[hisnameismanuel]

Hey, this is my field. It's not as easy as you've laid it out.

A lot of SEO marketers try to get links into articles. This is part of what they do.

Many of them are legit.

Enough are not legit.

This causes links to get pointed to shady websites. It also happens that legit websites get taken over and re-built as shady websites.

This has gotten to the point where many newsmedia organizations or publishers have set blanket policies that NO ONE is to be linked to, or at the least no one receive will receive do-follow link.