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SEOmoz updated their ranking of search engine ranking factors according to 34 independent SEO specialists. along with their Beginner’s Guide to SEO, this is a great entry point for anybody new to SEO. the top 10 reason your site ranks in search results as it does are:

1. Keyword Use in Title Tag
2. Global Link Popularity of Site
3. Anchor Text of Inbound Links
4. Link Popularity within the Site’s Internal Link Structure
5. Age of Site
6. Topical Relevance of Inbound Links To Site
7. Link Popularity of Site in Topical Community
8. Server is Often Inaccessible to Bots
9. Keyword Use in Body Text
10. Global Link Popularity of Linking Site

(via Search Engine Land)

for the coffebreak: choose your game character out of todays biggest names in search and do the Search Engine Smackdown. unfortunately most questions are more about knowing popular search results in comparsion, but anyhow… .:)

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