Google Passes Out Unnatural Outbound Links Penalty
About a month after Google's 'reminder' to bloggers to disclose compensated posts and nofollow any links associated with those posts, they started handing out manual actions for unnatural outbound links.
It didn't take our members long to leverage the FastAnswer system for support. As our experts managed these questions they decided to escalate the topic and cover it within an SE Byte Q&A resource. So, now you can read our expert's advice on exactly how to unwind this penalty before it begins to affect your rankings here:
This is another great example of Google giving out a veiled warning ("reminder") and a month later, following through with penalties. Keep this in mind when you read the next report on a friendly Google reminder and if it pertains to you then acting quickly is always a smart move.
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