Google: there’s no goal manner to matter links

Google’s John Mueller reiterated something he said earlier, he went on to mention Twitter “there is no goal way to rely links.” that is what he said in 2019 when he said “well counting links at the internet is technically not possible and every body is just making specific approximations and assumptions.”

John later introduced: “do not recognition at the wide variety of links any device suggests – there’s no ‘accurate’ manner to matter links, interpretations range broadly.” “think of hyperlinks as a way for people to attain your website online, now not as a metric on its very own. The wide variety of hyperlinks displayed by way of any tool isn’t always a ranking factor,” he brought.

here is a new tweet where he said this:

there may be no objective way to rely hyperlinks. See the medical doctors for this file 🙂

— 🫧 to johnmu from Switzerland (non-public) 🫧 (@JohnMu) July 22, 2022

He then published this:

do not attention at the wide variety of links displayed via any given device – there’s no “correct” way to depend hyperlinks, interpretations vary extensively. Consider links as a manner for people to get to your web site, no longer as a metric on its very own. The variety of hyperlinks displayed through any device isn’t always a ranking factor.

— 🫧 to johnmu from Switzerland (personal) 🫧 (@JohnMu) July 22, 2022

The the overdue Russ Jones echoed John’s statement in 2019 and if you bear in mind Russ used plenty of Moz’s link counting tools (i am simplifying what he did).

Deal. Therefore, when presenting statistics, you must be as clean as viable about how it is amassed, counted, what assumptions are made, and many others.

— Russ Jones (@rjonesx) September 12, 2019

forum dialogue at Twitter.