Geo-Targeting Factors:

1. 
   Country Code TLD of the Root Domain (e.g. .co.uk, .de, .fr, .com.au, etc.)

   69% very high importance

   69%
   7.9% moderate consensus

2. Language of the Content Used on the Site

   63% high importance

   63%
   9.3% light consensus

3. Links from Other Domains Targeted to the Country/Region

   60% high importance

   60%
   10.3% light consensus

4. Geographic Location of the Host IP Address of the Domain

   57% high importance

   57%
   12%.0 moderate contention

5. Manual Review/Targeting by Google Engineers and/or Quality Raters

   53% moderate importance

   53%
   14.6% strong contention

6. Geo-Targeting Preference Set Inside Google Webmaster Tools

   52% moderate importance

   52%
   11.4% light consensus

7. Registration of the Site with Google Local in the Country/Region

   45% moderate importance

   45%
   10.3% light consensus

8. Address in On-Page Text Content

   41% low importance

   41%
   11.8% light consensus

9. Address Associated with the Registration of the Domain

   35% low importance

   35%
   12.3% moderate contention

10. Geographic Location of Visitors to the Site (the country/region from which many/most visitors arrive)

    30% minimal importance

    30%
    10.2% light consensus

11. Geo-Tagging of Pages via Meta Data (e.g. Dublin Core Meta Data Initiative)

    24% very minimal importance

    24%
    10.8% light consensus