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mspl
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Posted: 2007-Nov-08 14:49
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Variables that have been thought to affect ranks positively in the past

These factors may
change over time depending on the way the algorithm is programmed

• Keywords in the domain name
• Bolding keywords, e.g. <b>wooden boats</b>
• Using keywords in heading tags, e.g. <H4>Wooden Boats</H4>
• Keywords closest to the top of the page.
• Keywords in the description tag.
• Keywords in the keywords tag.
• Keywords in the names of linked pages and in the linked words, e.g. <a href="woodenboats">
wood-en boats</a>.
• Keywords in alt tags.
• Keywords as names of images, e.g. <img src="wooden-boats.gif alt="wooden boats">.
• Getting listings in Pay-Per-Click search engines like Google Adwords or Overture.



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Posted: 2007-Nov-08 17:43
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> Keywords in the keywords tag.

How sweet! 1998 has come back to haunt us all!



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Posted: 2007-Nov-08 19:17
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...and <strong> tags are prefered now...



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Posted: 2007-Nov-08 21:13
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There is no alt tag. It is an attribute.


All of those factors, except the meta keywords tag, still play an important role in indexing and ranking, but there are a lot of other items that now also come into play.

The Ranking Factors list at SEOmoz is one of the more comprehesive lists, even if I don't agree with all of the "weightings" they assign to those factors.



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Posted: 2007-Nov-09 21:00
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It has been suggested in the past that PPC listings are not responsible for raising a site's rank in the natural SERPs. Has this now been observed to change or what?


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