hi all, why google rate this site no.1 NO description NO keywords NO will design the site: www.quackwatch.org keyword: magnetic therapy
If their inner page got PR5 then you can assume that backlinks does count. That page seems regularly updated, plus root domain (quackwatch.org) is an authoritative one. 48,700 page has a reference name of quackwatch.org (do search quackwatch.org in Google.com) 1,840 page has been indexed in Google (do search site:quackwatch.org in Google.com) 86,626 link popularity to quackwatch.org according to Yahoo site explorer. 5 years 11 months 19 days is a domain age for quackwatch.org quackwatch.org has been listed in DMOZ (in Google directory too of course) and Yahoo directory. See??
You could have better understanding if you check page that actually ranks: http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/QA/magnet.html PR 6 homepage + PR 5 for inner page with similar keywords in title and headings + original related content.
i do not think it is backlinks; this site http://www.painrelief.org.uk has: Backlinks: 7 and site position is NO.7 on google for magnetic therapy keyword, and for same keyword www.healthcare4.com position is NO.39 with Backlinks: 203 ?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!
2,240 linking to http://www.quackwatch.org this is the reason and its .org domain gogle always give weight to .org domains
well in addition to that..google is best for searching an info..unlike in yahoo..the informations are minimal..
besides the fact that's it's 6yrs old.... maybe that it has 21 DMOZ listings, and 4 Yahoo directory listings?