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	-0.24	948	308	81 %	77 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.23	24	7	80 %	89 %
3	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.23	6	3	67 %	94 %
4	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.22	68	29	78 %	97 %
5	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.21	1	1	5 %	76 %
6	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	38	30	97 %	93 %
7	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	51	39	97 %	93 %
8	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.21	1	1	5 %	75 %
9	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	16	12	97 %	93 %
10	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.21	867	159	74 %	95 %
11	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	762	155	70 %	95 %
12	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.2	728	203	79 %	90 %
13	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.2	167	30	66 %	90 %
14	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	171	36	71 %	93 %
15	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	36	7	63 %	91 %
16	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	41	8	64 %	90 %
17	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.2	36	8	54 %	95 %
18	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.2	8	2	54 %	92 %
19	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.2	728	199	78 %	92 %
20	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.2	22536	1486	83 %	92 %
21	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	27	4	62 %	91 %
22	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.19	394	106	74 %	91 %
23	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.19	274	179	97 %	91 %
24	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.19	3	1	44 %	81 %
25	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.19	15	4	59 %	92 %
26	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.19	4	3	78 %	91 %
27	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.18	19294	207	47 %	76 %
28	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.18	3	1	47 %	79 %
29	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	23	4	49 %	91 %
30	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	5	1	53 %	81 %
31	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.18	78	20	65 %	88 %
32	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.18	1161104	11395	47 %	78 %
33	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	3	2	64 %	84 %
34	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	6	2	62 %	82 %
35	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.18	27	8	45 %	97 %
36	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.18	46360	2123	83 %	88 %
37	Word Count Size	-0.18	10039	1502	83 %	87 %
38	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.18	19	7	68 %	87 %
39	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	13	6	62 %	94 %
40	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.17	232	13	74 %	86 %
41	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	57 %	85 %
42	Number of P Tags Size	-0.17	300	41	73 %	90 %
43	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	85	21	68 %	85 %
44	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.17	68	20	66 %	86 %
45	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	2	2	80 %	81 %
46	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	2	2	80 %	81 %
47	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.17	309466	2561	37 %	72 %
48	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	5	2	43 %	88 %
49	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	436	124	81 %	86 %
50	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	5	2	45 %	88 %
51	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.17	966345	8869	43 %	78 %
52	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.17	266	53	63 %	89 %
53	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	16	4	71 %	81 %
54	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	167	38	61 %	88 %
55	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	7	2	51 %	82 %
56	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	3199	690	61 %	95 %
57	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	78	22	75 %	87 %
58	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.17	185	52	63 %	90 %
59	Number of Images Size	-0.17	239	32	75 %	90 %
60	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	54 %	90 %
61	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	109	24	61 %	89 %
62	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	67 %	86 %
63	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	55 %	82 %
64	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	91	7	47 %	88 %
65	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	53	27	79 %	81 %
66	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	67 %	88 %
67	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.16	3653	1006	83 %	90 %
68	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	57 %	74 %
69	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.16	89	71	78 %	88 %
70	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	31	4	52 %	93 %
71	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.16	4	1	69 %	84 %
72	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.16	107	21	70 %	90 %
73	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	6	1	93 %	86 %
74	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	52 %	84 %
75	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	59 %	88 %
76	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	25	8	50 %	90 %
77	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	138	21	52 %	94 %
78	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.16	72	15	55 %	87 %
79	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	98	81	79 %	88 %
80	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	53 %	78 %
81	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	25 %	79 %
82	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.16	22	10	52 %	93 %
83	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	9	3	37 %	88 %
84	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	3	2	71 %	75 %
85	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.15	6	2	56 %	79 %
86	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	274	52	36 %	87 %
87	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.15	340	122	78 %	85 %
88	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	29 %	82 %
89	Uses Microdata GeoCoordinates Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	17 %
90	Number of Questions Size	-0.15	33	11	66 %	84 %
91	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	327	132	79 %	85 %
92	Uses Microdata latitude Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	17 %
93	Uses Microdata longitude Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	17 %
94	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.15	359	134	78 %	86 %
95	Number of Links Authority	-0.15	360	135	79 %	86 %
96	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	51	9	60 %	88 %
97	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	11	3	36 %	89 %
98	Uses Microdata geo Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	19 %
99	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	54 %	87 %
100	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	38	17	79 %	80 %
101	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	80 %	83 %
102	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	82 %	84 %
103	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.15	24	17	83 %	81 %
104	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.15	24	17	83 %	81 %
105	Uses Schema geo Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	19 %
106	Uses Microdata addressCountry Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	17 %
107	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	167	22	46 %	84 %
108	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	218	12	56 %	83 %
109	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	516	43	70 %	86 %
110	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.15	4	1	24 %	80 %
111	Uses Microdata priceRange Other	-0.14	1	1	7 %	16 %
112	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	25	10	71 %	80 %
113	Meta Description Length Size	-0.14	190	117	67 %	82 %
114	Is Home Page Other	-0.14	1	1	18 %	50 %
115	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	58 %	83 %
116	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	53	13	73 %	80 %
117	Uses Microdata email Other	-0.14	1	1	7 %	15 %
118	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	66	17	37 %	82 %
119	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	770	291	82 %	79 %
120	Number of External Links Authority	-0.14	55	14	73 %	82 %
121	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.14	175	60	65 %	83 %
122	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.14	951	269	82 %	84 %
123	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.14	58	19	66 %	82 %
124	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	70 %	80 %
125	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	15 %	78 %
126	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	65 %	77 %
127	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	17 %	77 %
128	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	52 %	80 %
129	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.14	1	1	18 %	66 %
130	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	23 %	83 %
131	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.14	1	1	55 %	76 %
132	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.14	213	8	25 %	84 %
133	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	14	3	27 %	83 %
134	Number of Forms Technology	-0.14	11	2	51 %	76 %
135	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.14	1	1	72 %	81 %
136	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	60 %	77 %
137	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.14	406	104	79 %	78 %
138	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	50	7	39 %	85 %
139	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	58 %	73 %
140	Uses Microdata LocalBusiness Other	-0.14	1	1	5 %	22 %
141	Headings Has Question Other	-0.14	1	1	37 %	81 %
142	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	103	22	45 %	93 %
143	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.13	139	28	77 %	80 %
144	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	62 %	75 %
145	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.13	13	4	62 %	81 %
146	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	46 %	79 %
147	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	25 %	75 %
148	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	50 %	70 %
149	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	55 %	71 %
150	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	53 %	78 %
151	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.13	1	1	46 %	60 %
152	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	73 %	81 %
153	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	17	8	80 %	76 %
154	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.13	161	12	43 %	75 %
155	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.13	7	2	17 %	83 %
156	Title Length Size	-0.13	100	50	81 %	79 %
157	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	6	1	30 %	80 %
158	Uses Schema image Other	-0.13	1	1	22 %	65 %
159	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	10	2	43 %	78 %
160	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.13	14	4	23 %	78 %
161	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	8 %	74 %
162	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	26	11	71 %	78 %
163	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	2	1	27 %	77 %
164	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	46 %	90 %
165	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	12	3	50 %	85 %
166	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.13	55	4	42 %	77 %
167	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.13	3	1	31 %	80 %
168	Uses JSON-LD FAQPage Other	-0.13	1	1	9 %	71 %
169	Uses Schema faqpage Other	-0.13	1	1	9 %	71 %
170	Uses Schema pricerange Other	-0.13	1	1	12 %	54 %
171	Uses Schema localbusiness Other	-0.13	1	1	12 %	55 %
172	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	26 %	75 %
173	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	20 %	82 %
174	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.13	9	2	20 %	88 %
175	Variations in Figure Tags Relevancy	-0.13	70	5	12 %	76 %
176	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.13	1	1	39 %	71 %
177	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.13	74	14	25 %	80 %
178	Uses JSON-LD opens Other	-0.13	1	1	9 %	49 %
179	Uses JSON-LD priceRange Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	56 %
180	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	36 %	72 %
181	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	42 %	73 %
182	Uses JSON-LD dayOfWeek Other	-0.13	1	1	5 %	34 %
183	Uses Schema question Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	72 %
184	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	66 %
185	Uses JSON-LD OpeningHoursSpecification Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	50 %
186	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.12	4	1	25 %	79 %
187	Uses Schema answer Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	72 %
188	Uses Schema opens Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	49 %
189	Uses JSON-LD LocalBusiness Other	-0.12	1	1	12 %	58 %
190	Variations in ID Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	7	1	12 %	79 %
191	Uses JSON-LD Question Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	74 %
192	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.12	1	1	22 %	65 %
193	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	53 %	73 %
194	Uses Schema definedterm Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	13 %
195	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	64 %
196	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	67 %
197	Uses JSON-LD DefinedTerm Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	14 %
198	Uses JSON-LD Answer Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	74 %
199	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.12	1	1	61 %	76 %
200	Number of Prices Size	-0.12	1963	79	67 %	82 %

Measures 147911 SEO Factors

146189 Built-In SEO Factors

137023 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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