Google - New Algorithm weighting

Hi, I have noticed of late that when doing a search for a term "seo company" in South Africa that more sites are ranking based on Title and Meta description, would you say that Google has adjusted its weighting factors so that it's now focusing more on title and meta-description and the other factors are taking a back seat to the main ranking factors.

 

no one really knows the answers but for this one I would say .. no

I really don't think they would put too much weight in the sites page titles / meta tags (or anything extra of late) as it's a hopeless way of trying to find the best results for a search. People would just be able to stuff the best keywords in the title/meta tags and start to rank.

So again.. no

 

It's quite very well known, that if you have your main keywords in your domain name + title + meta description you will be ranking well for those ones.

 

it's still one of the ranking factors but i don't believe google is putting more weight on it than before.

 

Hi and welcome to 10 years ago... if it was that easy why is anyone here asking for advice on SEO... total tosh of a response.

 

Those are the basics of seo. If you have the domain name with the same with your keywords you don't need to work as much as when you have a domain that doesn't include your keyword.
These are the basic elements for having a good ranking. And yes, the algorithm still have the factors from 10 years ago.

 

Yes Title and Description is the most important ranking factor for google but no one is certain about what percentage of weightage they give to title & desc.

 

Title is always important and it always has been important. Meta tag is sort of positive factor.

 

One of the things I find is that any SEO and Web Design related keywords dance all over the place in the rankings, regardless of the algorithm updates. I remember a time when you would search "web design (city name here)" you would be served up adwords that said something like "Need a website for your small business? Try Google Places!"

I have a feeling they mess around with these results more than other niches for their own benefit. To get some more solid understanding of the algo changes use a different keyword niche for your control.

My .02

 

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Good titles are just one of many ranking factors. But IMHO I believe they are still one of the more important factors.

 

I think the Title is Important for ranking but the description had no weighting in Google the most Important thing is unique content of your website.

 

Meta description is not a ranking factor, but your sales pitch. While title is important, it's also not the be-all-and-end-all (and Google does rewrite crappy titles). The same with keyword in the domain, which is less effective now. There is a magic formula, as you seem to believe, but an overall approach, strategy. Your head is too buried in the sand, though.

Like J.P said, your SEO is from 10+ years ago.

 

Meta description is a ranking factor and it matters in front of Google. If you would had the ability to search on Google you would have noticed the keywords matching your query will bold/highlight the keywords that are found in the Title, DESCRIPTION and maybe url, IF it contains them. My head is not buried in the sand, but don't know if i can say the same thing about you.

 

Meta description DOES NOT weigh for seo value. I could link you to a hundred articles confirming this, some from the security team at G themselves.

Matt Cutts has said it himself that sometimes they don't even use your meta description.

The bolded keywords do have an advantage, they will most likely increase CTR - but I repeat "NO SEO VALUE" This happened in the late '90s early 2000s

Stop spreading wrong information. Do a search yourself.

 

Cite your source. Oh wait, you can't. But I can.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/google-does-not-use-keywords-meta-tag.html

In particular:

In case you don't realise, that is an official Google blog.

So your head is buried in the sand. As said many times, it's your sales pitch in search results and not a ranking factor. Really, you are stuck in the dark, mythical ages of SEO.

 

ZING

 

ryan_uk said it right. The Description, as he wrote, is our "sales pitch". For that reason it is important, not for SEO.

 

Very true. People have a tough time unlearning what they once thought would work, it seems.