Web Site SEO Ranking - A Revised List

Rand has posted an update to the original 93 search engine ranking factors list. Of note is the new Top 10:

1. Title Tag - 4.57
2. Anchor Text of Links - 4.46
3. Keyword Use in Document Text - 4.38
4. Accessibility of Document - 4.3
5. Links to Document from Site-Internal Pages - 4.15
6. Primary Subject Matter of Site - 4.00
7. External Links to Linking Pages - 3.92
8. Link Popularity of Site in Topical Community - 3.77
9. Global Link Popularity of Site - 3.69
10. Keyword Spamming - 3.69

He’s also added a clever “disagreement factor” to the list, whereas at a glance you can see whether or not a select group of SEOs agree or disagree on a certain factor.