I really enjoyed the read through. As was said, nothing totally new, but I think that was never the point here. Rand and friends just confirmed what we all know, or ought to know.
It is good to sometimes just look back at all of these ranking factors to evaluate where you are in the
SEO playing field and nod along with the comments that you agree on and think over and evaluate the ones you don't agree with.
Each aspect, however small, play a part in good
SEO. This is something many site owners do not understand and that is why
SEO is often misunderstood.
So, the score that each factor got was not really a revelation, but what stood out for me was the overall amount of factors that influence a sites performance. Some are more important than others, but they are mostly all influencing your site's performance.
To me the sections pertaining to "Keyword Use Factors", "Page Attributes", "Site/Domain Attributes" and "Inbound Link Attribute" were good but what good is a site (any site) if "Negative Crawling/Ranking Attributes" are not in place or corrected.