200 Top SEO Ranking Factors August 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-08 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.31	1063	226	70 %	84 %
2	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.29	762	42	31 %	92 %
3	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.28	1	1	58 %	92 %
4	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.28	147697	2021	31 %	92 %
5	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.28	47	19	58 %	94 %
6	Number of P Tags Size	-0.27	128	37	57 %	92 %
7	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.27	123617	1577	28 %	92 %
8	Number of Images Size	-0.27	79	23	57 %	91 %
9	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.27	49	36	83 %	93 %
10	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.27	3	1	54 %	95 %
11	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.27	62	15	52 %	90 %
12	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	16	11	83 %	90 %
13	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.26	15	7	52 %	93 %
14	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.26	30725	582	21 %	90 %
15	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.26	70	11	57 %	95 %
16	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	37	27	83 %	93 %
17	Word Count Size	-0.25	7427	1354	73 %	95 %
18	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.25	170	9	47 %	86 %
19	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.25	8335	1657	73 %	96 %
20	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.25	71	5	45 %	87 %
21	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.25	143	8	46 %	87 %
22	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.25	5058	57	47 %	89 %
23	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.24	4829	611	54 %	97 %
24	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	5	1	39 %	84 %
25	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.24	4	1	36 %	88 %
26	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.24	1	1	5 %	83 %
27	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.24	134	31	62 %	92 %
28	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.23	1	1	41 %	86 %
29	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.23	43	13	71 %	59 %
30	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.23	1	1	5 %	83 %
31	Number of External Links Authority	-0.23	44	11	62 %	95 %
32	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.23	331	113	66 %	93 %
33	Number of Links Authority	-0.23	331	115	66 %	93 %
34	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.23	431	47	55 %	92 %
35	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	84	18	42 %	95 %
36	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.23	44	10	60 %	95 %
37	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.23	331	114	66 %	93 %
38	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.23	4973	57	50 %	82 %
39	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.23	857	28	46 %	86 %
40	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.23	21680	2108	73 %	87 %
41	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.23	589	120	52 %	98 %
42	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	8	2	36 %	84 %
43	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	6	2	35 %	84 %
44	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.22	25	8	43 %	89 %
45	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.22	5	1	38 %	86 %
46	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.22	44	8	41 %	92 %
47	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.22	320	104	65 %	92 %
48	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.22	32	7	38 %	97 %
49	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.22	6	2	38 %	94 %
50	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.22	5	2	44 %	80 %
51	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.21	592	124	57 %	97 %
52	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.21	2790	924	73 %	92 %
53	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	63	4	36 %	84 %
54	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.21	26573	308	56 %	87 %
55	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	40 %	96 %
56	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	319	176	83 %	87 %
57	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	39 %	93 %
58	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	13	4	43 %	95 %
59	Number of Forms Technology	-0.21	7	2	36 %	89 %
60	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.21	2679	42	46 %	83 %
61	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.21	9	2	41 %	90 %
62	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.21	148	15	44 %	88 %
63	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.21	1	1	29 %	83 %
64	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.2	3	2	65 %	80 %
65	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.2	3	1	20 %	93 %
66	Has Form Technology	-0.2	1	1	35 %	88 %
67	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.2	1	1	43 %	84 %
68	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	95	18	35 %	92 %
69	Is Home Page Other	-0.2	1	1	13 %	60 %
70	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.2	8579	100	28 %	84 %
71	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.2	1	1	39 %	84 %
72	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.2	153	146	81 %	78 %
73	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.2	4	2	28 %	88 %
74	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.2	1155	16	29 %	85 %
75	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.19	387	8	33 %	81 %
76	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.19	87	62	82 %	57 %
77	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.19	6	1	79 %	85 %
78	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.19	107116	1024	64 %	80 %
79	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.19	501	13	37 %	92 %
80	Number of Includes Technology	-0.19	63	24	65 %	84 %
81	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.19	5857	63	34 %	81 %
82	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	23 %	82 %
83	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.19	21	9	57 %	77 %
84	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.19	9	2	63 %	75 %
85	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.19	9	2	63 %	75 %
86	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.19	7	2	28 %	89 %
87	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.19	31	6	30 %	96 %
88	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.19	1	1	46 %	72 %
89	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.19	12	2	31 %	88 %
90	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.19	5	2	37 %	84 %
91	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.19	28	11	60 %	85 %
92	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.19	82	24	60 %	92 %
93	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.19	1	1	32 %	82 %
94	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	72	4	27 %	81 %
95	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.18	107116	981	61 %	84 %
96	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	1021	47	42 %	90 %
97	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.18	21	4	49 %	91 %
98	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.18	1	1	28 %	78 %
99	Headings Has Question Other	-0.18	1	1	28 %	85 %
100	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.18	1	1	28 %	76 %
101	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	726	29	43 %	90 %
102	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.18	99	81	67 %	74 %
103	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.18	23	17	72 %	80 %
104	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.18	23	17	72 %	80 %
105	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1335	25	28 %	91 %
106	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.18	1	1	38 %	82 %
107	Is Article Page Other	-0.18	1	1	32 %	80 %
108	Uses Schema website Other	-0.18	1	1	27 %	78 %
109	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.18	2	1	17 %	86 %
110	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.18	1	1	51 %	58 %
111	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.18	152	8	21 %	78 %
112	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	31 %	91 %
113	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	13	2	50 %	76 %
114	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	1261	49	55 %	85 %
115	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	11	2	44 %	66 %
116	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.17	6	3	61 %	81 %
117	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.17	21	3	25 %	89 %
118	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.17	2	1	13 %	86 %
119	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.17	1	1	18 %	85 %
120	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.17	2	1	26 %	71 %
121	Uses JSON-LD WebSite	-0.17	1	1	24 %	80 %
122	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	9	1	14 %	84 %
123	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	174	7	51 %	80 %
124	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.17	1	1	24 %	78 %
125	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.17	1	1	25 %	84 %
126	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.17	87	70	66 %	69 %
127	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	3	1	19 %	82 %
128	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	619	143	71 %	77 %
129	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.17	21	2	18 %	85 %
130	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	77 %
131	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	8	3	51 %	84 %
132	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.16	4	1	18 %	86 %
133	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	84 %
134	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	432	54	47 %	90 %
135	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	13 %	78 %
136	Uses JSON-LD dateModified Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	76 %
137	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2893	24	28 %	86 %
138	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	11	2	13 %	81 %
139	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.16	1	1	23 %	80 %
140	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	4	2	44 %	73 %
141	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	75 %
142	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.16	181	63	57 %	86 %
143	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.16	1	1	24 %	66 %
144	Uses Schema name Other	-0.16	1	1	50 %	58 %
145	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	26 %	83 %
146	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.16	5	1	14 %	82 %
147	Uses JSON-LD SearchAction Other	-0.16	1	1	18 %	77 %
148	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.16	1	1	72 %	80 %
149	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.16	1	1	18 %	75 %
150	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.16	1	1	35 %	46 %
151	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	12 %	80 %
152	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	7	2	40 %	70 %
153	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.15	1	1	36 %	46 %
154	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.15	1	1	19 %	73 %
155	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	24 %	74 %
156	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.15	1	1	23 %	83 %
157	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	24 %	72 %
158	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	1057	251	73 %	58 %
159	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.15	23	5	35 %	80 %
160	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	69 %	70 %
161	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	175	5	55 %	63 %
162	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	95	3	19 %	86 %
163	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.15	1	1	15 %	71 %
164	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.15	1	1	14 %	79 %
165	Uses JSON-LD MedicalOrganization Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	11 %
166	LSI Words in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	52	5	19 %	88 %
167	Uses JSON-LD mainEntity Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	14 %
168	Uses Schema image Other	-0.15	1	1	15 %	75 %
169	Uses Schema description Other	-0.15	1	1	40 %	52 %
170	Has RSS Link Authority	-0.15	1	1	20 %	66 %
171	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	54 %	53 %
172	Uses Schema url Other	-0.15	1	1	46 %	60 %
173	Uses Schema medicalorganization Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	11 %
174	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.15	24	10	47 %	81 %
175	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	284	5	50 %	70 %
176	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	864	297	73 %	45 %
177	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.15	1	1	13 %	76 %
178	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.15	8	3	44 %	80 %
179	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.15	43	3	64 %	61 %
180	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	44 %	80 %
181	Has Email Trust	-0.14	1	1	35 %	74 %
182	Variations in Button Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2482	18	10 %	83 %
183	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	73 %
184	Number of Questions Size	-0.14	53	13	60 %	58 %
185	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.14	63	19	58 %	57 %
186	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.14	61	17	67 %	82 %
187	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.14	965	82	51 %	73 %
188	Title Word Count Size	-0.14	22	8	72 %	54 %
189	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	48 %	47 %
190	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	70 %
191	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	69 %
192	Uses JSON-LD addressRegion Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	70 %
193	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.14	495	117	68 %	38 %
194	Uses JSON-LD EntryPoint Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	77 %
195	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.14	1	1	29 %	59 %
196	Uses JSON-LD postalCode Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	76 %
197	Uses Schema streetaddress Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	73 %
198	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	10	1	22 %	85 %
199	Is Pagination Page Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	67 %
200	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	19 %	82 %

Measures 154032 SEO Factors

152310 Built-In SEO Factors

143086 On-page SEO Factors

9224 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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