Why are my total links to site going down but my average position keeps getting better on Webmaster?
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Google Search Console says I have 141 Total Links. 2 months ago, I had 160 links. My average position went from 60.1 to 58.9.
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At this time, I think that lots of people are seeing shrinkage in the number of links displayed for their pages in Search Console.
If you know of some really good links that you had in the past, you might check for them, both on the website that linked to you, and in Search Console.
I agree with Keri, not to worry if your site is behaving healthy.
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This seems a small enough change I wouldn't worry about it. What does your traffic to your site look like? Sales?
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