Daily Search Forum Recap: July 5, 2022

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Google: It's Safe To Delete Your Disavow Link File If No Manual Actions Or History Of Link Schemes

Google's John Mueller said it is probably safe to completely delete your link disavow file if you have not had manual actions for links before and/or you don't have a history of link schemes on the site. He said, he would remove the disavow file because Google is good at ignoring typical spammy looking links that you do not build yourself.

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Google Search Console Link Counts Keep Falling A Lot

I rarely look at the link report in Google Search Console because, well, I rarely look at my links for this site. But something triggered me to check it and I noticed the raw count of links reported in this tool keeps drastically dropping.

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PSA: Google Course Rich Results Require At Least Three Courses

Google has reiterated that when it comes to being eligible to show course rich results in Google Search, you need to have marked up at least three courses on your site. The guidelines were updated to say "you must mark up at least three courses," but this has always been a rule.

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Twitter Adds Back Nofollow Attributes To Links

A few weeks or so ago, Twitter removed nofollow attributes from its links. Well, it seems like now those nofollow link attributes were added back. Glenn Gabe spotted this on this past Friday, right before the long July 4th weekend.

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