No follow external links

[STP_SEO]

Hi all,

Our blog utilizes a fair amount of guest blog articles. Each article includes a link to the authors site. Some memebers of our team believe it is best practice to no follow all of these links while others believe we should follow the links, Our page rank and domain authority are almost always much higher then the guest blogger's site so we want to know the pros and cons of nofollow vs follow of these links. Since the domain authority and page rank of guest blog sites are low will this have a negative effect on our site? They aren't spammy and are legitimate sites covering similar content.

Any feedback would be greaty appreciated!

[PaddyDisplays]

From the horse's mouth:

http://searchengineland.com/google-guest-blogging-for-links-you-better-nofollow-those-links-166218

[Andy.Drinkwater]

The article that PaddysDisplays has linked to, doesn't really cover this because what you are doing doesn't sound like the author link is spammy.

Yes, if there are links in the article that are pointing to an external site, then I would tend to err on the side of caution if it is done for link benefits - but author links? I have seen many sites that carry an author link that are followed without issue.

Have you noticed any problems in what you are doing - any signs of a penalty?

-Andy