Google: Don't Break The Rules Even If Competitors Are

Feb 15, 2019 - 8:30 am 23 by

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Google's John Mueller at least twice this week had to respond on Twitter suggesting that SEOs do not break the rules, go against the Google webmaster guidelines, simply because others are getting away with it. He said it two different ways to two different people this week:

Good example, but truth is, many do go above the speed limit all the time. :)

Just because someone is doing something against Google's guidelines and they rank well in Google, it doesn't mean what they are doing is helping them rank.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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