
23rd February 2021 — justinwalmsley
Google: Total Number Of Links Is Completely Irrelevant For SEO
This post was originally was originally published here on Search Engine Round Table.
Google’s John Mueller said that “the total number [of backlinks] essentially is completely irrelevant” to rankings in Google in a video hangout last week. I heard the statement and didn’t cover because it is SEO 101 but then I saw some of the responses on the internet about this line and decided it is worth repeating.