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Monday, August 27, 2007

SEO Series Batch 7 - Top 5 Google Ranking Factors



SEO Series continues and the linky love is getting bigger every time. Today I will show you the most important search engine factors that Google's algorithm known as "Googlebot" values the most. . SEOMoz released a document about the Google's algorithm and how it works and here are top 5 positive and top 5 negative factors from that document.

Top 5 Positive Factors:

1. Keyword Use In Title Tag - In my opinion the most important factor for getting great search engine rankings! Explained here: Google Top 10 - Post Title Optimization        
2. Global Link Popularity Of The Site
3. Anchor Text Of Incoming Links
4. Link Popularity Within The Site
5. Age Of The Site

Top 5 Negative Factors:
1. Server Is Often Inaccessible To Googlebot
2. Content Which Is Very Similar Or Duplicate to Existing Content On The Web
3. External Links To Low Quality Sites
4. Participation In Link Schemes or Actively Selling Links
5. Duplicate Meta Tags On More Pages


Use this factors as your "bible" for SEO optimization!
What ever you do regarding SEO, think of this post and read it again and again.

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