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"Kenichi Suzuki notified me via Google+ that Google has updated the link schemes guideline page.  Specifically making the widget links section more specific and less general.Now it reads:Keyword-rich, hidden or low-quality links embedded in widgets that are distributed across various sites, for example:Yesterday is read:Links embedded in widgets that are distributed across various sites, for example:The example was the same, here are screen shots if you do not believe me:New:Old:As you can see, Google stopped saying any links and now is specifically saying keyword-rich or hidden or low-quality links within widgets are against Google guidelines.Matt Cutts, Google's head of search spam, said in August of last year to nofollow links in widgets in this video:So I guess Google backed down a bit on this by being more specific on the type of links in the widgets.Forum discussion at Google+.Update: So what is the real reason for the change?Thx to @dannysullivan for pointing out that we could clarify our stance on links embedded in widgets: http://t.co/038YpFwyPj&amp;mdash; Matt Cutts (@mattcutts) January 10, 2014\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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