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title: "Google Ranking Signals: What Are They?"
description: Google says its algorithms relies on more than 200 unique signals or 'clues' that make it possible ...
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# [Google Ranking Signals: What Are They?](https://www.websitemagazine.com/seo/google-ranking-signals-what-are-they)

 Written by [Peter Devereaux](https://www.websitemagazine.com/seo/author/peter-devereaux) | Oct 18, 2016 5:00:00 AM

**Google [says](https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/09/penguin-is-now-part-of-our-core.html) its "algorithms relies on more than 200 unique signals or 'clues' that make it possible to surface what you might be looking for."**

These signals, [according to Google](https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/09/penguin-is-now-part-of-our-core.html), include things like the specific words that appear on sites, freshness of content, a company's region and PageRank. [Backlinko](https://backlinko.com/) put together an infographic listing these factors and more. Recently, Backlinko [explained each of the current factors](https://backlinko.com/google-ranking-factors), as well. 

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