analytics
Interesting Article on Relative Value of SEO Tactics
by Chris on Oct.14, 2009, under analytics, search marketing
Rand at SEOMozBlog published an interesting post on the relative value of various SEO tactics depending on the age and maturity of your website.
Here’s one:
This chart shows how the value of on-page optimization declines as the level of competition in the search results increases, and that at a certain point a SE will begin relying more heavily on inbound links to determine position than on on-page/site factors to determine position. This jives with our own experience with the relative importance of these tactics.
Several other good charts in the full article here.