk a Google penalty.
Google’s out this week with a warning for anyone who is distributing or publishing content through syndication or other large-scale means: Watch your links.
Google’s post reminds those who produce content published in multiple places that, without care, they could be violating Google’s rules against link schemes.
Google says that it is not against article distribution in general. But if such distribution is done primarily to gain links, then there’s a problem.
[Read the full article on Search Engine Land.]
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