Get a top 10 ranking in Google

January 23, 2004

GoRank.com just analyzed over 20,000 top 10 ranking sites in Google for single word queries.

There is a wealth of information contained in this data. Here are some of the averages:

For the top 10 results (single word queries)

* Average number of words on a page: 893
* Average number of keyword repeats on a page: 5.3
* Average overall page keyword density: 2.1%
* Average number of words in a title: 6.7
* Average number of words in #1 Ranking site title: 5.9
* Average number of keyword repeats in title: 0.8
* Average title keyword density: 17.3%

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Source: GoRank.com

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