How does Google Search find important links on a website?

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by pietro , in category: SEO , 7 months ago

How does Google Search find important links on a website?

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by maci , 7 months ago

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Google uses a variety of methods to determine the important links on a website. Here are some of the most important factors that Google takes into account:

  1. PageRank: Google's original algorithm for ranking web pages, PageRank measures the importance of a page by looking at how many other pages link to it, and how important those linking pages are themselves.
  2. Anchor text: Google pays attention to the text used in hyperlinks that point to a web page. If many links use similar anchor text, Google will infer that the linked page is particularly relevant to that topic.
  3. Content and context: Google considers the text and other content on a page to determine what the page is about. If a page contains lots of text related to a particular topic, and has links pointing to other pages related to that topic, Google may infer that those linked pages are important for that topic.
  4. Website structure: The way that a website is organized can also signal to Google which pages are most important. For example, pages that are linked to from the home page, or from a site's main navigation, may be seen as more important than pages buried deep in the site's hierarchy.


Overall, Google's algorithm is designed to look for signals that indicate the relevance and importance of a particular page or website, and to use those signals to help rank pages in search results.