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Hey u/steve31266
Some interesting questions but here’s my 2c
>Google Search Console is showing as finding backlinks from Grokipedia on several of my client sites, suggesting that Google can find and follow these.
There aren’t many links that Google can’t find – it certainly finds more than Bing and way more than SEMrush etc. Bing also hides links it thinks are spammy or ineffective – esp social links
Google however only shares a subset of links – so if there isn’t many it might share all. But dont take it as Google gives authority.
Also – links aren’t like gravitas. Its not whether the site is prestigious. PageRank is a page-level system. If the page doesnt get Google traffic – its not going to pass any – does that make sense?
So – who’s googling your client that they wont be clicking on their site – and where is the page ranking?
This is one of the problems with how people think of backlinks – that having a backlink is something and if the site is “good” then its a good backlink and if the site looks trash, its a bad “backlink”
Backlinks either have 0 value or carry a positive value. And it doesnt matter what the site looks like- it depends on whether the pages have authority or not.
Who is linking to this page?
Why would people be visiting it
That kind of thinking is needed when evaluating links
