We all know that why is content to your web site so important but the real factors that affects your page rank is much more. Following i would say are the major factors that impacts your page rank.

Blogging is a great way to expose your knowledge and skills to the world but to get really exposed to a great number of visitors, you are bound to have a good page rank. Don’t follow the herd of bloggers who try to make money fast and stay away from the common mistakes that bloggers do.

By the way, before diving into the factors that afftect your page rank, check your page rank from this free page rank checker tool.

Now into business. The major factors that impact your page rank are :

• Anchor text of inbound link to you - This is not in your hands but if you get anchored from a powerful keyword from other website, you got a winner.
• Site Map - This is a must for any website these days. Google simply loves it.
• Age of Links - Quality links with more age only makes your page become more and more popular.
• Keywords in anchor text - Always try to anchor your links with powerful and most used keywords in the search engines.
• Popularity of referring page - Well, it is not in your hands but you can always try to participate in link building techniques and get linked with good page ranked websites.
• Site Size - Be careful here to not to pump it with computer generated pages. Try to always grow your pages in a organic fashion.
• Number of outgoing links on referrer page - It all depends on where your linked again.
• Site Theming - What is the niche of your website. Also take time to understand What color themes are the most successful.
• Position of link on referrer page - Again, it all depends on where your linked but link positioning is very important for any website.
• Page traffic - # of visitors, trend. There are so many free traffic checking tools and the one i like is Google Analytics.
• Keyword density on referring page
• Page Selection Rate - How often is a page clicked on?
• HTML title of referrer page
• Time spent on page
• Link from “Expert” site?
• Did user Bookmark page?
• Referrer page - Same theme
• Bookmark add/ removal frequency
• Referrer page - Different theme
• How they left, where they went
• Site listed in DMOZ Directory?
• Site Traffic
• DMOZ category?
• Referrer - Authoritative referrer?
• Site listed in Yahoo Directory?
• Keyword - Keyword searches used to find you
• Site listed in LookSmart Directory?
• Time spent on domain
• Site listed in inktomi?
• Domain Registration Time -Register for 5 years, Google knows you are serious.
• Site listed in other directories (About, etc.)
• Are associated sites legitimate?
• Site Age
• Prior Site Ranking
• Site Directory - Tree Structure
• Article Directories - How many articles have you written and how many are listed in the Major Article Directories.

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