Right off the bat, one huge improvement over last year is the layout and design of the page. Though design isn’t a ranking factor, Design can be Link Bait, and definitely influence popularity and ranking. I couldn’t find out who the designed the page, but Kudos to whoever it is.

This years stats in a (very small) nutshell.

Top 10 Positive Factors
1. Keyword Use in Title Tag
2. Global Link Popularity of Site
3. Anchor Text of Inbound Link
4. Link Popularity within the Site’s Internal Link Structure
5. Age of Site
6. Topical Relevance of Inbound Links to Site
7. Link Popularity of Site in Topical Community
8. Keyword Use in Body Text
9. Global Link Popularity of Linking Site
10. Rate of New Inbound Links to Site

Top 5 Negative Factors
1. Server is Often Inaccessible to Bots
2. Content Very Similar or Duplicate of Existing Content in the Index
3. External Links to Low Quality/Spam Sites
4. Participation in Link Schemes or Actively Selling Links
5. Duplicate Title/Meta Tags on Many Pages

Overall, the new page is extremely well done, and definitely worth bookmarking.