muesli - 11:35 am on Sep 2, 2002 (gmt 0)

thank you flowilu for revising the list. i'll now go one step further and add my estimation of importance (bold). i try to jugde the factors on the two concrete queries posted her: "solutions" and "search solutions" (without quotes).

factors on page ("search solutions": 35%, "solutions": 25%)
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1. density in body text (total word count being considered),
2. keyword in URL, URL length,
3. keyword in title, in ALT tag, in meta description,
4. keyword font size, in H1/H2 tags, bold/strong/italic tags,
5. two or more keywords:
- keyword proximity in body text
- keywords order (kw 1 ... kw2 or kw2 ... kw1)
6. keyword prominence (how early in page/tag)

factors on pages that link to page in question ("search solutions": 35%, "solutions": 40%)
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1. keyword in anchor text of links,
3. Open Directory related measures
5. keyword in body text near to link
6. keyword density and HTML title of the page
7. number of different domains/IPs where keyword appears in anchor text (i think all agree on this one)

PageRank ("search solutions": 20%, "solutions": 25%)
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- link popularity (PR formula)

guesses ("search solutions": 10%, "solutions": 10%)
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(see posts above)

those are first guesstimates of mine. what are yours?