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A lot of sites owners are wondering, in the wake of all the Penguin updates and subsequent penalties being levied, could their site somehow “catch” a penalty they way you or I catch a cold? If a site that links to you is penalized for webspam or paid links will your site be guilty by association and also be penalized?

If you want an answer straight from the horse’s mouth, here’s what Matt Cutts, the head of webspam at Google, has to say.