All SEO factors in one place, anybody?
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Hi,
Is there some place or list with all the known SEO factors till date?
Regards
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Sorry, you were looking for ranking factors - I misread the question.
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Soon to be updated to 2011 version: http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors
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I think you'll struggle to find somewhere that covers everything because good SEO's will be able to find unique and creative ways to get links all the time.
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I don't think its exhaustive but I remember stumbling across this post which covers a lot a while back:
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/200-parameters-in-google-algorithm/15457/
I think it may now underestimate how many factors are taken into account with social media.
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