SEOMOZ Ranking Factors Version 2 Released

April 4, 2007

Another outstanding contribution from a 35 strong team of top SEO chapies, has been compiled over at SEOMOZ for the most significant SEO ranking factors in 2007. Rand Fishkin describes it as 90% - 95% of the knowledge required for Google’s Algorithm. So role back your eye lids, put on your thinking cap and read on… and on! It’s definitely one of the most definitive guides you will find for your SEO strategy.

Here is a quick overview of 2005 Vs. 2007 ranking factors:

Top 10 Ranking Factors in 2005:

  1. Title Tag (4.57)
  2. Anchor Text of Links (4.46)
  3. Keyword Use in Document Text (4.38)
  4. Accessibility of Document (4.3)
  5. Links to Document from Site-Internal Pages (4.15)
  6. Primary Subject Matter of Site - (4.00)
  7. External Links to Linking Pages (3.92)
  8. Link Popularity of Site in Topical Community (3.77)
  9. Global Link Popularity of Site (3.69)
  10. Keyword Spamming (3.69)

Top 10 Ranking Factors in 2007:

  1. Keyword Use in Title Tag (4.9)
  2. Global Link Popularity of Site (4.5)
  3. Anchor Text of Inbound Link (4.4)
  4. Link Popularity within the Site’s Internal Link Structure (4.1)
  5. Age of Site (4)
  6. Topical Relevance of Inbound Links to Site (3.9)
  7. Link Popularity of Site in Topical Community (3.9)
  8. Keyword Use in Body Text (3.9)
  9. Global Link Popularity of Linking Site (3.7)
  10. Topical Relationship of Linking Page (3.6)
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Posted by Joe Williams | Filed Under seo 

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