{"id":11689,"date":"2019-04-22T12:40:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T07:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/?p=11689"},"modified":"2023-05-05T15:28:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T09:58:53","slug":"what-are-google-ranking-factors-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/what-are-google-ranking-factors-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Google Ranking Factors in 2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/What-are-Google-Ranking-Factors-in-2019_.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-11692\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/What-are-Google-Ranking-Factors-in-2019_.png?resize=640%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"google ranking factors 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/What-are-Google-Ranking-Factors-in-2019_.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/What-are-Google-Ranking-Factors-in-2019_.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/What-are-Google-Ranking-Factors-in-2019_.png?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With every new year, changes to Google\u2019s ranking factors are bound to happen. Back in 2014, HTTPS became important. Then on to 2015, mobile usability became an important factor. These days, page load speeds are a major driving factor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With so many websites out there now, all vying to be Number 1 on Google\u2019s search results, you\u2019re likely wondering what it is you need to focus on in 2019 in order to gain those coveted top spots. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the factors you\u2019ll want to consider when maintaining your web page remain the same. You want to focus on delivering quality content to your viewership while maintaining a secure page that offers an intuitive user experience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That all is an oversimplification of things. When it comes to making changes to your web page and content, you need actionable advice. What follows are some of the most critical factors you\u2019ll want to consider when updating your web page for topping Google\u2019s search results. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>1. Domain Security<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of, if not, the most important factors when deciding whether or not your site makes it into the upper echelons of Google\u2019s rankings is Security. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It goes without saying these days that your site should be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.websecurity.symantec.com\/security-topics\/what-is-ssl-tls-https\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">operating under an HTTPS URL<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If it\u2019s not, then you\u2019ll want to put effort into making it so! Google uses this to determine whether or not your website is secure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are unfamiliar with what HTTPS is, it is a secured form of HTTP or HyperText Transfer Protocol. HTTP is a protocol that determines how your website\u2019s content gets transferred to your viewers&#8217; web browser. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure your website is secure, you\u2019ll need to have an SSL certificate. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>2. Website Architecture<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly equally important as website security is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.optimalworkshop.com\/anatomy-website-website-architecture\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website architecture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This isn\u2019t necessarily the most significant factor when determining your site\u2019s Google ranking but it is something that you should focus on, nonetheless, in order to provide your viewers with the most intuitive experience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To nail this down, you need to have your website organized into subdirectories, with clear and concise strings of text. By doing this, Google will have a much easier time determining what sort of website you are providing to viewers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/apple-desk-internet-209151-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11693\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/apple-desk-internet-209151-2.jpg?resize=640%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"google ranking factors for 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/apple-desk-internet-209151-2.jpg?w=710&amp;ssl=1 710w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/apple-desk-internet-209151-2.jpg?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an example, if you were to start up a site that focuses on cooking and would like to put out content revolving around baking, grilling, and prep, it would be good practice to organize your website&#8217;s pages and files into subdirectories with those titles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This would also work better with the eCommerce websites. Imagine you have hundreds of products and need to arrange them in a way that they will be easily accessible for the viewers. Whether or not you want to increase an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/muchneeded.com\/amazon-statistics\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eCommerce website sales<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or better introduce a service &#8211; website architecture helps with that a lot. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>3. Topic Authority<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another factor that is especially important this year is a topic authority. Topics comprise the bulk of what determines your site\u2019s Google search ranking. Focusing on becoming an authority on your chosen topic is increasingly important in determining how your site ranks in the long run. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you aren\u2019t familiar with the concept of topic authority, a brief explanation would be: As you push out more content on a given topic, such as cooking, the higher your content will rank on Google\u2019s search results. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further building on this example, say as time goes by and you\u2019ve built up 30 or 40 content posts pertaining to baking. As you\u2019ve built up this content base, Google has taken notice and decided that your site is likely an authority on the topic of baking. Due to this, as you push out more content on baking, your baking posts are more likely to rank highly right off the bat than, say, if you were to put out a post on gardening. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>4. Inbound Links<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inbound links have always been important, and in 2019 this has not changed. Inbound links, or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/backlinks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">backlinks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are any hyperlinks on another website that points to your web page. These links have a huge impact on whether or not your site ranks in Google\u2019s SERPs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may wonder why Google cares so much about these links if you aren\u2019t relying on them for the bulk of your traffic. To answer this question, Google sees backlinks as an indication of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your site\u2019s authority and trustworthiness<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If people are deciding to link to your website, it is likely that you are putting out good content that can be trusted. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might think you can cheat the system by interlinking content from within your own website\u2019s domain, but it does not work that way. Google really doesn\u2019t take into consideration internal linking from your website\u2019s different posts but looks to links coming from offsite domains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/chain-link-fence-fence-locks-1731750.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11694\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/chain-link-fence-fence-locks-1731750.jpg?resize=640%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"google ranking factors 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/chain-link-fence-fence-locks-1731750.jpg?w=710&amp;ssl=1 710w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/chain-link-fence-fence-locks-1731750.jpg?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of this, link building, more than ever is an integral factor in determining your place in Google\u2019s search results. Some ways to secure yourself more backlinks are to reach out to authoritative sites and work out a backlink agreement where you both link to each other&#8217;s content. Another great way of getting more backlinks is by guest posting on another publisher\u2019s blog and then linking back to your site. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>5. Keyword Intent<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keywords aren\u2019t quite as important of a factor as they once were, but they are still something you should be looking at this year. While they don\u2019t have a strong of an impact on your ranking as topic authority or backlinks, they are probably the easiest factor for you to address quickly, in order to make improvements to your website\u2019s SEO. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in the day, Google would look at keyword frequency in order to determine whether or not your website was relevant to a given search term. This was referred to as an &#8220;exact match&#8221;. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These days, &#8220;exact match&#8221; doesn\u2019t mean quite the same thing. Simply <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spamming keywords in your articles<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or blog posts will not yield a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/rank-on-first-page-of-google\/\">higher search ranking<\/a>. Now, it is more about the intent of the keyword than the keyword itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/typewriter-typing-vintage-1930686.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11695\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/typewriter-typing-vintage-1930686.jpg?resize=640%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"google ranking factors 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/typewriter-typing-vintage-1930686.jpg?w=710&amp;ssl=1 710w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/typewriter-typing-vintage-1930686.jpg?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To illustrate how keyword intent works here is a good example: Say you want to rank for the keyword \u201cbest charcoal grill.\u201d Simply spamming those words in your articles won&#8217;t get your website ranked anymore. To get your site ranked, be sure to include the keyword once or twice, but also provide actual examples of charcoal grills, their features, some links to where they can be purchased, and what makes them the best. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As this information is what your viewership is actually seeking out when they input the search term, when your website provides actual useful information such as this, as opposed to just spamming keywords, they are more likely to spend time on your page. Google will see this increased traffic and time spent on your site as a sign that you are providing useful information in relation to the given keyword. As a result, your site will end up ranking higher for the keyword you targeted! <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>6. Content Structure<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last, but not least, is content structure. You\u2019ll not want to just focus on the content you put out, but also how it appears to viewers. As more and more websites come about that dish out information on a given topic, simply providing good content and answers to questions isn\u2019t always enough. How you present this information to viewers is becoming increasingly important in order to rank. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To improve upon the structure of your content, make sure you are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/strategiccontent.co\/how-to-write-subheadings\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">taking advantage of headers and sub-headers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in order to make your content easier to navigate and read. Don\u2019t forget about other elements such as lists, bullet points, images, and research. These all improve the user experience of your content and will result in your viewers being more engaged with your content.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After having read through the above, you should have a good idea of what changes you need to make to your content strategy, in order to ensure your site continues to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/15-ranking-factors-you-must-consider-to-rank-in-serps\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rank highly among Google\u2019s SERPs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. By continuing to provide a secure, user-friendly, experience to your users that is full of useful and informative content, you can be sure that your website makes into the top ranking for your given niche.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With every new year, changes to Google\u2019s ranking factors are bound to happen. Back in 2014, HTTPS became important. 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