Google: Ranking in Shopping, Images & Other Verticals Doesn't Hurt Your Web Rankings
John Mueller from Google said that ranking well in the Google Shopping or Google Image vertical boxes does not impact your ranking in the core web results. He said, "I can't imagine that they'd be connected" when asked about how ranking well in the Merchant Center results can impact the web results.
Search Engine Roundtable 12:22 pm on April 12, 2024
Google representative John Mueller stated that ranking well in Google's shopping and image vertical boxes does not negatively impact web rankings. Mueller emphasized that there is no connection between the two. Christian Radny's question stemmed from Google's previous deduplication of top stories from web results, which is a vertical search feature.
- Google's John Mueller clarified that ranking well in shopping and image vertical boxes does not harm web rankings.
- Radny's concern came from past deduplication of top stories from web results, a vertical search feature.
- Mueller emphasized there is no connection between vertical rankings and web rankings.
- He also stated that images shown in an "image box" would not negatively impact the page itself.
- Google continues to prioritize core web results over vertical search features.
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