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    • seohive-222720
      seohive-222720 last edited by

      I recently seen a site that has delibrately no followed the links to there social sites.  The company's Google Plus, Facebook and twitter icons all no followed?  I would have thought you would want google to know about these profiles?

      Whats everyone elses take on this??

      shivun

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      • OrionGroup
        OrionGroup last edited by

        Hi Shivun,

        I do not recommend putting a nofollow to the Google Plus, Facebook and Twitter sites.

        I think it is important for the search engines to understand the other sites you link to, especially with the

        Scott O.

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