determining factor

Example Sentences

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“There is no manual triggering involved ... Our automated search systems don’t understand the political ideology of content, and it’s not a ranking factor for search results.”

From The Verge • Jul. 12, 2022

Atwood disputes the theory that her 1985 novel is set in a purely feminist dystopia: class comes before gender as a ranking factor in Gilead, a military dictatorship built on the remains of the US.

From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2014

While there’s no doubt that inbound links are an important ranking factor for SEO, their power has been diluted by other ranking factors, as well as algorithms designed to detect manipulative links.

From Forbes • May 27, 2014