Top 5 Ranking Factors of google.com
Top 5 Ranking Factors
- Keyword Focused Anchor Text from External Links73% very high importance
- External Link Popularity (quantity/quality of external links)71% very high importance
- Diversity of Link Sources (links from many unique root domains)67% very high importance
- Keyword Use Anywhere in the Title Tag66% very high importance
- Trustworthiness of the Domain Based on Link Distance from Trusted Domains (e.g. TrustRank, Domain mozTrust, etc.)66% very high importance
Top 5 Negative Ranking Factors
- Cloaking with Malicious/Manipulative Intent68% very high importance
- Link Acquisition from Known Link Brokers/Sellers56% high importance
- Links from the Page to Web Spam Sites/Pages51% moderate importance
- Cloaking by User Agent51% moderate importance
- Frequent Server Downtime & Site Inaccessibility
51% moderate importance
Top 5 Most Contentious Factors
- Cloaking by Cookie Detection 16.3% strong contention
- Cloaking by JavaScript/Rich Media Support Detection 15.4% moderate contention
- Hiding Text with same/similar colored text/background 15.3% moderate contention
- Cloaking by IP Address 15.3% moderate contention
- Cloaking by User Agent 15.2% moderate contention
Overall Ranking Algorithm
- 24% Trust/Authority of the Host Domain
- 22% Link Popularity of the Specific Page
- 20% Anchor Text of External Links
- 15% On-Page Keyword Usage
- 7% Traffic and Click-Through Data
- 6% Social Graph Metrics
- 5% Registration and Hosting Data
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