What are the most important SEO factors you have found with your website and Google?

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What are the most important SEO factors you have found with your website and Google?

  1. Content

    20 vote(s)
    51.3%

  2. Meta Tags - eg Description / Keywords etc

    11 vote(s)
    28.2%

  3. Age of Domain / Site

    9 vote(s)
    23.1%

  4. Links - eg Backlinks / Link Exchange / Anchor Text etc

    20 vote(s)
    51.3%

  5. Coding Language - HTML / CSS etc

    2 vote(s)
    5.1%

  6. Keywords - Title tags / Content Keywords / Domain Name etc

    17 vote(s)
    43.6%

  7. Sub Domains

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  8. Other - Please State...

    2 vote(s)
    5.1%
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  1. #1
    What are the most important SEO factors you have found with your website and the way it is positioned in the Google SERPs? Please use the poll above.
     
    EnhanceSEO, Feb 21, 2008 IP
  2. bochgoch

    bochgoch Peon

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    Content is King - quality, fresh & frequently updated...
     
    bochgoch, Feb 21, 2008 IP
  3. marshalseo

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    #3
    My experience is different, i am working on site related mobile communication. It was a merchant sites for more than 1 year. This site was good performing, it was on top rank on many keywords in Google, but now it is an affiliate site. It have lost its ranking and fall down traffic very much. I think a no. of out going link is very much important to care about.
     
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  4. hotpop

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    #4
    IMO, Quality Backlinks is the most important SEO factor.
     
    hotpop, Feb 21, 2008 IP
  5. eric_wahlberg

    eric_wahlberg Well-Known Member

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    #5
    Kindly include social bookmarking also in the test.
     
    eric_wahlberg, Feb 21, 2008 IP
  6. EnhanceSEO

    EnhanceSEO Active Member

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    #6
    If any believes social booking marking is important please post a reply and add what site - i.e youtube, stumble upon, facebook, myspace etc etc etc

    Sorry It wont let me edit the survey and add extra features... :)
     
    EnhanceSEO, Feb 21, 2008 IP
  7. cool_78

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    For me backlinks has got to be the most important SEO factor for Google.
     
    cool_78, Feb 21, 2008 IP
  8. w3bmaster

    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    #8
    One way links have my vote
     
    w3bmaster, Feb 21, 2008 IP
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    mertyasar Well-Known Member

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    #9
    backlinks is my vote
     
    mertyasar, Feb 21, 2008 IP
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    magda Notable Member

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    #10
    Thinking back to my first web-site and the beginners mistakes I made, it was getting my on-page seo right that made the first difference that I really noticed - getting my headers and titles sorted out, well-placed keywords...getting those basics right.
     
    magda, Feb 21, 2008 IP
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    #11
    I really can't choose just one. I would go with one way inbound links and content. I have heard that if content is king, then links are the Queen and I would agree with that.

    In the other category I would add site structure as being very important. I have a relatively new site with almost no inbound links and it is already ranking in the top 20 for various keywords in its niche, and I attribute that to the site structure that I used with it and the file names I used.
     
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  12. meetbro

    meetbro Banned

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    #12
    backlinks
    content
    keyword rich domain
     
    meetbro, Feb 21, 2008 IP
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    Content, it's the whole body of your website.
     
    Bolkie, Feb 21, 2008 IP
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    barbiegirl Banned

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    #14
    for me google much preferred good backlinks.
     
    barbiegirl, Feb 21, 2008 IP
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    alex_d1 Well-Known Member

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    #15
    You can do all the SEO you want on a website. Unless it has unique, well written content, then you won't really do much.

    Without creating your own content, what seperates your site from all the MFA sites and crap that fills the internet ??

    SEO is definately an important aspect of any website, but I think its worth spending time creating unique content first, and then applying SEO to it.

    Alex
     
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  16. astup1didiot

    astup1didiot Notable Member

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    How is content not the number one voted option in this poll? I don't care how well you optimize a website, without unique quality content you won't see page 50 in Google.
     
    astup1didiot, Feb 21, 2008 IP
  17. Robert1

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    #17
    Yes, you need some content, that goes without saying, but from what I found the number one thing that helps with SERPS is links with anchor text for your keyword. It doesn't even matter if the link comes from a related site as long as their link page is cached and has a good internal linking strategy.
     
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    #18
    You lost all creditability with your post with this simple sentance. Relevant backlinks out weight by FAR non-relevant links.
     
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  19. Robert1

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    I'm not saying there is zero weighting differance but what do you mean "by FAR"? What I'm saying is inbound links is by far the most important even if they are from non-related sites.

    If a wedding planning site has a link to a limousine company is that relavant? It may not seem like it but yes they are. if a porn site has a link to a company that makes screws is that relavant? Of courese not. If a towing company in in Portland has a link to a towing company in Pitsburg, is that releavant? No, it's completely useless to a user. How does google know the difference. There's an infinite number of seeming irrelavant topics that are indeed relavent and the other way around.

     
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  20. Cagliostro

    Cagliostro Active Member

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    For me it is:

    Friendly URLS of the Software along with the TITLE tag
     
    Cagliostro, Feb 21, 2008 IP
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