Google Search Console has a hyperlink report and that hyperlink report has grow to be much less and fewer helpful over time. This morning, it looks as if Google pushed an replace or has a bug the place folks now see about half the variety of hyperlinks they noticed the day prior to this.
In some instances, SEOs see zero to only a handful of reported hyperlinks.
There are complaints about this within the feedback part right here and likewise on Twitter.
Whereas I see many hyperlinks being reported on this web site, it’s nonetheless about half of what was reported a yr in the past. The hyperlink rely went from 2.5 million hyperlinks again in August 2018 and to 1.2 million hyperlinks in October 2019 after which 550,000 hyperlinks in 2022 and now 215,000 hyperlinks in 2023! So I checked the opposite day and now I’m displaying 550,000 hyperlinks. That may be a 91% discount within the hyperlinks Google Search Console reported again in 2018.
Here’s a screenshot from now displaying 215,000 hyperlinks:
Here’s a screenshot from July 2022 displaying 550,000 hyperlinks:
October 2019 at 1.2 million hyperlinks:
August 2018 at 2.5 million hyperlinks:
I do know in 2021, Google mentioned the hyperlink report shouldn’t be a precedence for Google, John Mueller mentioned then “I do not see any have to spend a lot of assets on the hyperlinks report – it is not one thing we inform folks to concentrate on.”
Right here is one other criticism on Twitter:
@rustybrick did you see that Google cleaned hyperlinks in SC? From <2000 to 1. pic.twitter.com/5PGaxhM1Hl
— Kevin Kyburz (@swissky) July 20, 2023
And you’ll see extra screenshots and complaints right here within the feedback – I’m positive extra will add screenshots within the feedback part on this put up.
Do you see fewer hyperlinks? Do you suppose this can be a “function” or a bug?
Discussion board dialogue at Twitter.
