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Rand Fishkin, Wizard of Moz | @randfish | rand@moz.com
Search Ranking Factors 2015
What data, opinions, and testing have revealed
about how Google’s rankings operate.
Slides Online at:
Bit.ly/rankslides2015
A look at Google’s algorithm
in 2015 according to
150 professional SEOs
We usedto show graphics
like this to illustratethe
relativeimportanceof
differentareasof
optimizationto Google’s
algorithm.
2013
But a pie chart suggests that
you can only get so much
value from any given set of
features.
In reality, factors like higher link
authority on your domain have as
almost unlimited ability to positively
influence rankings
Thus, we’vegot a new wayto illustrate
how rankingfactors fit together:
Search Ranking Factors in 2015
Most interestingto me is what’s happenedto
SEO professionals’opinionsover time…
2009 2011 2013
2015
(in blasphemous pie chart form to
illustrate comparative change)
2009 2011
2013 2015
Afew of the opinions about factors
in particular stand out:
Page-LevelLink Features
Domain-LevelLink Features
Page-LevelKeywordFeatures
2009 2011 2013 2015
43% 22% 19.15% 14.54%
2009 2011 2013 2015
24% 21% 20.94% 14.60%
2009 2011 2013 2015
15% 14% 14.94% 13.97%
1) Professional SEOs feel that, on average, the algo
is flattening, and the days of a single factor having an
overwhelming impact are fading.
Takeaways:
2)After years of dominating the algo, links, while still
powerful, don’t feel like an overwhelming ranking
force to SEOs.
Takeaways:
3) Engagement data is on the rise. If growth rate
continues, by our next survey, it may be in the top
two features.
Takeaways:
Correlation doesn’t imply
causation… so why are we still
talking about it in SEO?!
Becausecorrelationtells us
somethingelse of great value:
Correlation DOESN’T tell us why one
page ranks higher than another.
It DOES tell us what features higher-
ranking pages tend to have over their
lower ranking peers.
Do correlationcoefficients in the 0.1 – 0.4 range
(typical for single factors in searchengine studies)
mean anything?
Debunk statements
about what’s NOT
causal in rankings
3 UsefulApplications:
Show relative
potential
influence
ID factors for
more testing /
investigation
Debunkingmyths with correlationdata is easy:
Google are losers! The more ads
you buy, the higher they rank you.
Debunkingmyths with correlationdata is easy:
A negative correlation of -0.03
disproves the idea that more ad
slots = higher rankings.
Coefficients canalso be used to show relativecorrelation:
The best SEOs use multiple
repetitions of keywords in their titles. I
guarantee it works better than some
fancy LDA model.
On average, content that better fits an LDA
topic model dramatically outperforms KW
repetition in the title
Coefficients canalso be used to show relativecorrelation:
Correlationnumberscan leadus to interestingtheoriesthat we
can then validatethrough other means:
Could it be that partial match anchor text now has equal or
greater ranking influence than exact match?
Correlationnumberscan leadus to interestingtheoriesthat we
can then validatethrough other means:
Let’s go run some experiments to see
if this is true y’all!
NOTE: Inanalgorithmwith100s–1000sofrankinginputs,we
shouldn’texpectanysingleelementtohave thekindsofhigh
correlationsseeninlesscomplexinputscenarios.
Single factors correlate with higher
Google rankings in this range.
How do various web metrics
correlate with higher Google
rankings in 2015?
In May 2015, Moz collected 16,521 unique
SERPs from Google.com (US). Full methodology here
Look Familiar?
Link metrics’ correlations w/ rankings have
been similar for ~6 years
Moz & Ahrefs
For the first time, we compared Mozscape’s link correlations
against Ahrefs… And found nearly identical results for both.
Social Shares
Correlations are down ~10-15% from their high in 2013.
Traffic & Engagement
For the first time, we measured usage data. While traffic looks strongly
correlated, engagement metrics have weaker numbers.
Trafficandengagement
metricsvia
Keyword Use & On-Page Optimization
As we get more sophisticated in our text-modeling abilities, we’re seeing higher
correlations (though still low relative to links & social shares)
For the first time, we also broke correlationsdownby
categoryof keywords/SERPs
Health websites that
link out more tend to
rank higher.
Dining sites see almost no
correlation between linking
out & ranking.
It tended be more
present in higher
ranking sites for these
verticals
Anchor text had a
smaller relationship w/
high rankings in these
verticals
Those meager restaurant
websites? Looks like Google
doesn’t mind much.
Buzzfeed & Upworthy are
always showing how
lengthier articles perform
better for them.
Twitter & Facebook have
very similar relative
correlations, which fits w/
Google’s statements that
they don’t directly use
either.
In some verticals, social
sharing is much less
connected to ranking
positions than others
1) Correlations with links have remained relatively
similar, suggesting that perhaps links haven’t faded in
influence as much as some in our industry have
suggested.
Takeaways:
2) We need more sophisticated on-page analysis
tools. With the right algorithms/ software, we may
find real opportunities to improve rankings through
content.
Takeaways:
3) Correlation is even more useful (and interesting)
on subsets of SERPs than on an entire corpus. In
the future, calculating correlations for the SERPs
you/your company care about may become
standard.
Takeaways:
3 Examples of What Correlation &
Experimentation Can Do:
#1: Help us
validate what
Google says
#2: Verify
theories about
what’s in
Google’s algo
#3: Lead us to
better tactical
approaches
Validating Some of
Google’s Statements
On Secure Sites
ViaGoogleWebmasterCentralBlog
ViaRand’sGoogle+
HTTPS URLs have a 0.04 correlation w/ higher
rankings… much lower than many features Google
says don’t impact rankings.
Search Ranking Factors in 2015
Search Ranking Factors in 2015
Search Ranking Factors in 2015
Here’s another example of a potentially misleading statement,
and we’ll be working to verify it, too:
ViaSERoundtable
Investigating SEOs’
Longstanding Theories
re: Raw URL Mentions
Using data from Fresh Web Explorer, we can
see how many mentions aURLreceives in a
given day/week/month
The correlations w/ URL mentions are pretty high –
in the range of social shares and links
(0.19 for full domain, 0.17 for root domain)
ViaStoneTempleBlog(andIMECLabs)
So, the crew at IMEC Labs ran a test!
Results suggest raw URL mentions had no impact on
rankings, certainly nothing like the impact of links.
A Look at
Links & Social Shares
in Google’s Rankings
We knowthat linkscan still
overwhelm otherranking
signals.
Via RishiLakhanionRefugeeks
Pointing a few anchor-text
links at this blocked-by-robots
page on Matt’s blog made it
rank (even in 2015).
We knowaboutloadsof linkelementsthat influencerank-boosting
ability:
1) Anchor Text
2) PageRank
3) Relevance
4) Domain
Authority
5) Location on
the Page
6) Internal vs.
External
7) Quality of Other
Links on Page/Site
8) Editorial Weight
9) Engagement w/ Linking
& Linked Pages
10) Follow vs. Nofollow
11) Source Depth
12) Text vs. Img
13) Link Age
14) Topical
Authority of
Source
16) Spam Signals
17) Speed/Acceleration
of New Link Sources
18) Author Authority
19) 1st Link to Target on
Page vs Duplicate Links
10) Prior Links to Target
from Source Domain15) Javascript vs. HTML
We knowaboutloadsof linkelementsthat influencerank-boosting
ability:
This stuff mattered a lot whenwe did manuallink
buildingto move rankings
But today,many of us justlet
content buildlinksfor us, right?
Moz & Buzzfeed joined forces for a
report looking at 1 million pieces of
content.
DataviaBuzzsumo&Moz’sJointStudy
Content+ SocialSharing= Links?
DataviaBuzzsumo&Moz’sJointStudy
Median # of links across a million pieces of content in
Buzzsumo’s database?.... 1 linking root domain.
This is a powerlaw
distribution– the top
contentgetsthe
overwhelmingmajority
of linksand shares.
The reality of social amplification and earning
links is…
0.028? That’s too close to 0 to infer any
consistent, direct influence.
For the most heavily shared content, there’s a little bit more of
a correlation, but it’s small enough that relying on social
shares to earn your links is probably folly.
We tried segmenting the samples:
This data showswhy I can’tendorseeitherof these common
maxims in SEO/contentmarketing:
Create good, unique content and Google will
figure out the rest.
The best way to earn links is to create great
content.
In the past,I presenteda conceptthat,basedon this data,
now appearsto be fundamentallyflawed:
Publish
Amplify
Grow network Rank for slightly
more competitive
terms & phrases
Get links Grow authority
Earn search
traffic
Publish
Amplify
Grow network Rank for slightly
more competitive
terms & phrases
Get links Grow authority
Earn search
traffic
This doesn’t just happen. Link
building – outreach, embeds,
nudges, etc – are still essential.
1) Social shares by themselves almost never
lead directly to the quantities of links necessary to
rank well.
Takeaways:
2) Content that performs extraordinarily well on
social networks and ranks well in search engines
may not be benefitting solely from links.
Takeaways:
bit.ly/rankingfactors2015
Allthedatafromtherankingfactors
reportcanbefoundat:
Rand Fishkin, Wizard of Moz | @randfish | rand@moz.com
Bit.ly/rankslides2015

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Search Ranking Factors in 2015

  • 1. Rand Fishkin, Wizard of Moz | @randfish | rand@moz.com Search Ranking Factors 2015 What data, opinions, and testing have revealed about how Google’s rankings operate.
  • 3. A look at Google’s algorithm in 2015 according to 150 professional SEOs
  • 4. We usedto show graphics like this to illustratethe relativeimportanceof differentareasof optimizationto Google’s algorithm. 2013
  • 5. But a pie chart suggests that you can only get so much value from any given set of features. In reality, factors like higher link authority on your domain have as almost unlimited ability to positively influence rankings
  • 6. Thus, we’vegot a new wayto illustrate how rankingfactors fit together:
  • 8. Most interestingto me is what’s happenedto SEO professionals’opinionsover time…
  • 10. 2015 (in blasphemous pie chart form to illustrate comparative change)
  • 12. Afew of the opinions about factors in particular stand out:
  • 13. Page-LevelLink Features Domain-LevelLink Features Page-LevelKeywordFeatures 2009 2011 2013 2015 43% 22% 19.15% 14.54% 2009 2011 2013 2015 24% 21% 20.94% 14.60% 2009 2011 2013 2015 15% 14% 14.94% 13.97%
  • 14. 1) Professional SEOs feel that, on average, the algo is flattening, and the days of a single factor having an overwhelming impact are fading. Takeaways:
  • 15. 2)After years of dominating the algo, links, while still powerful, don’t feel like an overwhelming ranking force to SEOs. Takeaways:
  • 16. 3) Engagement data is on the rise. If growth rate continues, by our next survey, it may be in the top two features. Takeaways:
  • 17. Correlation doesn’t imply causation… so why are we still talking about it in SEO?!
  • 18. Becausecorrelationtells us somethingelse of great value: Correlation DOESN’T tell us why one page ranks higher than another. It DOES tell us what features higher- ranking pages tend to have over their lower ranking peers.
  • 19. Do correlationcoefficients in the 0.1 – 0.4 range (typical for single factors in searchengine studies) mean anything? Debunk statements about what’s NOT causal in rankings 3 UsefulApplications: Show relative potential influence ID factors for more testing / investigation
  • 20. Debunkingmyths with correlationdata is easy: Google are losers! The more ads you buy, the higher they rank you.
  • 21. Debunkingmyths with correlationdata is easy: A negative correlation of -0.03 disproves the idea that more ad slots = higher rankings.
  • 22. Coefficients canalso be used to show relativecorrelation: The best SEOs use multiple repetitions of keywords in their titles. I guarantee it works better than some fancy LDA model.
  • 23. On average, content that better fits an LDA topic model dramatically outperforms KW repetition in the title Coefficients canalso be used to show relativecorrelation:
  • 24. Correlationnumberscan leadus to interestingtheoriesthat we can then validatethrough other means: Could it be that partial match anchor text now has equal or greater ranking influence than exact match?
  • 25. Correlationnumberscan leadus to interestingtheoriesthat we can then validatethrough other means: Let’s go run some experiments to see if this is true y’all!
  • 27. How do various web metrics correlate with higher Google rankings in 2015?
  • 28. In May 2015, Moz collected 16,521 unique SERPs from Google.com (US). Full methodology here
  • 29. Look Familiar? Link metrics’ correlations w/ rankings have been similar for ~6 years
  • 30. Moz & Ahrefs For the first time, we compared Mozscape’s link correlations against Ahrefs… And found nearly identical results for both.
  • 31. Social Shares Correlations are down ~10-15% from their high in 2013.
  • 32. Traffic & Engagement For the first time, we measured usage data. While traffic looks strongly correlated, engagement metrics have weaker numbers. Trafficandengagement metricsvia
  • 33. Keyword Use & On-Page Optimization As we get more sophisticated in our text-modeling abilities, we’re seeing higher correlations (though still low relative to links & social shares)
  • 34. For the first time, we also broke correlationsdownby categoryof keywords/SERPs
  • 35. Health websites that link out more tend to rank higher. Dining sites see almost no correlation between linking out & ranking.
  • 36. It tended be more present in higher ranking sites for these verticals Anchor text had a smaller relationship w/ high rankings in these verticals
  • 37. Those meager restaurant websites? Looks like Google doesn’t mind much. Buzzfeed & Upworthy are always showing how lengthier articles perform better for them.
  • 38. Twitter & Facebook have very similar relative correlations, which fits w/ Google’s statements that they don’t directly use either. In some verticals, social sharing is much less connected to ranking positions than others
  • 39. 1) Correlations with links have remained relatively similar, suggesting that perhaps links haven’t faded in influence as much as some in our industry have suggested. Takeaways:
  • 40. 2) We need more sophisticated on-page analysis tools. With the right algorithms/ software, we may find real opportunities to improve rankings through content. Takeaways:
  • 41. 3) Correlation is even more useful (and interesting) on subsets of SERPs than on an entire corpus. In the future, calculating correlations for the SERPs you/your company care about may become standard. Takeaways:
  • 42. 3 Examples of What Correlation & Experimentation Can Do: #1: Help us validate what Google says #2: Verify theories about what’s in Google’s algo #3: Lead us to better tactical approaches
  • 43. Validating Some of Google’s Statements On Secure Sites
  • 46. HTTPS URLs have a 0.04 correlation w/ higher rankings… much lower than many features Google says don’t impact rankings.
  • 50. Here’s another example of a potentially misleading statement, and we’ll be working to verify it, too: ViaSERoundtable
  • 52. Using data from Fresh Web Explorer, we can see how many mentions aURLreceives in a given day/week/month
  • 53. The correlations w/ URL mentions are pretty high – in the range of social shares and links (0.19 for full domain, 0.17 for root domain)
  • 55. Results suggest raw URL mentions had no impact on rankings, certainly nothing like the impact of links.
  • 56. A Look at Links & Social Shares in Google’s Rankings
  • 57. We knowthat linkscan still overwhelm otherranking signals. Via RishiLakhanionRefugeeks Pointing a few anchor-text links at this blocked-by-robots page on Matt’s blog made it rank (even in 2015).
  • 58. We knowaboutloadsof linkelementsthat influencerank-boosting ability: 1) Anchor Text 2) PageRank 3) Relevance 4) Domain Authority 5) Location on the Page 6) Internal vs. External 7) Quality of Other Links on Page/Site 8) Editorial Weight 9) Engagement w/ Linking & Linked Pages 10) Follow vs. Nofollow
  • 59. 11) Source Depth 12) Text vs. Img 13) Link Age 14) Topical Authority of Source 16) Spam Signals 17) Speed/Acceleration of New Link Sources 18) Author Authority 19) 1st Link to Target on Page vs Duplicate Links 10) Prior Links to Target from Source Domain15) Javascript vs. HTML We knowaboutloadsof linkelementsthat influencerank-boosting ability:
  • 60. This stuff mattered a lot whenwe did manuallink buildingto move rankings But today,many of us justlet content buildlinksfor us, right?
  • 61. Moz & Buzzfeed joined forces for a report looking at 1 million pieces of content. DataviaBuzzsumo&Moz’sJointStudy
  • 62. Content+ SocialSharing= Links? DataviaBuzzsumo&Moz’sJointStudy Median # of links across a million pieces of content in Buzzsumo’s database?.... 1 linking root domain.
  • 63. This is a powerlaw distribution– the top contentgetsthe overwhelmingmajority of linksand shares.
  • 64. The reality of social amplification and earning links is… 0.028? That’s too close to 0 to infer any consistent, direct influence.
  • 65. For the most heavily shared content, there’s a little bit more of a correlation, but it’s small enough that relying on social shares to earn your links is probably folly. We tried segmenting the samples:
  • 66. This data showswhy I can’tendorseeitherof these common maxims in SEO/contentmarketing: Create good, unique content and Google will figure out the rest. The best way to earn links is to create great content.
  • 67. In the past,I presenteda conceptthat,basedon this data, now appearsto be fundamentallyflawed:
  • 68. Publish Amplify Grow network Rank for slightly more competitive terms & phrases Get links Grow authority Earn search traffic
  • 69. Publish Amplify Grow network Rank for slightly more competitive terms & phrases Get links Grow authority Earn search traffic This doesn’t just happen. Link building – outreach, embeds, nudges, etc – are still essential.
  • 70. 1) Social shares by themselves almost never lead directly to the quantities of links necessary to rank well. Takeaways:
  • 71. 2) Content that performs extraordinarily well on social networks and ranks well in search engines may not be benefitting solely from links. Takeaways:
  • 73. Rand Fishkin, Wizard of Moz | @randfish | rand@moz.com Bit.ly/rankslides2015