![]() While its fairly easy to explain, you can better grasp the impact of page speed on SEO by taking a look at some real numbers. Fortunately, Backlinko conducted a thorough study that examined 11.8 million Google search results and the metrics of the top 10 pages. |
![]() Once your page lands on the SERP, though, you have to rely on your page titles and meta descriptions to get searchers to click your link and visit your site. How Do Google Search Rankings Work? When people want to find information, they type or say words related to what theyre looking for. Those are called keywords, and well look at those in the content optimization section of this guide. But keeping your website ranking on Google isnt just about making the most out of competitive keywords. Its also about the quality of information. According to Googles own search quality ratings, when it indexes the main content of each page, it checks factors like.: Purpose of the page. Content quality and amount. Website info and info about the content creator. Website reputation and content creator reputation. User interaction with the page time on page, bounce rates, and so on. Expertise, authority, and trustworthiness E-A-T. In just a moment, were going to explore that last one E-A-T in more detail because its become very important. For now, its enough to know that all the factors listed above go into Googles algorithm and help to determine SEO ranking. |
![]() Perhaps, they'll' also look for some keywords and semantically related concepts in the anchor text of links pointing to your page. For most queries, this analysis will produce thousands of webpages that meet the relevance criteria, which Google needs to arrange in a certain order before they are displayed on Google Search, ensuring that the best results appear at the top. This is where quality comes in. But what exactly does Google mean by quality? The term seems incredibly perhaps purposely vague. But if you dig a little beneath the surface, you find something interesting. The concept, it turns out, has to do with many things beyond the website itself- and even beyond backlinks. Back in November, Google revealed their latest Search Quality Rating Guidelines, a 160-page read of what" Google thinks Google search users want. This document is used by Google's' quality evaluators who rate webpages in SERPs; based on their feedback, Google can develop changes to their ranking algorithms. |
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![]() What are Google ranking factors? SEO is the process of optimizing your website to rank as high as possible in organic search engine results and yes, you can aim for the first page When talking about search, we use the term organic to refer to search results that are unpaid. This is different from paid results, which come from PPC advertising. Organic rankings on Google are determined by an algorithm that takes into account various characteristics and SEO metrics -and these are your ranking factors. There are over 200 Google ranking factors, and while we will never know all of them, we do know many. We also know that while ranking factors and algorithmsmay shift, the characteristics Google is trying to parse out through them are expertise, authority, and trust E-A-T. E-A-T is not a ranking factor; rather, ranking factors are a way for Google to measure of E-A-T. Types of Google ranking factors. Before we get into the top 10 Google ranking factors around which you can optimize your website pages, lets first go over the different types. |
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![]() All the important on Page SEO criteria for Google. The CTR click trough rate. The time on page. The bounce rate. Usage of the Keywords. Off page SEO: The importance of backlinks for Google. Link juice and backlink quality. Some techniques to get backlinks. How to improve the ranking of existing content. The DNA of your Website. A clear main topic. A semantic cocoon structure. Good user experience structure, speed, design. Google search console: the best free tool to improve your SEO. Traditional uses of the google search console. Techniques to detect which pages to improve with the google console. How to monitor your Keywords Rankings? Useful resources to improve your SEO rankings. What is SEO and organic traffic? SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. |
![]() Payday Loans Update: This is a special algorithm designed to clean up very spammy queries. Brand Name Anchor Text: Branded anchor text is a simple - but strong - brand signal. Branded Searches: People search for brands. If people search for your brand in Google, this shows Google that your site is a real brand. Brand Keyword Searches: Do people search for a specific keyword along with your brand for example: Backlinko Google ranking factors or Backlinko SEO? If so, Google may give you a rankings boost when people search for the non-branded version of that keyword in Google. Site Has Facebook Page and Likes: Brands tend to have Facebook pages with lots of likes. Site has Twitter Profile with Followers: Twitter profiles with a lot of followers signals a popular brand. Official Linkedin Company Page: Most real businesses have company Linkedin pages. Known Authorship: In February 2013, Google CEO Eric Schmidt famously claimed.: Within search results, information tied to verified online profiles will be ranked higher than content without such verification, which will result in most users naturally clicking on the top verified results. |