Google On Links & Core Updates

Google's John Mueller said that he doesn't think links play a role with how core updates work. He wrote on Bluesky, "I can't think of how these links would play a role with the core updates."

He did qualify his response by saying this is "off-hand." He also said, "It's possible there's some interaction that I'm not aware of, but it seems really unlikely to me." Meaning, that in his almost 18 years working in this role at Google, he doesn't think core updates use link data for its model.

"Also, core updates generally build on longer-term data, so something really recent wouldn't play a role," he added later.

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