Ranking factors in SEO can relate to a website’s content, technical implementation, user signals, backlink profile, or any other features the search engine considers relevant. Search Engine Journal contributor Shannon Phelps has published an article featuring the ranking factors that changed in 2023. She says, “There have been significant changes in the world of search over the past year, making the concept of ranking factors increasingly difficult to categorize. Not only has Google changed how it describes several previously documented “ranking systems” – rolling a series... [...]

Listen to the latest SERP’s Up podcast episode ‘Do ranking factors matter for SEO?’. The SERM’s Up team says, “SEO Ranking Factors. Do they matter? Should you focus on them? And if not, what should you be focused on? Do some ranking factors matter more than others? How do you know if a tactic has directly influenced your ranking? On this episode of the SERPs Up SEO Podcast we’re diving into the narrative around “ranking factors”! Marcus Tober, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Solutions for Semrush, joins the podcast to further discuss ranking factors and SEO. Tune... [...]

Search Engine Journal has published a new e-book ‘Ranking Factors: Fact Or Fiction? Let’s Bust Some Myths!’ explaining search engine ranking factors. Ben Steele says, “In this ebook you’ll find: Answers that make you feel 100% sure that something is a confirmed ranking factor that Google uses in its algorithms. We lay out the evidence and let you know if there is any debate or uncertainty. Quick yes or no answers about what is and is not a ranking factor PLUS the history of a ranking factor or why a myth came to be. How SEO elements contribute to overall ranking factors,... [...]