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Originally Posted by gideongallery
your info is a bit outdated
no follow can no longer be used to pr shape
and your missing one of the most important characteristics bounce rate
or more specifically return to google bounce rate.
googles new algorithm weights the return to google bounce rate significantly higher then all characteristic now
because
1. it can't be manipulated
2. it showcases exactly how relevent the content that was found is
think about if a person finds what they are looking for on the page they aren't going to go back to google to search for it again.
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This is more focused on SEO directly which will be a later post. I agree that bounce rate and B.T.G is vital, but the Algo has nothing to do with this, your rankings do. There is high controversy over whether or not Google can even determine your bounce rate unless you have analytics on your site, or the surfer viewing your site has the google tool bar installed. There are various sources to verify this info.
But again, Google is a power house and nobody really knows how much info Google can collect from a site that does not use analytics. If a site was only opened from a Yahoo search on a daily bases, how would Google know your bounce rate? That's where people have assumed that the toolbar must gather information about the surfers visited sites.
The reasoning most people state for Google paying attention, but not strickly holding a ton of weight to it is because a competitor could put a hit bot on your site, or simple open and close the site 1000 times a day and drop your rankings