Google's First Link Bias

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

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