(Entry was posted by Edwin Jonk on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 06/14/2016).

Why do we link to other websites?

" I see a lot of websites nofollow links to their partner websites, sister companies and various other forms of affiliation because they were told to do so by their SEO or even someone in Google’s webspam team. This sort of madness has to stop. If commercially-driven links exist on the web organically then they’re organic in nature and shouldn’t be treated as “clean-up material” nor should those links be penalty-yielding. "? Why do we link to other websites?

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Edwin Jonk: " I see a lot of websites nofollow links to their partner websites, sister companies and various other forms of affiliation because they were told to do so by their SEO or even someone in Google’s webspam team. This sort of madness has to stop. If commercially-driven links exist on the web organically then they’re organic in nature and shouldn’t be treated as “clean-up material” nor should those links be penalty-yielding. "
Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this week's SEO Questions hangout on air on 01:46:47 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/why_do_we_link_to_other_websites +Edwin Jonk

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