As announced some months ago, Google has started to count nofollow links as ‘hints’ on March, 1st. Before, nofollow links were not considered by Google’s ranking algorithm. There are two link attributes in addition...
Google’s Martin Splitt said on Twitter that Google does not associate nofollow links with your website. They can, however, use nofollow links for discovery. Let's be careful here: We do respect nofollow – we...
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that it is important to improve your website. If your website relies on manual index submission for normal content, ‘you need to significantly improve your site.’ If your...
Google’s John Mueller said that most websites do not have ‘toxic’ links. If they do, they usually created them on their own: Most sites don't have "toxic" links, or at least, created them on...
It might seem obvious: you do not have a good website just because it doesn’t have a manual penalty. Google’s John Mueller confirmed this on Twitter. A webmaster thought that the link profile of...
If it is very unlikely to get a natural link from a particular website, Google will ignore links that come from these websites. For example, Google ignores links that come from theglobe.net and you...
Does the click-depth of a page has an impact on the performance of a website in Google’s search results? What can you do to ensure that your web pages aren’t buried too deep on...
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that you do not have to worry about negative SEO. He said that Google is good at ignoring weird and spammy links: FWIW looking at the site, I...
A webmaster asked on Google whether diminishing traffic of a link lowered the value of that backlink in the eyes of Google. He also asked if he should disavow these links. No to both...
Does it matter if your website suddenly gets 200 links on a single day? Is the rate of link acquisition a ranking factor or a spam signal? Google’s John Mueller answered these questions in...
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that you only have to use Google’s disavow links tool if you actively built spammy links. He answered the question of a webmaster who asked whether he should...
Google’s John Mueller said in a webmaster hangout on YouTube that some links can become less important over time. The reason for that is that the linking web pages can become less important. “[Links...
