What does google think about legit link exchanges where one is follow and one is no follow?
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Hi Experts! Here is my Question for you.
I am doing a link exchange in a legit way to increase sales for my site and my associate's site. My associate just wants a sales increase and no link juice. He has a very low DA so I want to give him a no follow link. Is it suspicious of fishy that I give a no follow link and receive a followed link in return?
Please let me know how to proceed, I don't want to take any changes.
Can you tell me the best way to proceed with this link exchange?
Thanks
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Hi Ruchy,
I think Google will understand these legitimate scenarios but cannot be guaranteed all the times.
We have more than 30 partners. We have given all of them "nofollow" from our website and they link back to us with followed links. Our DA is high and all of them have low DA. This is been happening for years where partners get deleted and new ones will add up. We never experienced any algo or manual penalties. If both pages have relative context in terms of content, the link must be legit.
Thanks
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