Tag Archives: Ranking

Google’s Top 3 Search Ranking Factors Today (in a Nutshell)

Kasia Perzyńska — January 23, 2017 — January 23, 2017 Search engines digest and rank websites differently each year. Thanks to machine learning, Google algorithms are becoming more intelligent, humanlike, and will soon surpass human intelligence in more than one way. Google is also gaining greater access to big data through the search results, Google … Continue reading Google’s Top 3 Search Ranking Factors Today (in a Nutshell)

3 Ways Google’s Mobile First Ranking Affects SEO

George Beall — December 31, 2016 Follow @GeorgePBeall— December 31, 2016 Google’s most recent changes rank mobile friendly sites above those that are not mobile friendly, when the user is searching on their smartphone. This makes sense from a logical perspective, but may be very disrupting from a marketing one. If your website hasn’t already … Continue reading 3 Ways Google’s Mobile First Ranking Affects SEO

Google Mobile-First Indexing Ranking May Not Initially Consider Site Speed

by Laurie Sullivan@lauriesullivan, December 27, 2016 As Google moves forward into mobile-first indexing, initially the algorithm will not take mobile Web site speed into consideration as it does for desktop, says John Mueller, a Google Webmaster Trends analyst based in Switzerland. “I don’t think we can do that from the beginning,” Mueller revealed Tuesday during … Continue reading Google Mobile-First Indexing Ranking May Not Initially Consider Site Speed

Content Relevance In Search Ranking Takes Front Seat To Backlinks

by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, December 14, 2016 Content relevance continues to increase as a ranking factor in Google search engine query results as backlinks decline in importance, according to a study released this week. Searchmetrics’ annual white paper detailing Google ranking factors — which analyzes the top 20 search results for 10,000 keywords on Google.com … Continue reading Content Relevance In Search Ranking Takes Front Seat To Backlinks

The Affect of Social Media Conversations on Search Engine Ranking

Personal Branding Blog — November 11, 2016 — November 11, 2016 Search engine algorithms have changed quite a bit over just the last few years, and many brands may have seen a change in their website visibility as a result. Social signals are a growing influence, which is mainly dictated by conversations on tweets and … Continue reading The Affect of Social Media Conversations on Search Engine Ranking