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If a page links to the same

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... or more specifically, only the first anchor text counts.

If Google crawls a page with two or more links pointing to the same URL, they have explained that while PageRank typically flows through both, they will only use the first anchor text for ranking purposes.

This scenario often comes into play when your entire australia number data navigation links to an important page, and you also link to it in the article below.

URL more than once, the first link takes precedence.
18. Robots.txt and meta robots can affect how and where links are viewed
It seems obvious, but for Google to weigh a link in its ranking algorithm, it must be able to crawl and follow it. Not surprisingly, there are a number of site- and page-level instructions that can get in the way of Google. These include:

The URL has been blocked from crawling by robots.txt.
The robots meta tag or X-Robots-Tag HTTP header uses the "nofollow" directive
The page is set to "noindex, follow" but Google eventually stops crawling.
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