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Forbes is cutting ties with freelance writers, citing Google spam policies
Google recently updated its “parasite SEO” rules.
Forbes will stop using freelancers for some types of stories indefinitely — and has blamed the change on a recent update to Google Search policies. (For instance: those weird coupon code sections on newspaper sites that pop up via search engines but aren’t prominently displayed on the homepage.) A writer who got word of the pause in freelance work says the editorial process on their past stories was rigorous — they would test products, go through multiple rounds of edits, and interview sources.
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