Links & Authority
UGC Link
A link with rel="ugc" attribute, indicating it appears in user-generated content.
CurrentLast updated: 2026-09-16
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Links & AuthorityA UGC link uses the rel="ugc" attribute to indicate that the link appears in user-generated content, such as comments or forum posts. Introduced by Google in 2019, it helps search engines distinguish editorial links from those placed by users.
ugcuser-generatedlink
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