What separates page-one interior designer sites in San Diego

Measured on 7 top-ranked and 7 bottom-ranked distinct sites in this market. Correlation in our measured sample, not causation.

Signal (measured)Top-rankedBottom-rankedGapLeans
Title length in the effective range33%100%-67 pts▼ bottom-ranked
Twitter/social card tags33%100%-67 pts▼ bottom-ranked
Has an embedded video67%17%+50 pts▲ top-ranked
Visible phone number17%67%-50 pts▼ bottom-ranked
WebSite/SearchAction structured data17%50%-33 pts▼ bottom-ranked
Visible street address17%50%-33 pts▼ bottom-ranked
Visible contact email17%50%-33 pts▼ bottom-ranked
Declares a canonical URL83%100%-17 pts▼ bottom-ranked
Character encoding declared83%100%-17 pts▼ bottom-ranked
Open to search indexing100%83%+17 pts▲ top-ranked
Has a title tag83%100%-17 pts▼ bottom-ranked
Meta description length in range67%50%+17 pts▲ top-ranked
Has an H1 heading50%67%-17 pts▼ bottom-ranked
Exactly one H133%50%-17 pts▼ bottom-ranked
Open Graph tags for sharing83%100%-17 pts▼ bottom-ranked
Sane heading hierarchy50%33%+17 pts▲ top-ranked

Presence among the 7 top-ranked and 7 bottom-ranked distinct sites we have measured. Higher on top-ranked = a signal the winners share more often. Correlation, not cause.

Only confirmed/observed measurements enter these aggregates; we never publish an individual site's numbers. See the cross-industry board →