We spoke about his thoughts around links that have the nofollow attribute on them. Alan believes, on some level, that they do pass some link value in Google Search. We then moved into the affiliate space, talking about how well affiliate sites and pages can rank, and if Google counts affiliate links or not. PBNs, private blog networks, is another topic around links but he said, do not waste your time with them. They won’t give you the long term success you are looking for. Finally, we spoke about how Google’s stance on links have changed, including widget links.

That was part one, part two is next week with some overall SEO ranking advice.

Here is the video: