What our peoples list from from 1 to 10 the most important "on page" Factors
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we are all at different stages in our SEO and all have different skills and experiences
would like to see if people have the same list or similar with this question.
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Wow the link is quite an analysis....thanks!
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Yep..."on page"...:) I see it now.
I think URL's with key words are second behind title tags. (The seem to show up strong. I will have to research all those other things....I have a lot of work to do!
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You might also be interested in the 2011 ranking factors report that SEOmoz did with experts in the field. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/new-edition-ranking-factors-for-2011-live
For your question, you didn't state what type of importance -- I'm guessing importance for SEO in general, but it could also be taken to mean importance for conversions, importance for Google, etc.
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Links are big. Probably the biggest off site ranking factor. The question asked to rank top 10 on page elements. I took that to mean the elements that would be addressed during the on site optimization stage of SEO. If I misunderstood the question, then my rankings should be totally different. The first three factors are so big because that is what a potential customer will see on Google. That's your first impression.
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I am still pretty new at this over the past year the 4 below have made a big difference for me.
#1 Links, Links, Links....Industry specific and .edu, gov and .org are good. Must be quality links.
#2 Exact word Domains or Partial word domains. (Has worked well for me)
#3 Title tags are big
#4 I think anchor text is pretty big too..not sure if that is the same as alt text.
I am sure Chris Kent knows more than I do but in my experience those 4 are pretty big and I am happy with my keyword rankings for my 1st year on the internet. I have a lot more to learn and hope that more people will answer. I had no idea that meta descriptions were that powerful. I will have to research that more.
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1. Title Tags
2. Meta Description
3.Meta Data(rich snippets, open graph, etc.)
4.Images
5.Copy/Content
6.Alt Text
7.Navigation
8.Links
9. AJAX/ Iframes
10.URL Structure
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