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		ChuckMcM on April 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Quora’s Demise Quora.com has slightly higher link authority than 'new to the internet' site X, so putting as many links to X in Quora boards is a form of search engine optimization (SEO).

_delirium on April 7, 2012 [–]

Aren't the links nofollowed, though?

jaredmck on April 8, 2012 | [–]

Yeah, but there's likely at least some slight benefit from nofollowed links, especially if there are positive social signals.

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