What The Google’s Algorithm Is Looking For When Determining Site Rankings

April 8, 2007

According to Jason Lee Miller of WebProNews: “Fishkin and SEOMoz have been refining this list since 2005, whittling it down from over 200 important factors.”

This year’s guide received input, through voting and commenting, of search aficionados from Danny Sullivan to Jill Whalen to Eric Ward, all names you should recognize if you’ve been following this trade for any length of time.

Jason Lee Miller — Talks about these issues in his article titled: Advice from SEO All Stars

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$Google\'s PageRank and Beyond: The Science of Search Engine Rankings$ $Getting The Search Engine Ranking Your Website Deserves:: META Tags Yield To Google\'s PageRank As Search Engine Standard$

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How To Drive Traffic “Away” From Your Website

April 7, 2007

1. Give Web-visitors Too Many Options and Choices

2. Give Web Visitors Too Much Information To Process

3. Give Web Visitors Too Much Non-relevant Content

4. Give Web Visitors Too Many Irritating Distractions

5. Give Web Visitors Too Many Red Flags

6. Give Web Visitors Too Many Decisions To Make

7. Give Web Visitors Too Many Stumbling Blocks

8. Give Web Visitors Too Many Forms To Fill-in

9. Give Web Visitors Incomprehensible Page Layouts

10. Give Web Visitors Too Many Confusing Instructions

11. Give Web Visitors Too Many Reason To Click-out

Jerry Bader explains how any combination of the reasons mentioned above will contribute to driving traffic away from your site, in his article titled: 11 Ways To Drive Traffic Away From Your Website

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