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Probably no better proof we are kid's party bloggers trying to pick up a bit of knowledge and not SEOs Ha! Thanks for pointing that out - and so generously giving of your time.

I have been thinking more about this and I have a follow up question - if it's not too much of an overstep. These weekly round up posts I do are actually quite popular, they get shared socially, I get blog comments, etc. Everyone writes their own post that fits with their particular blog. Is there any way where these weekly group roundups work? It seems a shame to stop it. I just want to make sure we're doing more good than harm.

Thanks so much. Very helpful.

No, there's no drop in ranking, I'm just learning more about SEO and realized what we believe is community building (we're all in the same niche) might be frowned upon.

Not to jump in on this post...but I will. I would love to get her name as well.

I am not an SEO by any means and would appreciate any advice I can get as I try to understand this field just a tiny bit better. I own an Etsy shop and have a blog that promotes my products (party supplies) and feature birthday parties that have been thrown by moms/party planner, etc. I've been fortunate to meet a group of great blogging friends in my niche along the way. Every Friday,  we have been sharing one post from each other's blog in a round up post to try and drive a bit of traffic to each other. Is this something that would be penalized by Google?

Thanks so much for your time.