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Oct 13, 2024 6 min

Google's First Link Bias

from The Edward Show Hosted by Edward Sturm

E466: Google's First Link Bias, also called the First Link Counts Rule, is both weird and notable. Google has a bias towards the first link on a page. This applies to both internal links and external links. Google has a bias. And this bias gets even stranger when image links are involved. From: https://seosherpa.com/seo-experiments/ More detail: https://www.link-assistant.com/news/link-location-and-seo-value.html#:~:text=This%20is%20called%20the%20First,not%20from%20all%20of%20them. Image links: https://zyppy.com/seo/internal-links/selective-link-priority/ 00:00 The SEO Experiment 00:39 Theory 01:40 Experiment Details and Results 03:21 Implications and Further Insights 05:04 Too Long Didn't Listen 05:59 Wrap-Up The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #seotips #searchengineoptimization #digitalmarketing #seo

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