{"id":2549,"date":"2019-03-22T06:58:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T06:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2022-06-06T18:40:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:40:27","slug":"2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Google Ignoring Your SEO Linking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sej-sthumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2429 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Depositphotos_97538352_l-2015-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"omaha seo\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Depositphotos_97538352_l-2015-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Depositphotos_97538352_l-2015-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Depositphotos_97538352_l-2015-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Depositphotos_97538352_l-2015-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Depositphotos_97538352_l-2015-513x342.jpg 513w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Depositphotos_97538352_l-2015-573x382.jpg 573w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Depositphotos_97538352_l-2015-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Depositphotos_97538352_l-2015-335x223.jpg 335w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Depositphotos_97538352_l-2015.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In a Webmaster Hangout, Google\u2019s John Mueller answered a question related to link building. John Mueller\u2019s answer gave a peek into a little known part of Google\u2019s algorithm that handles links.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b691ce2838\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b691ce2838\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links\/#How_Does_Google_Treat_Links\" >How Does Google Treat Links?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links\/#Google_Ignores_Forum_Profile_Links\" >Google Ignores Forum Profile Links<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links\/#Get_your_website_unstuck_now_How_Click_the_Omaha_SEO_link_below\" >Get your website unstuck now! How? \nClick the Omaha SEO link below!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links\/#Are_Easy_Links_Ignored\" >Are Easy Links Ignored?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links\/#Good_Links_are_Hard_to_Create\" >Good Links are Hard to Create<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links\/#Definition_of_a_Link_that_Helps_a_Site_Rank\" >Definition of a Link that Helps a Site Rank<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links\/#What_about_the_enthusiasm_factor\" >What about the enthusiasm factor?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links\/#Enthusiasm_Loyalty_and_Desire\" >Enthusiasm, Loyalty and Desire<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links\/#Link_Building_Evolves\" >Link Building Evolves<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/2549-explanation-why-google-ignoring-your-links\/#More_Resources\" >More Resources<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Does_Google_Treat_Links\"><\/span>How Does Google Treat Links?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The question was very specific. It asked how Google treated specific link building tactics that are easy to do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is the question asked:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>How does Google treat backlinks from website analysis websites or user profiles?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Website Analysis websites may be a reference to websites that provide technical information about domains.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>User profiles is a reference to joining web forums and creating a profile. Spammers add a link to their profile that is shown.<\/p>\n<p>Typically a forum links to the membership list where Google finds and crawls the profile link. Every post on a forum features a link back to the member\u2019s profile. A spammer will sometimes seek to exploit that be creating a few posts that result in a link to the profile which then links to the target site.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the easiest ways to build links. There is even software for automating the process of registering and creating a profile with a link.<\/p>\n<p>John Mueller answered the question but broadened the scope to address a wider range of easy link building techniques.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI guess user generated content and automatically generated content sites. For the most part we ignore those because like, they link to everything and it\u2019s easy to recognize so that\u2019s something that we essentially ignore.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Google_Ignores_Forum_Profile_Links\"><\/span>Google Ignores Forum Profile Links<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>John Mueller made it clear that Google ignores forum profile links. He called them, user generated content links. What\u2019s interesting is that Mueller said that they were easy to recognize. This is important.<\/p>\n<p>That means that <a href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/\">Google indexing<\/a> doesn\u2019t use fancy link analysis or anything like that. Google\u2019s algorithms easily recognize them as forum profile links and automatically do not count them. The context probably sends a signal that they are forum profile links and they are removed from the link graph and have no ranking benefit.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 144px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 109px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 990.8px; height: 109px;\">\n<h3 class=\"et_pb_module_header\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Get_your_website_unstuck_now_How_Click_the_Omaha_SEO_link_below\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #3366ff;\">Get your website unstuck now! How?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #3366ff;\">Click the Omaha SEO link below!<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 35px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 990.8px; text-align: center; height: 35px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Omaha SEO<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_Easy_Links_Ignored\"><\/span>Are Easy Links Ignored?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>John Mueller stated that links that are automatically generated have zero ranking benefit. The reason is because the context of the link is not the context that Google wants to count for ranking purposes. It\u2019s possible that they are useful for discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Discovery means Google\u2019s ability to find a web page. Discovery of a web page is not useful for ranking.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_Links_are_Hard_to_Create\"><\/span>Good Links are Hard to Create<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cyrus Shepard (@CyrusShepard) created a Twitter poll that asked\u00a0what is the most difficult part of SEO?<\/p>\n<p>The most popular result was Outreach\/PR, which is another way of saying building links. The second most difficult part of SEO was creating link worthy content. The two SEO activities related to links were voted as the most difficult.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_299625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy pcimg b-loaded aligncenter wp-image-299625 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.searchenginejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links-seo-difficult.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.searchenginejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links-seo-difficult.png 737w, https:\/\/cdn.searchenginejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links-seo-difficult-480x481.png 480w, https:\/\/cdn.searchenginejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links-seo-difficult-680x682.png 680w\" alt=\"Screenshot of a Twitter poll created by Cyrus Shepard\" width=\"737\" height=\"739\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">A poll conducted on Twitter showed that link building was the most difficult part of SEO.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s not surprising that link building voted as most difficult. Google depreciates a wide range of links. Many web publishers do not respond to link building outreach.<\/p>\n<p>It kind of seems like the old way of building links is broken. And that contributes to the feeling that link building is hard.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What if the reason link building is difficult is because we\u2019re going about it the wrong way?<\/li>\n<li>What if the reason link building is difficult is because it\u2019s time to change how link building is conducted?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Definition_of_a_Link_that_Helps_a_Site_Rank\"><\/span>Definition of a Link that Helps a Site Rank<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A real link was created independently by someone who is so enthusiastic about something that they link to it.<\/p>\n<p>In some ways, we tend to focus on the wrong metrics such as if the site is an \u201cauthority\u201d and so on.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_about_the_enthusiasm_factor\"><\/span><strong>What about the enthusiasm factor?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Google encourages publishers to be awesome. That\u2019s excellent advice, but it\u2019s kind of vague.\u00a0 I\u2019m not criticizing the \u201cbe awesome\u201d advice. There\u2019s truth to it. It simply lacks a lot of nuances.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enthusiasm_Loyalty_and_Desire\"><\/span>Enthusiasm, Loyalty and Desire<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>There are many ways of building enthusiasm, loyalty and desire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What made Zappo\u2019s so popular?<\/li>\n<li>What makes you ask for a website by name?<\/li>\n<li>Why did you pick your car? Was it because of what it says about you? Or because it\u2019s cheap?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(<em>Cheap can be awesome to some people.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Those are relatively easy questions to answer. They are difficult to answer when it comes to SEO.<\/p>\n<p>We all know that Google doesn\u2019t respond to anchor text the way it did twelve years ago. So why do so many publishers still worry about anchor text percentages in 2019?<\/p>\n<p>SEO seems to get locked into a way of doing things and even in the face of evidence that Google has changed, the rote methods and tactics tend to stay the same.<\/p>\n<p>In my experience, considering those questions in relation to SEO results in long term strategies.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Link_Building_Evolves\"><\/span>Link Building Evolves<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s time for a shift in the link building paradigm. This wouldn\u2019t be the first time the SEO industry evolved the way it creates links.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean you have to stop doing what you feel is successful. It simply means exploring long term alternative that react and bend with how web publishers spontaneously give links and how Google rewards links.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the Webmaster Hangout here<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Resources\"><\/span>More Resources<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Too Many Links: Strategies for Disavow &amp; Cleanup<\/li>\n<li>High-Quality Links vs. Low-Quality Links: What\u2019s the Difference?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Via: https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/links-that-google-ignores\/299617\/<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m28!1m12!1m3!1d48009.882451426616!2d-96.07714109935418!3d41.23010194703777!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m13!3e6!4m5!1s0x8793f3213165bcf9%3A0xa39f68a1925eed4c!2sChurch%20of%20Jesus%20Christ-LDS%2C%20Martha%20Street%2C%20Omaha%2C%20NE%2C%20USA!3m2!1d41.2373658!2d-96.08403469999999!4m5!1s0x87938c3d0c92fcb1%3A0x98cf112f2e9fe028!2s5223%20Grover%20St%2C%20Omaha%2C%20NE%2068106!3m2!1d41.2266913!2d-95.99608579999999!5e0!3m2!1sen!2s!4v1653677112034!5m2!1sen!2s\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Webmaster Hangout, Google\u2019s John Mueller answered a question related to link building. 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