Google Ranking Factors 2019: Opinions from 1,500+ Professional SEOs

In August of 2019, 1,584 professionals in the field of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) took a survey sharing their opinions on the relative use and merit of various inputs in Google’s ranking systems. This report shares the aggregated results of that survey. Each year, the survey will be repeated t

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@aleyda

SEO Consultant, Speaker & Author. @Orainti Founder @Remotersnet Co-Founder @CrawlingMondays Host #SEOFOMO + #MarketingFOMO + https://t.co/yvg9bT4orr Maker @mujeresEnSEO

125,183 Tweets
823 Following
140,306 Followers

@rustybrick

Search Geek

135,502 Tweets
2,018 Following
202,481 Followers

@DavidWallace

CEO of SearchRank, husband, father & grandfather, follower of Christ, musician, Disney & roller coaster enthusiast, cat lover. Opinions are mine.

36,840 Tweets
1,032 Following
8,196 Followers

@willcritchlow

Founder and CEO @SearchPilot, founded @distilled (acquired by @Brainlabs) Interest in basketball, whisky, cooking, auction theory Views may not be orgs'

38,213 Tweets
2,394 Following
43,455 Followers

@andismit

Chair of CIPR AI in PR panel. PR engineer and technologist. CIPR & PRCA trainer. Co author of Share This & Share This Too: Social Media Handbooks.

27,094 Tweets
1,482 Following
6,017 Followers

@scottclark

Full time SEO/PPC Pro - Silicon Valley Transplant - Dad/Husband - Hiking and Mountain Biking Nut - Coder in Past Life.

29,020 Tweets
1,001 Following
2,889 Followers

@fba

2022 1. Making my travel company go to 6-fig again (~10h/wk) 2. Creating 10 sellable art pieces 3. Walking 3,650,000 steps me/you/frens

28,445 Tweets
1,504 Following
2,618 Followers

@IanLurie

Digital marketer. Speaker. I tweet marketing & random nerdiness. Consultant at https://t.co/ja7xuWDaum. Dungeons & Dragons player in my spare time.

51,582 Tweets
6,395 Following
33,784 Followers

@randfish

Co-founder @SparkToro, husband to @everywhereist, author of Lost & Founder. My Twitter account doesn't reply but https://t.co/ylndZaryhU does

70,286 Tweets
101 Following
467,618 Followers

@hichamsouilmi

✪ #SEO/#Data Specialist ✪ Speaker & Trainer ✪ https://t.co/6So4ftEbqm ✪ 15+ years in Web Technologies

12,495 Tweets
6,157 Following
15,123 Followers

@DerekEdmond

Managing Partner of @KoMarketing a B2B Digital Marketing Agency specializing in Search, Social Media, and Content Marketing. Call us @ 877-322-2736 (3-B2B SEO)

12,022 Tweets
243 Following
5,777 Followers

@samuellavoie

Inbound Marketing & SEO Consultant, Making sites Findable by humans and the like. Internet Junkie and  fanboy. Organize SEO meetups. Some tweets in French 🇨🇦

13,591 Tweets
894 Following
3,783 Followers

@hamletbatista

CEO @RankSense - I’m perpetually tired of “6 months to see results” SEO BS. I ❤️ #Python 🐍🔥 & #AgileSEO 🏃💨 I share ideas on SEO, ecom, Python, JS and AI/ML

14,292 Tweets
1,526 Following
9,703 Followers

@PaoloMargari

📈 Digital Marketing Strategist 🌐 PhD Economic Geography 🎛️ Electronic Music Producer 🏴 There are no good authorities 📰 In media stat virus.

5,326 Tweets
2,043 Following
1,664 Followers

@adamsherk

SEO consultant working with news publishers. VP SEO & Digital Strategy at Define Media Group @definemg

6,648 Tweets
1,747 Following
8,081 Followers

@redpromo

digital strategist, historian, cineast, broken beat lover.

780 Tweets
425 Following
801 Followers

@wilreynolds

I start things. I help people find stuff on the internet Serial Underdog @seerinteractive I am whatever you say I am ❤️ #bigdata #positivity #gratitude #hiphop

42,389 Tweets
149 Following
54,889 Followers

@AndrewGirdwood

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Geek. Marketer. Blogger. Digital Strategy @unionagency. Webmaster @geeknative & @edin_reviews. Opinions Are My Own. (he/him)

28,743 Tweets
799 Following
7,656 Followers

@petermccarthy

Marketing, data, tech, publishing. Work @OpenRoadMedia. Ex Ingram, OptiQly, Logical Marketing, PRH, NYBooks. Opinions my own.

11,871 Tweets
1,609 Following
4,950 Followers

@pwatsonwailes

Archived. Find me elsewhere.

24,215 Tweets
416 Following
2,007 Followers

@RobOusbey

British guy in Seattle. Consultant, Dad, Hacker. Creator of https://t.co/rTegiPOopd, @IsMtRainierOut & @USVaxCount. New digital marketing tool coming soon - DM for deets 📈

7,211 Tweets
1,038 Following
6,301 Followers

@petrakraft

Main focus on SEO and local SEO. Love to travel and be in the nature. Never stops learning and smiling.

21,704 Tweets
101 Following
1,046 Followers

@Frank_Strong

Father. B2B Tech. PR+MKTG. MA+MBA. Blogger. Scuba+ #Skydiver. #Veteran +Once-a-Marine+US Soldier (Ret.) Critical thinker. #Karate+ #BJJ student. #PatsNation.

49,431 Tweets
5,779 Following
6,546 Followers

@Realicity

Digital Marketing since 1999. Partner @WebRanking. Founder @MnSEARCH. #PPCchat Supporter. Husband & Father. Lich Therapist. Doing dope stuff in Aventine.

20,263 Tweets
1,210 Following
6,179 Followers

@mandybpenn

Digital Strategy at @WilkesU. @MUMultiComm adjunct. I ❤️ theatre, food, @WilkesUWriting & @penningbrent. She/her. @mandybpenn on Spoutible, Mastodon & Instagram

17,017 Tweets
3,066 Following
3,273 Followers

@screamingfrog

Run by Founder Dan Sharp of Screaming Frog, a UK search marketing agency & developer of the SEO Spider. Gooner. SEO. & Philanthropist.

39,856 Tweets
1,281 Following
72,513 Followers

@dejanseo

Australian marketing company specialising in strategic SEO for medium to large brands and e-commerce websites.

6,327 Tweets
516 Following
15,052 Followers

@LoriGama

#SEO #FemaleFounder Digital Since 1995. Founder of https://t.co/KBbpXSQeeI Digital marketing services for family-owned businesses. #CollaborativeAI #Web3

30,737 Tweets
11,958 Following
12,833 Followers

@jfverville

In charge of selecting the best marketing speakers for @webaquebec, a 3-day conference on anything web related 🇨🇦

1,330 Tweets
424 Following
514 Followers

@MrChichester

Reyna’s dad. CEO & founder of @growthsklls | AdAge 40 under 40. Advisor, Investor. I grow ideas, people and companies.

4,356 Tweets
13,706 Following
12,490 Followers

@SEO

SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, and Conversational AI Expert. I share guides, case studies, and AI-generated kittens.

16,281 Tweets
395 Following
118,362 Followers

@jlmosebach

#LocalSEO at @SterlingSkyInc (tweets are mine). Jesus lover, husband, father, soccer fan (@PhilaUnion), airplane watcher, pun-fanatic, beachgoer, traveler.

5,829 Tweets
1,264 Following
1,038 Followers

@RamBabuSEO

SEO Scientist @SEOBookLab Marketing Head @Logicielio Growth Hacker #SEO #Content #CustomerJourney. Need Technical SEO Master Audit? Email me: [email protected]

6,842 Tweets
4,721 Following
2,752 Followers

@AllblogsDe

SEO, Online-Marketing, Selbständigkeit, Aktien & vieles mehr - oder weniger...

3,467 Tweets
532 Following
670 Followers

@igalst

Co-Founder and Managing Director at https://t.co/wFd0PeBwjl, an NYC based International SEO agency. Former VP Growth/1st employee @Investingcom. Another Israeli in 'merica.

4,730 Tweets
1,063 Following
1,974 Followers

@NassimBojji

🔍 I'm an #SEO expert 🧠 helping great companies to increase their organic traffic revenue & search visibility. Driving results & providing value.

28,105 Tweets
2,458 Following
2,495 Followers

@BritneyMuller

Data Science + Machine Learning + SEO | Entrepreneur | Keynote Speaker | Previously @huggingface @Moz (she/her)

14,331 Tweets
2,624 Following
29,701 Followers

@philnottingham

Video Strategist. Producer. Writer. Speaker.

7,053 Tweets
1,329 Following
7,002 Followers

@TheCoolestCool

Tweeting about SaaS, marketing and distribution while watching Fresh Prince of Bel Air re-runs or Eagles football. CEO @FoundationIncCo @HustleGrindCo

72,508 Tweets
2,034 Following
64,652 Followers

@scottcowley

Assoc Professor of Marketing at WMU. Digital marketing & social media researcher. Program Director: https://t.co/RbYTDg3VBr. #GirlDad

53,517 Tweets
787 Following
7,332 Followers

@ruthburr

SEO, data-driven marketer and grilled cheese sandwich enthusiast living in OKC. CEO @UpBuildTeam.

29,892 Tweets
1,658 Following
12,092 Followers

@gfiorelli1

Strategic & International SEO senior consultant, trilingual 🇮🇹🇪🇸 🇬🇧 https://t.co/qtgsWD4MPV

93,955 Tweets
523 Following
44,421 Followers

@kayak360

Author, Marketer, SEO, and CEO doing wilderness photography. Comments are my own.

7,829 Tweets
744 Following
4,226 Followers

@Greencognito

Husband & dad | Customer-focused Content Marketing & Community | @Content_Meetup co-organizer | @Autodesk @VMware @Oracle @ZiffDavis | @CanopyTrees #NorCal #mtb

38,309 Tweets
3,423 Following
4,301 Followers

@staceycav

Mum of 3 sons. SEO & content marketing @macnaughtseo. Non exec @shopblocks. Conference speaker. U8 football coach. Hiker. Sunset chaser. Often on mountains.

30,571 Tweets
1,120 Following
11,279 Followers

@purnavirji

Senior Content Solutions Evangelist @LinkedIn. ex-@Microsoft. Speaker and Writer on #ContentMarketing #Advertising and #DigitalMarketing. Traveler. Polyglot.

9,508 Tweets
714 Following
12,601 Followers

@waithash

CEO & Lead Trainer at Digital 4 Africa. Twenty-one years of experience in IT & #DigitalMarketing. Passionate about data-driven sales strategy.

92,020 Tweets
79 Following
11,872 Followers

@crestodina

Speaker, content marketer, co-founder of Orbit Media (@orbiteers) and author of Content Chemistry: https://t.co/8LiisrJj2K

25,522 Tweets
7,475 Following
36,569 Followers

@dodgejd

Inbound marketing professional focused on honest SEO, PPC, Analytics. Speaker. Founder of @BlackTruckMedia & @MiSkiReport.

17,243 Tweets
1,457 Following
2,227 Followers

@leximills

Passionate about the future of the internet. - PR SEO specialist- likes impressionism, space, tech, psychology. lexi(at)shift6(dot)org. All tweets are my own.

2,945 Tweets
758 Following
4,166 Followers

@marvinrussell

Head of SaaS Growth @sureswiftcap • 2x SaaS Founder • 2 Exits • Helping online businesses scale w/ https://t.co/pwZiLQlT8q • Former Digital Marketing Agency CEO

17,093 Tweets
574 Following
9,794 Followers

@eYordanov

12,830 Tweets
1,695 Following
2,857 Followers

@neil_mchugh

It depends…

12,799 Tweets
5,000 Following
2,556 Followers

@vineet18del

SEO Strategist | Follow to learn: 👉🏻How to dominate SERP 👉🏻How to outrank your competitors 👉🏻How to scale your business with SEO

2,186 Tweets
991 Following
813 Followers

@betakrea

Bilingual 🇮🇹🇬🇧. Freelance SEO Consultant. Business owner. Mistakes maker. https://t.co/JDz9UdR2kc…

15,670 Tweets
1,384 Following
2,403 Followers

@granite5ltd

We guide membership organisations, charities and businesses to transform their digital marketing, customer experience and online conversion.

4,080 Tweets
357 Following
651 Followers

@martinhennig

Father of two, husband of one. Atheist, feminist, treehugger, pacifist, antifascist, marketer. German living abroad 🏴‍☠️🇸🇪🇺🇸🇮🇪🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈Views are my own.

2,953 Tweets
799 Following
911 Followers

@Jonny_J_

Co-author of the book #MasteringInhouseSEO UK/EU Search Awards Judge. Views my own etc. Vice President of Growth at Forbes. @Forbes @ForbesAdvisor ex-MSM

5,372 Tweets
695 Following
1,457 Followers

@franciscoylopez

Product Manager at @INDYASpain // Proud father of two awesome childs // Cheesecake Lover // Sometimes I climb mountains...

8,693 Tweets
278 Following
2,320 Followers

@neologyc

Mrknete na https://t.co/KI8RVgIvGz Nebo me potkejte na #SEORestartu

526 Tweets
999 Following
2,244 Followers

@NileshShukla_

#Digitalmarketing consultant by profession and #Investor by choice. Firm believe of #Karma & #PowerOfCompounding Love discussing #GA #SEO #WordPress & #PPC too

14,293 Tweets
291 Following
1,441 Followers

@sds_labs

#Digitalmarketing #Inboundmarketing, #shots #webdesign #SEO #SMM #blogging #graphic #PR & #leadsgeneration Welcome to #collaboration! 😁😎💰

78,132 Tweets
4,630 Following
2,552 Followers

@iPullRank

#ZoraAndGlorysDad. Founder of @iPullRankAgency. Consultant to F500. Marketing Technologist (AI focused). Keynote Speaker. Rapper. Recovering Big Agency Guy.

54,487 Tweets
1,169 Following
45,079 Followers

@CyrusShepard

Founder of @ZyppySEO Ξ We help people grow Google traffic to their site Follow for Tweets about SEO & Marketing, Ranking Signals + 10x Content Ξ 1-3 Tweets/Day

26,903 Tweets
262 Following
103,903 Followers

@osandacooray

Start Ups 🚀 Passionate about what Internet can do!

14,742 Tweets
5,096 Following
6,078 Followers

@jasonacidre

Co-founder of Avaris: SEO, Content, Links & Strategy. Author of @kaiserthesage. Financial literacy advocate. Co-founder of Grit PH.

14,769 Tweets
269 Following
12,547 Followers

@MaddyOsman

#SEO content agency owner + speaker, @blgsmth • Bestselling author: https://t.co/LocghoWyrq Obsessed w/ reader experience • ✉️: maddy@theblogsmith

34,110 Tweets
5,626 Following
14,419 Followers

@ClickConsultLtd

Click Consult is a multi award-winning search and digital marketing agency. Follow us for updates, news and tips!

9,225 Tweets
1,340 Following
3,312 Followers

@prateekgahlot

#DigitalMarketing Strategist 👨🏻‍💻 | 🗺 #Wanderer | #Optimistic 😇 | #Basketball Enthusiast🏀 | Proud 🇮🇳

2,164 Tweets
2,267 Following
567 Followers

@iamShivaNaidu

🦁 Blogger, Tech & Digital Marketing Consultant from A'bad, India. Expert: LeadGen 🙊 SEO 🙈 Outreach 🙉 Social Media 🦄 Branding 🐯 Paid Ads🕴Fan @rajinikanth

22,141 Tweets
2,872 Following
2,237 Followers

@DannyEdoBrien

Marketing lecturer @griffithcollege. Marketer with @ICHAS_College. Learning all things #marketing. Also #Sports radio presenter & producer @WhatsTheScoreLM

46,414 Tweets
2,702 Following
3,120 Followers

@DanielBuys

#Marketing, #Content, #Migration, #Google, #Tech, #AI. Opinions are my own

10,320 Tweets
2,976 Following
3,366 Followers

@poppupwriter

Friendly neighborhood content strategist @RicketyRoo. I have many skills. I'm with your strategy 'til the end of the line.

49,873 Tweets
630 Following
1,173 Followers

@etornosinza

Ayudo a profesionales de la salud 🏥 pacientes y asociaciones a mejorar su visibilidad online #WordPress #SEO #SEOlocal 👨‍🏫 Formador. Explorando el #Metaverso

20,953 Tweets
5,658 Following
7,340 Followers

@invsujitdas

#search & #ads

4,773 Tweets
2,078 Following
2,020 Followers

@moniscope

Google Trusted Photographer 360° & #LocalGuide L8; #NLP & #Reiki Consultant, Coach, Copywriter; passionate with #Google tech & #SocialMedia & #OnEBoard

77,293 Tweets
3,116 Following
2,823 Followers

@BrianEDean

Founder of Backlinko (acq by $SEMR). Co-founder @explodingtopics

7,228 Tweets
178 Following
126,508 Followers

@nathangotch

Founder @gotchseo - Helping people get predictable #1 rankings in Google. Watch the new SEO masterclass ⬇️

3,366 Tweets
49 Following
18,142 Followers

@GradeUs

A white label review management solution to help your agency generate, monitor, and market online reviews for your clients. #LocalSEO #LocalSearch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

12,437 Tweets
2,012 Following
2,494 Followers

@AKHolopainen

Learning junkie. Book nerd. Cat mom. Writer of the https://t.co/yiRmC6IvUV newsletter. Growth at @KideScience. B2B #SaaS consultant. Memes & rants mostly.

27,539 Tweets
2,653 Following
4,281 Followers

@rebootdigitalpr

Welcome to the UK's smartest Digital Marketing Agency. We tell your brand story through a strong blend of SEO, Digital PR, Content & Social.

11,645 Tweets
3,643 Following
3,192 Followers

@RicRodriguez_UK

Co-founder at Finsu | https://t.co/zwxhBHsIBg 💙

12,245 Tweets
1,037 Following
3,530 Followers

@M1chaelNorris

CMO @youtechagency | Managing Director @umatterchicago | Dad | Philosophy Nerd

1,771 Tweets
275 Following
4,064 Followers

@MPozdnev

I turn professionals into joyful bloggers. Teaching doable Content marketing and SEO skills at https://t.co/IZs4ksekae Free 101 SEO Tricks 👉 https://t.co/afKDeWRwZR

13,643 Tweets
11,098 Following
12,002 Followers

@stepzoellermktg

Holistic marketing professional, MBA grad, IMC advocate, passionate inbound marketing, brand, content, digital, CRM, CX, & strategic marketer. Views are my own.

2,476 Tweets
2,772 Following
2,205 Followers

@petitseo

SEO, PPC, AdWords, Facebook Ads, marketing contenu, affiliation, Publicité Internet, médias sociaux, Analytics, Ecommerce, Năvodari, Constanța, Roumanie.