What Are Ranking Signals?
Search engines have constantly-evolving algorithms designed to provide the most relevant search results for people who use their search engine. The algorithms are complex and kept a closely-guarded secret by each company.
While it isn’t possible to know exactly how search engine companies decide how to rank different websites for different keywords, what is possible is to generally be aware of the kinds of things they look for.
These things that the search engines look for are what have come to be known as ranking signals. Common ranking signals include links and more recently likes (on facebook) and tweets (on twitter).
But these aren’t the only ranking signals used by the search engines, in fact there could be hundreds of ranking signals the search engines use. There could be any number of ranking signals that may be hiding beneath the surface:
No one seems to be sure what ranking signals are being used, nor what ranking signals may be used in the future by the search engines.
With the mystery surrounding what ranking signals are currently being used by the search engines, one thing is certain: with linkdip it is possible to share ranking signals for content that you deem relevant.
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