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Top SEO Ranking Factors
| Rank | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Anchor Text | |
| 2. | Unique Content | |
| 3. | Title Tags | On Page |
| 4. | Backlinks | |
| 5. | Link Age | |
| 6. | Site History | |
| 7. | Site Trust | |
| 8. | Domain Age | |
| 9. | Site Age | |
| 10. | PageRank |
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Backlinks are said to be the #1 most important factor in SEO. This is because it's something that's very hard to fake. Google gives more importance to backlinks from higher-rated sites (i.e. a backlink from Wired is weighted higher than a link from an unpopular blog).
That said, does anyone have an idea of the percentage that Google gives to backlinks? Is it 50% of your PageRank score? More, less?
As I understand it, Google doesn't give out their algorithm, but people guess at it, and from everything I read I thought it was around 50-60%.
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It would be hard to put an exact number on a percentage for backlinks. To be honest I think it would vary from industry to industry. I think Google is smart enough to know what's the "norm" for certain industries and then see how a site fits into the "norm".
I love building backlinks
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