Where in the article the link sat: 3 placement tests

Where in the article the link sat: 3 placement tests

Unusually specific cases on in-content link position.

— A blogger tested links in the first 100 words vs mid-article across 10 edits — early placements correlated with slightly faster ranking response in their tracking.
— Counterpoint: an agency finding position-in-article made no measurable difference once the host page itself was strong.
— Also circulating: a thread arguing surrounding-paragraph relevance mattered far more than vertical position on the page.

Editor's note: the contextual-relevance point likely swamps the position effect — two of three cases land there.

Pick of the week: the surrounding-context argument — it reframes the whole 'where on the page' debate toward what the paragraph actually says.