4. Domain Registration Period
“Valuable (legitimate) domains are often paid for several years in advance, while doorway
(illegitimate) domains rarely are used for more than a year. Therefore, the date when a
domain expires in the future can be used as a factor in predicting the legitimacy of a domain.”
5. Keyword in domain and sub-
domain
Example: Smartphones.com, searchengineland.com, keyword.io
6. ccTLDs for ranking in specific
regions or countries
Example: Smartphones - Clove Technology
https://www.clove.co.uk ›
13. Outbound and inbound link
quantity and quality
The outbound and inbound link quantity and quality measured in terms of Domain authority,
relevance of links ( linking within a particular domain)
16. Age of the backlinks.
Newly gained backlinks are weighted less that links gained long ago
17. Location of the links in the
content
Links in the beginning of the content are given more weightage in
ranking
18. Positive Link velocity
“A site with positive link velocity usually gets a SERP boost as it shows your site is increasing in
popularity.”- Backlinko