Where to place your important links to gain maximum SEO benefits . Left or Right?

[vivekrathore]

People spent **more than twice as much time looking at the left side **of the page and that is the reason it's good practice to place your important links in left side.

[Martijn_Scheijbeler]

Shouldn't matter at all is my opinion. If you really get down to this level of optimization you're probably overthinking this

[VERBInteractive]

I agree with Martijn, but I also feel you are not using the Q&A as it was intended. You ask a question in your subject line and instead of elaborating on the question in the body, you post your own answer twice. How are you proving this info?

If you are looking to start a conversation about this topic I would suggest writing the body as if it was your opinion and see what others have to say. You might find some research/opinions that you haven't considered.

[Toddfoster]

Hello Anirban,

People may spend more than twice as much time looking at the left side of the page than the right, but it is important to take each website as it comes rather than bow to industry standards. For example, a website's layout may make it extremely content heavy on the right side, necessitating user interaction to come from that side of the page.

My advice would be to install heat map software and see what your website users are doing (how they are interacting with your site) and optimizing your content and links accordingly.

In the end, a website that fulfills a user's needs and provides them with value through actionable research will trump generalizations based on data that may or may not be proven through quantitative evidence.

Thanks for providing us with your opinions though!

Rob

[Christy-Correll]

Excellent advice. Thanks for jumping in here!