Wow! Big changes in Google content scoring... don't fret just yet... things are probably in a state of flux with the transition to new google results.
* Link to relevant websites is WAY more valuable than it used to be.
* blockquote finally demoted from top 5 to 27. ouch!
* h1 makes a comeback! ... but is still more than half way down the list.
* p makes a comeback! Span, Div, A, H1-6 are on the decline!
* 40+ tags fall from the test SERPs! Which probably means there may be a new factor or limitation in play for sites.
* I am surprised to see HTML comments made the cut when so many other tags did not. Still not worth much priority though.
* SERP Quirking is back! Use caption to get multiple links for same page.
Key
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parent tag > child tag
tag.attribute
(tag incarnation).attribute
Rank Placement
---- -----------------------------
01 title
02 samp
03 acronym
04 linking to relevant pages
05 a.href
06 p
07 pre
08 inside a textarea
09 kbd
10 caption
11 small
12 code
13 strong
14 sub
15 u
16 center
17 cite
18 big
19 font
20 bdo
21 em
22 legend
23 button
24 table > thead > tr > td
25 abbr
26 address
27 blockquote
28 caption
29 div
30 span
31 del
32 ul > li
33 strike
34 ins
35 sup
36 dfn
37 body
38 tt
39 table > tr > td
40 dt
41 h1
42 i
43 s
44 h3
45 a
46 img.alt
47 select > option
48 object > param.name
49 object > param.value
50 input.value
51 (meta:keywords).content
52 (meta:description).content
53 (meta:author).content
54 URL
55 b
56 HTML comments
* Link to relevant websites is WAY more valuable than it used to be.
* blockquote finally demoted from top 5 to 27. ouch!
* h1 makes a comeback! ... but is still more than half way down the list.
* p makes a comeback! Span, Div, A, H1-6 are on the decline!
* 40+ tags fall from the test SERPs! Which probably means there may be a new factor or limitation in play for sites.
* I am surprised to see HTML comments made the cut when so many other tags did not. Still not worth much priority though.
* SERP Quirking is back! Use caption to get multiple links for same page.
Key
--------------------------------
parent tag > child tag
tag.attribute
(tag incarnation).attribute
Rank Placement
---- -----------------------------
01 title
02 samp
03 acronym
04 linking to relevant pages
05 a.href
06 p
07 pre
08 inside a textarea
09 kbd
10 caption
11 small
12 code
13 strong
14 sub
15 u
16 center
17 cite
18 big
19 font
20 bdo
21 em
22 legend
23 button
24 table > thead > tr > td
25 abbr
26 address
27 blockquote
28 caption
29 div
30 span
31 del
32 ul > li
33 strike
34 ins
35 sup
36 dfn
37 body
38 tt
39 table > tr > td
40 dt
41 h1
42 i
43 s
44 h3
45 a
46 img.alt
47 select > option
48 object > param.name
49 object > param.value
50 input.value
51 (meta:keywords).content
52 (meta:description).content
53 (meta:author).content
54 URL
55 b
56 HTML comments
