Blogs that Thank Their Sponsors in a Blog Post

[SparkplugDigital]

I've noticed some popular bloggers who create a monthly blog post that thanks their sponsors and the links are followed.

Do you think that Google lets this slide or are they stopping some or all of the links from these blogs from passing link juice?

[Malarowski]

I doubt Google can algorithmically filter this out in an easy way and probably won't do it manually. As long as the blog has content normally and only does that occasionally I don't see how it would be a problem.

[SEOPA]

Should be fine. If there were 10 blogs that had the exact same links and structure it may raise some suspicion. Also, if this blog has hundreds of 'thank you' links, it may be a bit fishy.

But it sounds like it could be natural for the user experience, especially if they mention a bit about why they are thanking each.