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      Search Engine Factors

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Factors that Affect Your Website's Ranking

Your website's ranking in the search engines is primarily determined by five metrics:

  • Keyword Density (KD) - at its most basic level, KD refers to the percentage of total words on the page that are keywords. In actuality, KD is a lot more complicated than this, because each area of each of your pages has its own keyword density. To make matters even more confusing, the different search engines each have different optimal keyword densities. So, for example, to be properly optimized, you might need a 3% KD on Google and a 2% KD on Alta Vista.
  • Keyword Prominence (KP) - this is a measure of the placement of keywords on your pages. So it's important to not only have the correct number of keywords, but to ensure that they're in the correct positions througout your pages. As with KD, each search engines has a different optimal KP.
  • Link Popularity (LP) - LP is a measure of the quantity and quality of incoming links to your site. Like the other metrics, there's more to LP than meets the eye. It's not enough to go out and convince thousands of other sites to link to your site. Having lots of links helps, but if they're not the right kind of links, the effect will be minimal.
  • Internal Linking Structure (ILS) - your website's ILS can have a major impact on your search engine rankings. If your ILS isn't properly optimized, the effect of your optimization efforts in other areas will be greatly diminished.
  • Link Text (LT) - LT is related to both LP and ILS. It's important to not only have enough of the right kind of links, but also to have the correct text embedded in the links.

In addition to these primary factors, there are a whole host of secondary factors that can influence your rankings, or even prevent your site from becoming listed at all.

If you think this all sounds a bit daunting, you're not alone. Many people underestimate the amount of work involved in this process. Yes, you can buy a search engine optimization and submission software and accomplish much of this on your own. Keep in mind, however, that a submission tool is not an automated solution to becoming ranked in the search engines. In fact, despite the outrageous (and patently false) claims made by some software vendors, there's really no such thing as a software program that can automatically elevate your site to the top positions.

There are some good search engine optimization tools available, but you should be prepared to spend a significant amount of time learning how to use it properly. Even then, the results achieved by the typical user usually won't compare with the results achieved by a professional who specializes in this field. If you'd prefer to focus on running your business instead of worrying about your search engine rankings, then hiring an SEO firm may be your best option.

To learn more about how Acenet can help you achieve top rankings for your website, click on the Request Proposal button below.

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