Comments on: Matt Cutts Acknowledges SEO 2.0 Tactic of Linking Out as Ranking Factor (Nofollow is Dead)

By: Outbound Links Strategy – How to Rank your Blog by Giving Away Links

Outbound Links Strategy – How to Rank your Blog by Giving Away Links — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:34:31 +0000

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By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:59:09 +0000

it’s always an interesting topic to discuss but i think the longer term SEO people out there are now quite clear that what Matt Cutts and Google say should always be taken onboard but you must rad between the lines sometimes there are not so clear cut with their statement and they state quite broad facts and statements basically keep the crowd interested but dont tell them everything

By: frankie

frankie — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:37:35 +0000

I have found by accident that linking out to quality sites does indeed help my rankings.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:37:49 +0000

It’s nice when someone like Matt Cutts acknowledges that a certain SEO tactic works, but for anyone that tests these tactics or has access to that kind of data already knows with a decent amount of certainty what does and doesn’t work. Linking out to authority sites has been an SEO factor for some time.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:21:21 +0000

I agree with Mark who posted earlier. You’ve really got to take this information with a pinch of salt, so to speak. Results speak volumes, so if it continues to work then why change?

By: Nikhil

Nikhil — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:51:16 +0000

I believe linking out definitely has its benefits. One thing is for sure though, don’t always believe what Google tells tells you as they aren’t going to openly explain how their algorithm works!

By: David Ackerman

David Ackerman — Mon, 23 May 2011 16:19:30 +0000

I agree, link out to quality websites not just for Google but mostly because this reflects well on your site for your visitors. If you send your visitors to quality relevant sites, they will associate that site with you, and think of your site in a better light.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:53:39 +0000

As someone who has been through countless Google changes over the years, I would encourage everyone to make SEO decisions based on experiments and actual results vs. whatever Google happens to be saying at the time. Results speak for themselves and they always speak the truth!

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:44:28 +0000

I just stumbled across this almost 2 year old article and found it to be very interesting. I know that with Propsblog, I was always very generous with outbound links, with this very idea in mind. After taking most of 2010 off from online marketing, I’m interested to see if there is more data on this.

Are you still having the same experience with outbound links helping your ranking?

By: Linking Out Instead of Link Building to Rank in Google | SEOptimise

Linking Out Instead of Link Building to Rank in Google | SEOptimise — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:05:17 +0000

[...] Moreover, Matt Cutts acknowledged in 2009 that outbound links are a ranking factor. [...]