Why would this website rank above this one?

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Hi,

Ive just compared two websites ranking for the same title....and im wondering why website 1 is ranking two spots above website 2...when website 2 apears to have better statistics??

Website 1:
Words on page: 59
Page PR: 6
External links: 6
Keyword in meta tag, title, H1 and url
Keyword density 6.29 (far too much?)
Domain PR: 6
Indexed pages: 0
Alexa Rank: 432,061
Domain age: 1
Backlinks to ranked page: 1,878
Backlinks to domain: 266
7 Facebook likes, 3 twitter retweets, 17 Google+1's
97% do follow

And that website above ranks 2 places above this one below:
Website 2:
Words on page:738
Page PR: 6
External Links: 20
Keyword in meta tag, title, H1 and url
Domain PR: 6
Indexed pages: 20,200
Alexa Rank: 1,110
Domain age: 4
Backlinks to ranked page: 28,301
Backlinks to domain: 458,600
Fb likes 26, twitter rt's 560, 30% do follow

And this is a search based on two websites ranking for the same keyword.
Does anyone know why the top website would rank higher than the one below when the second website seems to have higher numbers in almost every factor? :confused:
#rank #website
  • Profile picture of the author CourtTuttle
    Hey Geekgirl01!

    The numbers definitely look better on #2, you're right about that. But, it's the strength of the links that really matters. It wouldn't be that shocking if website only had 1 or 2 links and ranked ahead of #2. The quality of the links is a really big factor - usually the biggest factor!
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    • Profile picture of the author Geekgirl01
      Originally Posted by CourtTuttle View Post

      Hey Geekgirl01!

      The numbers definitely look better on #2, you're right about that. But, it's the strength of the links that really matters. It wouldn't be that shocking if website only had 1 or 2 links and ranked ahead of #2. The quality of the links is a really big factor - usually the biggest factor!

      Ahh i see that makes more sense now. What makes up the strength of a backlink?
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  • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
    You also do not see the link scheme's with this information as well, there could easily be 1000's of links behind some of those links.
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