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Google's Nofollow Debacle

Forget the fact that Google's Matt Cutts rocked the SEO community earlier this month by "casually stating" Google has "significantly" changed the way it prescribes PageRank sculpting. What really matters is Google "flipped the switch a year ago," and all the while "misled" the public with incorrect information on nofollow tags, according to Marty Weintraub.

While the change is positive, because it forces SEO experts to police the integrity of links, Weintraub's concern stems from thinking either Google didn't tell the truth from the beginning, or the company hung its search ambassador, Cutts, out to dry. Weintraub analyses a series of events that took place this month since Cutts made the statement to arrive at some sort of conclusion.

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