Many blog platforms let you automatically show “related posts” based on the category, tag or content of the blog post you just published. In many cases, this is all automated but in some, you can do them manually. In any event, one webmaster was concerned that the automated version can be considered auto-generated content and thus be spam. He asked if he should nofollow the links in the related blog post widget.

Google’s John Mueller said no, you shouldn’t. He answered this in the Google Hangout at the 30 minute and 55 second mark.

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I like the direct answers John is giving in this particular hangout.

Here is the video embed at the start time:

Forum discussion at Google+.