How do search engines determine rankings?

Answer 1

If anyone in the public would know the exact answer to this question there would not be a need for software tools like SEO Studio. However the truth is only the programmers of the search engines' ranking algorithms know the answer. We know from experience and looking at top ranking web pages, the title tag, and visible content on the web page has a great influence on how web pages are ranked. In addition to content analysis most search engine also take into consideration inbound links or otherwise known as link popularity.