2015 Search Ranking Factors

[JoyHawkins]

I read Rand Fishkin's presentation this morning and it had some really awesome pointers. Here were my notes from it along with the whole presentation.


- "SEOs feel on average the algo is flattening and the days of a single factor having an overwhelming impact are fading"
- Health websites that link out more tend to rank higher, however dining sites don't see the same pattern.
- Length of content wasn't so much of a factor for dining sites (probably because no restaurants can naturally have long content)
- The correlation of social sharing to ranking is less for real estate than it is for health-related sites.
- In their tests, raw URL mentions had no impact on ranking (not like links)
- Social shares do not lead to links.


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[Linda Buquet]

Thanks so much for sharing Joy.

And posting from the Summit? Now that's dedication!

 

[mborgelt]

Great post, Joy. I find it interesting how much more scattered the community has become on what works/how much.