Links: a timeline
Backlinks, link building, anchor text, and Google's handling of link spam, paid links and the nofollow family of attributes. Still one of the areas where what practitioners report and what Google says diverge most.
Latest links news · This month's links recap · RSS for this topic · What Google said about it
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October 2026 3 headlines
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August 2026 3 headlines
Spam update August 2026 spam update began 18 Aug
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July 2026 2 headlines
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June 2026 1 headline
Spam update June 2026 spam update began 24 Jun
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March 2026 1 headline
Core update March 2026 core update began 27 Mar
Spam update March 2026 spam update began 24 Mar
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June 2025 1 headline
How this is built
Every archived headline is tagged with topics by keyword. Each month shows the most significant links headlines by this site's impact score, plus any Google update that began that month. Months with nothing archived are left out. The archive began in earnest in mid-2025, so earlier months are thin.