Search Engine Ranking Factors 2009 from SEOMoz
| Manoj Jasra - Monday, August 24, 2009 1 Comments |
Yesterday, Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOMoz, announced that the SEOMoz team has released the results of their biennial Search Engine Ranking Factors for 2009. The data is based on the collective responses of 72 SEO experts from around the industry.
Each participant was asked to rate more than 100 search ranking factors along with specific questions about hot issues in the SEO field.
Here are some of the highlights:
Top 5 Ranking Factors:
Top 5 Ranking Factors:
- Anchor Text from External Links
- Keyword Use in Title Tag
- Raw Link Popularity
- Diversity of Linking Domains
- Keyword Use in Root Domain
Top 5 Negative Ranking Factors:
- Cloaking with Malicious Intent
- Link Acquisition from Link Brokers
- Cloaking by User Agent
- Frequent Server Downtime
- Linking Out to Spam
Effectiveness of Link Building Tactics for SEO
- Linkbait + Viral Content Creation
- Blogging and Engagement with the Blogosphere
- Classic “Create Valuable Content” Strategies w/o Promotional Marketing
- Public Relations (beyond just press release publication)
- Direct Link Purchases from Individual Sites/Webmasters
Which of the following best represents your opinion of how Google handles algorithmic evaluation of content on subdomains (excluding potential special cases such as Blogspot, Wordpress, etc.)?
- 83% Content on Subdomains inherits some, but not all, of the query-independent ranking metrics of the root domain (or other subdomains) and is judged partially as a separate entity.
- 10% Content on Subdomains never inherits all of the query-independent ranking metrics of the root domain (or other subdomains) and is judged largely as a separate entity.
- 7% Content on subdomains inherits all or nearly all of the query-independent ranking metrics of the root domain (or other subdomains) and is judged much the same as other content on the shared root domain.
Catch the rest of the details here: http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors
Labels: SEO
I have to say that the negative factors are only negative when done badly.
True black hats don't buy from link brokers, have any downtime or link out to spam.
They do cloak, spam, re-direct and generally give Google the run around with impunity.
However hard you try you can't beat the BH pros - (I'm not one btw - so I don't do any of the 5 listed below)
Top 5 Negative Ranking Factors:
Cloaking with Malicious Intent
Link Acquisition from Link Brokers
Cloaking by User Agent
Frequent Server Downtime
Linking Out to Spam