Friday, August 6, 2010

Most Important SEO Ranking Factors

The following are the most important ranking factor for SEO, this report is based on SEOMOZ

Top Ranking Factors

• Keyword Focused Anchor Text from External Links 73%
• External Link Popularity (quantity/quality of external links) 71%
• Diversity of Link Sources (links from many unique root domains) 67%
• Keyword Use Anywhere in the Title Tag 66%
• Trustworthiness of the Domain Based on Link Distance from Trusted Domains (e.g. Trust Rank, Domain mozTrust, etc.) 66%

Top Negative Ranking Factors

• Cloaking with Malicious/Manipulative Intent 68%
• Link Acquisition from Known Link Brokers/Sellers 56%
• Links from the Page to Web Spam Sites/Pages 51%
• Cloaking by User Agent 51%
• Frequent Server Downtime & Site Inaccessibility 51%

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