#6 IMU: Advanced SEO Tactics: On Beyond Keyword Research (GF401)
- 8. Takeaways: Links, as they pertain to both the domain and the individual page, are vastly superior in importance to the page's content.
- 15. Substantive Disagreement: H1 Tags (Low Correlation w/ Rankings) Alt Text (Higher Correlation w/ Rankings) Keyword in URL (Very High Correlation) Keyword Location (Data Says Closer is Much Better)
- 19. Takeaways: Substantive, Unique Content is Very Important W3C Validation Not Very Important Code to Text Ratio Not Very Important Static URLs Somewhat Better Than Dynamic
- 24. Takeaways: PageRank may be important, but TBPR not a great predictor Domain Authority may be important, but metrics need work TrustRank concepts may be important, but metrics need work Domain Diversity may be more important than experts think
- 28. Takeaways: Subdomains likely DO NOT inherit all of the ranking benefits of the Root Domain, but neither are they completely separate entities.
- 32. Takeaways: 1) Country TLD 2) Language 3) Links 4) Host IP Address 5) Manual Review 6) GG WM Tools Geographic Target Settings 7) Registration with Google Local