As of late, Google has been telling webmasters to nofollow different types of links pointing to their sites. The search giant recently updated their Webmaster Guidelines, providing additional examples of link building practices Google considers manipulative.
However, as it is usually the case with Google, the spammy methods specified are rather extreme situations and don't give clear guidance as to what to do in many cases in between. So, did Google just kill off a whole bunch of widely-practiced link building techniques, or not entirely?
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