200 Top SEO Ranking Factors January 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-01 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.29	586	260	76 %	80 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.27	19	7	76 %	92 %
3	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.27	50	33	79 %	100 %
4	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.27	6	3	68 %	95 %
5	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.25	108	35	66 %	95 %
6	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.24	784	168	75 %	100 %
7	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.24	37	30	94 %	97 %
8	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.24	642	162	71 %	100 %
9	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.24	48	39	94 %	97 %
10	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.24	15	12	94 %	96 %
11	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.23	36	8	54 %	97 %
12	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	264	180	94 %	93 %
13	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.22	12	4	60 %	97 %
14	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	5 %	82 %
15	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.22	110	30	61 %	95 %
16	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.22	1	1	4 %	81 %
17	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	41	9	63 %	92 %
18	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.22	394	118	69 %	95 %
19	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	27	5	60 %	92 %
20	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.22	648	221	74 %	93 %
21	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.22	7060	1604	79 %	92 %
22	Word Count Size	-0.22	10039	1428	79 %	93 %
23	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.21	8	2	53 %	99 %
24	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.21	27504	2141	79 %	95 %
25	Number of P Tags Size	-0.21	300	39	69 %	92 %
26	Number of Sentences Size	-0.21	320	114	77 %	91 %
27	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.21	648	216	73 %	96 %
28	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	36	8	62 %	93 %
29	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.21	153	12	70 %	92 %
30	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.21	2	1	43 %	82 %
31	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.21	56	19	62 %	91 %
32	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.21	3	2	53 %	80 %
33	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.21	3	2	62 %	86 %
34	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.21	1504	133	45 %	76 %
35	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.21	3199	620	58 %	100 %
36	Number of Images Size	-0.21	138	34	71 %	92 %
37	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.21	103898	5670	45 %	76 %
38	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.21	3	2	56 %	86 %
39	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.21	4	3	72 %	95 %
40	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.2	15	7	67 %	89 %
41	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.2	3	1	46 %	76 %
42	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	69 %	89 %
43	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.2	91200	4642	41 %	74 %
44	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	23	4	47 %	92 %
45	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	5	2	45 %	96 %
46	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	26 %	91 %
47	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	4	2	43 %	95 %
48	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.2	3653	1018	79 %	92 %
49	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.2	49	21	63 %	89 %
50	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.2	6	4	67 %	81 %
51	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	11	5	58 %	97 %
52	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	30 %	91 %
53	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	55 %	92 %
54	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.2	125	53	62 %	88 %
55	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.19	104	44	58 %	85 %
56	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.19	174	41	66 %	92 %
57	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	5	1	53 %	86 %
58	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	54 %	91 %
59	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.19	12698	471	37 %	65 %
60	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.19	107	22	65 %	92 %
61	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.19	70	13	53 %	82 %
62	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.19	213	13	28 %	85 %
63	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.19	4	2	65 %	88 %
64	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.19	86	71	74 %	92 %
65	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.19	24	7	63 %	88 %
66	Number of Includes Technology	-0.19	42	27	75 %	85 %
67	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.19	244	62	61 %	85 %
68	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.19	78	22	70 %	92 %
69	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.19	5	1	90 %	92 %
70	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.19	63	27	58 %	88 %
71	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.19	94	80	74 %	92 %
72	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	58 %	92 %
73	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.18	68	12	56 %	91 %
74	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.18	19	10	48 %	97 %
75	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.18	24	9	49 %	93 %
76	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.18	22	17	79 %	84 %
77	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.18	22	17	79 %	84 %
78	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.18	27	8	45 %	100 %
79	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	138	21	48 %	99 %
80	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.18	167	25	45 %	86 %
81	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.18	568	293	77 %	78 %
82	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.18	2	2	79 %	85 %
83	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	2	2	79 %	85 %
84	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.18	294	116	74 %	93 %
85	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.18	1	1	54 %	80 %
86	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	59 %	86 %
87	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.18	300	125	74 %	93 %
88	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.18	12	4	59 %	85 %
89	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.18	313	127	74 %	93 %
90	Number of Links Authority	-0.18	314	128	74 %	93 %
91	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	16 %	84 %
92	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.18	3	2	54 %	69 %
93	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.17	27	18	75 %	88 %
94	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	49 %	78 %
95	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	82	21	63 %	91 %
96	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	31	4	47 %	97 %
97	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	91	10	47 %	93 %
98	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.17	951	281	78 %	88 %
99	Meta Description Length Size	-0.17	161	115	63 %	78 %
100	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	2	1	54 %	89 %
101	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	4	2	51 %	82 %
102	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.17	1	1	69 %	91 %
103	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.17	43	15	52 %	91 %
104	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.17	329	101	74 %	81 %
105	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	9	2	19 %	84 %
106	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	6	2	61 %	85 %
107	Number of Forms Technology	-0.17	6	2	49 %	88 %
108	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.17	1	1	78 %	86 %
109	Title Length Size	-0.17	77	49	77 %	80 %
110	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.17	1	1	76 %	86 %
111	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.17	26	18	63 %	82 %
112	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	51 %	89 %
113	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.17	1	1	59 %	80 %
114	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.16	274	58	33 %	92 %
115	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.16	11	4	51 %	82 %
116	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.16	50	9	40 %	85 %
117	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.16	66	18	37 %	92 %
118	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.16	1	1	69 %	82 %
119	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	62 %	84 %
120	Leading Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	11 %	78 %
121	Has Form Technology	-0.16	1	1	48 %	92 %
122	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.16	153	62	64 %	84 %
123	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	9	3	36 %	93 %
124	Number of Questions Size	-0.16	24	9	60 %	85 %
125	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	19 %	86 %
126	Number of External Links Authority	-0.16	37	13	68 %	86 %
127	Title Word Count Size	-0.16	12	7	76 %	82 %
128	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.16	2	1	26 %	84 %
129	Is Home Page Other	-0.16	1	1	18 %	55 %
130	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.16	3	1	29 %	85 %
131	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.16	3	2	40 %	89 %
132	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	17 %	88 %
133	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.16	1	1	67 %	91 %
134	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.16	34	11	67 %	84 %
135	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.15	139	27	73 %	84 %
136	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.15	14	4	42 %	77 %
137	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	5	1	17 %	85 %
138	Number of Prices Size	-0.15	1963	96	65 %	88 %
139	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.15	9	3	21 %	95 %
140	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	10 %	88 %
141	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.15	18	10	67 %	85 %
142	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	9	2	31 %	86 %
143	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	23 %	82 %
144	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	32	8	55 %	92 %
145	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	3	2	66 %	77 %
146	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.15	1	1	44 %	86 %
147	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.15	1	1	50 %	88 %
148	Has DocType Tag Technology	-0.15	1	1	68 %	61 %
149	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	23	3	17 %	84 %
150	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	46 %	95 %
151	Entities in H5 Tags	-0.15	4	1	10 %	88 %
152	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.15	10	2	41 %	82 %
153	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.15	1	1	15 %	73 %
154	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	6	2	20 %	84 %
155	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	56 %	82 %
156	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	103	18	40 %	99 %
157	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.14	12	4	25 %	86 %
158	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	58 %	84 %
159	Variations in Meta Keywords Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	9 %	66 %
160	Uses Schema localbusiness Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	64 %
161	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	56 %	80 %
162	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	18	10	66 %	84 %
163	Leading Variations in H5 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	3 %	82 %
164	Has Email Trust	-0.14	1	1	41 %	77 %
165	Uses JSON-LD AggregateRating Other	-0.14	1	1	7 %	64 %
166	Uses Schema url Other	-0.14	1	1	52 %	78 %
167	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.14	9	2	24 %	88 %
168	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	6	1	29 %	85 %
169	Uses Schema item Other	-0.14	1	1	25 %	58 %
170	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	11	2	26 %	89 %
171	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	47 %	74 %
172	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.14	1	1	52 %	84 %
173	Uses Microdata LocalBusiness Other	-0.14	1	1	1 %	15 %
174	Is Purchase Page Other	-0.14	1	1	35 %	74 %
175	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	25 %	73 %
176	Uses JSON-LD DefinedTermSet Other	-0.14	1	1	2 %	32 %
177	Uses Schema definedtermset Other	-0.14	1	1	2 %	32 %
178	Uses Schema image Other	-0.14	1	1	20 %	70 %
179	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.14	1	1	51 %	77 %
180	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.13	2	1	37 %	74 %
181	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.13	2	1	24 %	85 %
182	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	21 %	84 %
183	Uses JSON-LD DefinedTerm Other	-0.13	1	1	2 %	35 %
184	Uses Schema definedterm Other	-0.13	1	1	2 %	35 %
185	Uses Schema description Other	-0.13	1	1	44 %	70 %
186	Uses Schema faqpage Other	-0.13	1	1	7 %	76 %
187	Variations in OpenGraph Site Name Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	23 %	68 %
188	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	78 %
189	Variations in ID Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	7	2	12 %	82 %
190	Variations in Class Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	20	4	20 %	78 %
191	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.13	1	1	19 %	69 %
192	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.13	1	1	39 %	81 %
193	Has Entities in H5 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	11 %	85 %
194	Uses JSON-LD LocalBusiness Other	-0.13	1	1	13 %	70 %
195	Uses JSON-LD FAQPage Other	-0.13	1	1	6 %	78 %
196	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	20 %	86 %
197	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.13	1	1	31 %	68 %
198	Has Entities in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	22 %	91 %
199	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.13	1	1	20 %	68 %
200	Variations in Value Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	12 %	81 %

Measures 147891 SEO Factors

146169 Built-In SEO Factors

137003 On-page SEO Factors

9166 Google Maps SEO Factors for Local SEO

1722 SEO Factors from APIs

147 API SEO Factors for off-page SEO like backlinks and referring domains.

1575 Technology Stack SEO Factors

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