This is a great article about the process Google uses to rank websites. It is full of useful information to help you get ranked higher on the Google search engine.

The more you know about how Google ranks websites, the better able you will be to get your work ranked higher on their search engine.

For example, Xomba ranks very well on Google. Reading this article it is easy to see why. Lots of links to good content, high click through rate on the ads, very active site, lots of traffic...