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TopRank dis­cov­ered a new study list­ing some of the top Search Engine Rank­ing Factors.

Here they are:

What do I think of this study?

Let, let me share this with you.  Of the last 10 posts that I tried to opti­mize, ALL of them show up on the first page of Google for the key­word phrase that I was tar­get­ing.  So, I must be doing some­thing right and here are the fac­tors that I pay atten­tion to:

• Key­word phrase in title
• Key­word phrase in meta descrip­tion (will increase clicks from Google)
• Key­word phrase in H1 and H2
• Key­word phrase in H3-H6 (but not all H1-H6)
• Key­word phrase in first and last paragraph
• Opti­mzied URL includ­ing key­word phrase

So, for what its worth, that is the secret sauce behind the opti­mized blog posts that we write.  Plus, most impor­tantly, have orig­i­nal well writ­ten con­tent that will actu­ally help your read­ers once you rank on the first page.

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About the Author

Prior to MindValley Media, Mike was the Head of New Ventures Strategy at eBay where he conceived of the strategies that led to the investment in Craigslist, the launch of Kijiji.com and the acquisition of Skype. Mike has an MBA from Stanford and previously worked for the Boston Consulting Group. He is also a certified Google AdWords Professional.

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