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Google Says Code To Text Ratio Has Never Been An SEO Factor

Google’s John Mueller and Gary Illyes both said in a Reddit thread that code to text ratios for SEO does not matter. John Mueller said it is not an SEO factor and Gary Illyes said “it doesn’t matter.”
This is not new, Google has said this numerous times in the past but this is the 2022 version of, is code to text ratio and SEO factor. 🙂
The question asked was “How important is “Code to Text” ratio?”
John Mueller of Google responded “The code to text ratio is not, and never has been, a factor in SEO.”
Gary Illyes of Google responded “it doesn’t matter. just have some decent content.”
Several years ago, John Mueller was asked “Is there any term like text to code ratio in SEO?” John responded then “No. We we don’t use anything like text to code when it comes to Google search.”
So don’t worry about it.
Forum discussion at Reddit.
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Google Testing Expandable Maps In Search & Tabs In Map Results

Google is testing an expandable map feature in Google Search for when you see the map load in mobile search. This is instead of when you click on the map and it takes you into Google Maps, here Google is just expanding the map screen larger and adds a link to go to Google Maps. Also, Google is testing tabs in the business profile via in Google Maps.
This expandable map test was spotted by Shameem Adhikarath on Twitter, here is a GIF of it in action:
You can see that after it expands, there are buttons to Open in Maps and Driving Directions.
Also, Punit spotted tabs again in the Google Business Profile listing in Google Maps. We saw this back in June, here is his tweet on this:
Google Maps business listing shows tabs for business overview and reviews, Photo, about… pic.twitter.com/JcppTEfzNW
— Punit (@Punit6008) July 8, 2022
Forum discussion at Twitter.
Source: www.seroundtable.com