Google: We Need Very Few Links To Rank Pages; Links Are Less Important

seroundtable.com— Gary Illyes from Google spoke at the SERP Conf on Friday and he said what he said numerous times before, that Google values links a lot less today than it did in the past. He added that Google Search "needs very few links to rank pages."Gary reportedly said, "We need very few links to rank pages Over the years we've made links less important."I am quoting Patrick Stox who is quoting what he heard Gary say on stage at the event. Here is Patrick's post where Gary did a rare reply:I shouldn't have...

seroundtable.com—Google: Ignore Link Spam Especially To 404 Pages. I am not sure how many times Google has said that you do not need to disavow spammy links, that you can ignore link spam attacks and that links pointing to pages that 404/410 are links that do not count - but John Mueller from Google said it again.In a thread on X, John Mueller from Google wrote, "if the links are going to URLs that 404 on your site, they're already dropped." "They do nothing," he added, "If there's no indexable destination URL, there's no link." John then added, "I'd generally...

www.duluthnewstribune.com—Pro/Con: The US needs less, not more, immigration. From the column: "Considering all the things we do to encourage illegal immigration, it’s absurd to suggest, as some do, that we have seriously tried to enforce the law."

MSPoweruser—Google Maps Needs Location Access – How To Enable It?. Google Maps needs location access to work properly. This helps it give you up-to-date directions, traffic news, and info about places nearby. If it’s not enabled, you’ll get an error message. Here’s how to fix it! Enable Location Permissions for Google Maps I’ll use Windows 10 for this example: Allow Location Access While Using the […]