Google updates search documentation to clarify how both page-level and site-wide signals influence ranking in search results. Google’s ranking systems evaluate content primarily at the page level, but site-wide signals also matter. Good site-wide signals won’t guarantee high rankings for all pages, and poor site-wide signals won’t doom all pages. This documentation update clarifies existing … Read more
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about sitewide impacts on a site with ten pages that lost rankings in the March/April 2024 Core Update then subsequently experienced a sitewide collapse in May. Can 10 Pages Trigger A Sitewide Penalty? The person asking the question on Reddit explained that they had ten pages (out of 20,000 … Read more
Inbound links, ordinarily considered a positive thing for SEO, may cause problems if too many come from the same domain. But are sitewide links to other domains a negative ranking factor? That’s what some people believe in SEO. Is there cause for concern if you are on the receiving end of sitewide links? We’ll answer … Read more
