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Top ranking factors in SEO

I'm trying to crowd-source a little here, after having seen some correlation/causation issues in other reports. What are the most important ranking factors in SEO? Vote up, vote down, let's see what happens.

How to rank in Google (Ranking Factors) - Seo Sandwitch Blog

Search Engines like Google ranks a web page based on the popularity and relevance. Main factors for ranking are described in the post.

Internal links

Retailers do it on a massive scale. Linking to your key content internally.

Facebook shares

Causation / Correlation again - do they influence rankings or are they as a result of rankings?

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Tweets

Tweets

Does the number of tweets you receive influence your ranking?

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Number of backlinks

Number of backlinks

Volume of sites linking to you

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Quality of backlinks

Quality of backlinks

Quality - as opposed to volume - of the links pointing to you

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Keywords in the page title

Keywords in the page title

Does having keywords in the page title really affect your ranking (yeah it does but how important is it)

Domain name

Keywords in the domain name - how important?

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Branded Anchor Texts

Branded Anchor Texts

Diversify anchor texts for your backlinks by using a mix of brand names, URL, or keywords + brand.