We was wondering if it is safe to add links to press release at blog posts?

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  Ranu Jain: You mean adding link of your blog in the PR or vice-versa?
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  XpertMoney: For example posting ``Residential Real Estate Investment – Options to choose from`` with backlink to ;http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/great-online-lender-offering-installment-loans-for-bad-credit-this-year-199993.htm
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  Ranu Jain: Why do you want to link a blog to a PR? Why not to give a link directly to the blog? Is this blog present on your site? ;
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  Edward Harris: A no-follow link of course.
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  XpertMoney: Hey this is just a guest post and we are wondering if it is fine to post it? Why no follow link of course Edward? So far we post all of the guest post with the client link in natural anchor within the body and we insert other high authority links. Do you think this strategy will help to avoid treating our blog as guest post spamm?
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  Edward Harris: A no-follow would be safer, in the eyes of Google. I believe Matt Cutts may have made a statement about this fairly recently.
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  Ranu Jain: Ohk. ;
  
  Yes, you can give but it would be great if you make it No follow. ;
  
  It is advisable to nofollow links in posts you write, especially when they are guest blog posts for the purpose of link building.
  
  It is Google’s advice that - "If you link to something with the intent that it should help your Google rankings – then nofollow the link. If you write something without that intent and the link is really natural, then there is no reason to nofollow the link."
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  XpertMoney: Hey well that is why when we do guest blogging we add the client link and other high authority links because who will send me content if no follow their link :))) Anyway thank you !
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  Ranu Jain: Trust me with all these major algorithmic changes , people will understand the importance of No Follow links. ;
  
  In fact, nowadays people are preferring No Follow links. Who would want to get banned? :) ;
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  W.E. Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 02:06:14 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/we_was_wondering_if_it_is_safe_to_add_links_to_press_release_at_blog_posts