Why is my featured expert tip being nofollowed by Examiner.com?
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Hey guys, I recently got a press hit featuring a tip I provided for an article on marketing medical practices. The article is on examiner.com and I am wondering what their reason may be for no-following the links in their articles ...ttp://www.examiner.com/article/the-biggest-challenges-medical-marketing-and-how-to-overcome-them-1
Don't get me wrong, I understand and am excited about the intrinsic benefits of being featured in such an article...just wondered why something like that would be no-followed!
Would love to hear your thoughts.
Thanks,
Ricky
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They were dofollow but recently examiner changed it to no-follow due to massive abuse
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Google probably does what the nofollow tag says.
Still... think positive: you got a mention on "examiner"!, probably will drive you some nice organic traffic...
(my inner jealous talking: I'd kill for one! even knowing they are nofollow :P)
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Yep, I hear ya!
I didn't understand it either. It seems to be a perfect example of a link that SHOULD be followed. There are links all over the internet passing link equity that are total crap (ie. blog comment spam, .edu spam etc.), really odd that the system currently has those links adding value but links like this one doing nothing for your site authority!
You would think Google would WANT to put stock in a mention like this...wonder how tightly they stick to honoring "nofollows" like these...
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Thanks Tim! Yep, I saw also it was a site-wide policy but was unsure why. Maybe I'll give it a go on reaching out just to see what they say..couldn't hurt!
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As Tim pointed, it is a common practice on examiner to nofollow their outbound links.
I personally found that disgusting... (regardless the site doing it) they are "profiting" with what you wrote while not giving you any credit. Yeah, I also get the point of being featured on their site, organic link traffic, etc. but still, they are quoting me, naturally, why not linking naturally too.
My quick guess, is that they do so many product reviews, they are just covering their a***s against any advertorial accusation that could led to a penalty...
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Hi Ricky,
Congrats on the mention in Examiner! I looked through a bunch of their other articles and it seems that no-following external links is a standard practice for them. For example, here's an article that links to HootSuite, LinkedIn and the iTunes App Store - all of them are no-followed.
You could try to find the contact info for an editor and request that they remove the no-follow tag, but if this is a site-wide policy, I'm not sure that they would do it for you.
Tim
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