Robin Good extracts what he feels are the top ten SEO factors. He pulls these factors from an article listing about 100+ items that affect Google ranking.

Robin’s Top Ten are:

  1. Keyword in URL and domain name
  2. Keyword in title tag
  3. Freshness of Pages
  4. Freshness – Amount of Content Change
  5. Frequency of Updates
  6. Popularity (“backlinks”)
  7. Anchor text for inbound links
  8. Traffic trend
  9. User behavior
  10. Give it time

Though just one person’s opinion, it is a helpful summary. Don’t forget to check out the larger article that these were pulled from.

 

About the Author

Paul Flyer loves to research the web and find resources and tools for building, maintaining and promoting websites. Based in Saint Louis, MO, he works in management and spends his free time sharpening his web development and copy writing skills. Feel free to contact Paul with any questions, comments or ideas. He is also available to help you with your own website.