The 2015 Moz Search Engine Ranking Study Shows Links Still Super Important

Aug 12, 2015 - 8:03 am 17 by

Moz Ranking Study

Moz has announced the publication of the 2015 Moz search ranking factors study. The study shared a lot of data on correlation and expert interviews, it is the largest they put together yet.

In short, it seems links and anchor text still rank supreme with Google. Things like HTTPS and TLDs have very little correlation. Here is the summary infographic they published, but you can dive into the details over here.

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