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Sorry that I forgot to mention this.

Both sites have A grade according to Moz.

Both sites are 1 page sites, no inner pages apart from the About and Contact obviously, however the #1 site uses adsense whilst #2 does not.

Maybe the bounce rate of these sites also play an important factor, but I would consider both of them, to be quite poor.

Wow, thanks for the quick reply.

I did think about the domain, but couldn't believe that the domain age alone would make it rank stronger, because the #2 site has a tons more of everything.

Luckily I just bought a 2 year old domain to compete for this keyword, although I hear that the domain age is weakened when it exchanges hands.

Thanks again.

Hey guys, loving SEOMoz so far and will definitely continue my subscription after the free trial.

I have a question however, which I am really confused about.

When researching my primary keyword, I have found that the second ranked site beats the top site in every single aspect, apart from domain age, which is almost 6 years for the top one and 6 months for the second.

When I say every single aspect, I mean everything. More authority for the page and domain, more links, more anchor text links, more authoritive links, more social signals, more relevant links, better domain (although second ranked site is a .net), better MozRank, better MozTrust etc....

I have noticed though, that in the UK SERPs, those sites are switched, so #2 is actually #1.

Could it be that the US SERPs just haven't updated yet, or am I missing something completely different.

Hey guys, loving SEOMoz so far and will definitely continue my subscription after the free trial.

I have a question however, which I am really confused about.

When researching my primary keyword, I have found that the second ranked site beats the top site in every single aspect, apart from domain age, which is almost 6 years for the top one and 6 months for the second.

When I say every single aspect, I mean everything. More authority for the page and domain, more links, more anchor text links, more authoritive links, more social signals, more relevant links, better domain (although second ranked site is a .net), better MozRank, better MozTrust etc....

I have noticed though, that in the UK SERPs, those sites are switched, so #2 is actually #1.

Could it be that the US SERPs just haven't updated yet, or am I missing something completely different.