What our peoples list from from 1 to 10 the most important "on page" Factors

[ReSEOlve]

we are all at different stages in our SEO and all have different skills and experiences

would like to see if people have the same list or similar with this question.

[chris.kent]

1. Title Tags

2. Meta Description

3.Meta Data(rich snippets, open graph, etc.)

4.Images

5.Copy/Content

6.Alt Text

7.Navigation

8.Links

9. AJAX/ Iframes

10.URL Structure

[Boodreaux]

I am still pretty new at this over the past year the 4 below have made a big difference for me.

#1 Links, Links, Links....Industry specific and .edu, gov and .org are good. Must be quality links.

#2 Exact word Domains or Partial word domains. (Has worked well for me)

#3 Title tags are big

#4 I think anchor text is pretty big too..not sure if that is the same as alt text.

I am sure Chris Kent knows more than I do but in my experience those 4 are pretty big and I am happy with my keyword rankings for my 1st year on the internet.  I have a lot more to learn and hope that more people will answer.  I had no idea that meta descriptions were that powerful.  I will have to research that more.

[chris.kent]

Links are big. Probably the biggest off site ranking factor. The question asked to rank top 10 on page elements. I took that to mean the elements that would be addressed during the on site optimization stage of SEO. If I misunderstood the question, then my rankings should be totally different. The first three factors are so big because that is what a potential customer will see on Google. That's your first impression.

[KeriMorgret]

You might also be interested in the 2011 ranking factors report that SEOmoz did with experts in the field. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/new-edition-ranking-factors-for-2011-live

For your question, you didn't state what type of importance -- I'm guessing importance for SEO in general, but it could also be taken to mean importance for conversions, importance for Google, etc.

[Boodreaux]

Yep..."on page"...:)  I see it now.  

I think URL's with key words are second behind title tags.  (The seem to show up strong. I will have to research all those other things....I have a lot of work to do!

[Boodreaux]

Wow the link is quite an analysis....thanks!