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Using a New Correlation Model to Predict Future Rankings with Page Authority

Moz

Correlation studies have been a staple of the search engine optimization community for many years. Each time a new study is released, a chorus of naysayers seem to come magically out of the woodwork to remind us of the one thing they remember from high school statistics — that "correlation doesn't mean causation." Posted by rjonesx.

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Top 200 Google Ranking Factors: 2022 Complete List

seo.co

And, while link building has always been the bell of the ball when it comes to ranking, it is NOT the most correlated factor for ranking in Google. No, the most correlated ranking factor is that you have diversity among all the other top correlated factors. Correlation vs causation. Spearman correlations.

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What Can Social Media Do for SEO?

Oktopost

There’s a correlation between the number of Facebook shares of a piece of content and the backlinks it receives organically. Since Google’s algorithm views social media sites as authoritative, simply being talked about or mentioned on Facebook and Twitter may signal that your site has some authority. ↑ Social signals.

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The Theory Behind Ranking Factors — Whiteboard Friday

Moz

Well, that's what we're going to go over today, but we're going to try and tease out some better definitions and vocabulary so that we're not talking past one another, and we're not constantly beating each other over the heads about correlation and not causation, or some other kind of nuance that really doesn't matter. We can't know that.

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Are You Using Your AI to Target Properly?

Navigate the Channel

Major global players like Alibaba, Apple, and Facebook are actively investing in AI technologies, reflecting the industry’s increasing importance. These categories represent distinct levels of AI capability, each with its own set of strengths and applicability in the marketing domain. Why is AI important in marketing in 2023?

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Will Threads unravel despite the Twitter/X exodus?

SmartBrief - Marketing

As an example of the struggle of gaining and maintaining Threads users, Meta doesn’t even own Threads.com, the most logical domain for the app. Threads also has native integration with Instagram and a built-in audience from Meta’s Facebook. For starters, it’s truly a viable alternative to X in terms of functionality.

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5 Popular Link Building Myths Debunked

ClearVoice

Studies performed by Backlinko and Ahrefs have found that there is absolutely a correlation between a number of backlinks and Google rankings. ” Take a look at this graph by Ahrefs on the number of referring domains (aka links) vs. In fact, the #1 result in Google has an average of 3.8x more backlinks than positions #2-#10.”