Google: Scoring 100 In SEO In Lighthouse Doesn't Make You A Good SEO

Jul 7, 2020 - 7:11 am 4 — by

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Gary Illyes of Google said on Twitter "achieving a SEO score 100 in Lighthouse just means that you can follow a handful of directions, not that you're great at SEO." He did say "but good job!" Those that do score 100 he said are good at following directions.

Here is Gary's tweet:

Truth is, it goes with any of those scores in general.

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You can see the reaction to Gary's tweet on Twitter.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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