200 Top SEO Ranking Factors May 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-05 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.23	975	278	81 %	75 %
2	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	6 %	81 %
3	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	51	36	96 %	94 %
4	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.22	35254	1503	82 %	93 %
5	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	38	27	96 %	94 %
6	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.22	1	1	6 %	81 %
7	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	16	11	95 %	92 %
8	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.2	20	6	73 %	89 %
9	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	378	7	54 %	88 %
10	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	409	8	55 %	88 %
11	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	287	4	52 %	88 %
12	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.2	3169	122	46 %	78 %
13	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.19	382197	7566	46 %	79 %
14	Word Count Size	-0.19	6928	1429	82 %	92 %
15	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.19	10152	1821	82 %	92 %
16	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.19	68329	355	65 %	91 %
17	Number of P Tags Size	-0.19	123	37	67 %	90 %
18	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.19	4557	53	56 %	92 %
19	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.19	49	20	68 %	89 %
20	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.19	67	12	68 %	92 %
21	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	15771	53	55 %	87 %
22	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	272	168	96 %	90 %
23	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.18	377721	6519	42 %	78 %
24	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.18	23	7	61 %	89 %
25	Number of Images Size	-0.18	372	28	68 %	91 %
26	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.18	61	26	71 %	95 %
27	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.18	93621	527	71 %	88 %
28	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	1308	126	60 %	96 %
29	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.18	2805	979	82 %	90 %
30	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.18	8	1	39 %	84 %
31	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.18	46	6	45 %	95 %
32	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.18	97499	1320	33 %	73 %
33	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.18	3	1	64 %	92 %
34	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.18	1436	129	65 %	96 %
35	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	280	4	40 %	86 %
36	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	7	3	59 %	93 %
37	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.18	93621	515	69 %	91 %
38	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.18	366	20	62 %	89 %
39	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.18	5	2	46 %	91 %
40	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	20	1	46 %	84 %
41	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.18	720	127	74 %	89 %
42	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.18	717	126	75 %	89 %
43	Number of Links Authority	-0.18	721	128	75 %	89 %
44	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	4928	39	58 %	87 %
45	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.17	703	115	74 %	89 %
46	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	32	2	37 %	84 %
47	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	36	2	38 %	85 %
48	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.17	9305	52	55 %	86 %
49	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.17	6	3	69 %	88 %
50	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.17	3	2	73 %	81 %
51	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.17	10	1	41 %	85 %
52	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	8372	74	64 %	89 %
53	Number of Includes Technology	-0.17	68	25	76 %	81 %
54	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	19	2	72 %	76 %
55	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	19	2	73 %	76 %
56	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.17	372	28	72 %	86 %
57	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.17	26	8	54 %	86 %
58	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.17	40	6	37 %	93 %
59	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.17	6	2	51 %	86 %
60	Number of External Links Authority	-0.17	60	14	71 %	88 %
61	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.17	60	12	70 %	87 %
62	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	2566	640	55 %	96 %
63	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	48 %	82 %
64	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	23	2	58 %	82 %
65	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.16	63	13	51 %	84 %
66	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.16	34	9	50 %	88 %
67	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1077	12	42 %	88 %
68	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.16	635	48	64 %	88 %
69	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.16	1	1	68 %	86 %
70	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.16	40166	193	34 %	87 %
71	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	2876	44	49 %	88 %
72	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	1808	28	49 %	88 %
73	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	46 %	89 %
74	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	91	18	46 %	93 %
75	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.15	6	1	91 %	87 %
76	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	46 %	90 %
77	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.15	50	2	42 %	83 %
78	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.15	588	7	37 %	85 %
79	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	123	3	31 %	83 %
80	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	301	11	29 %	86 %
81	Number of Sentences Size	-0.15	832	147	78 %	86 %
82	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.15	21	2	49 %	81 %
83	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.15	177	6	56 %	84 %
84	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	24 %	78 %
85	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.15	14393	110	52 %	89 %
86	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	10	4	47 %	94 %
87	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.15	49	2	49 %	81 %
88	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.15	16	1	50 %	77 %
89	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.15	8	1	27 %	79 %
90	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	99	80	75 %	90 %
91	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	7	2	34 %	84 %
92	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1250	21	32 %	89 %
93	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	46	17	76 %	78 %
94	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.15	22	9	69 %	78 %
95	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	7034	63	40 %	84 %
96	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	27 %	79 %
97	Number of Forms Technology	-0.15	10	2	44 %	81 %
98	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.15	249	9	34 %	82 %
99	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.15	23	2	39 %	78 %
100	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.14	52712	266	57 %	85 %
101	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.14	92	69	73 %	84 %
102	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	47 %	82 %
103	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	19	3	51 %	89 %
104	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	27	16	81 %	80 %
105	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.14	203	5	62 %	74 %
106	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	25	12	69 %	81 %
107	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	27	16	81 %	80 %
108	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.14	45	2	44 %	78 %
109	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.14	2	1	24 %	81 %
110	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.14	1	1	55 %	72 %
111	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.14	25	4	58 %	84 %
112	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.14	8	2	36 %	84 %
113	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	81 %	84 %
114	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.14	1	1	35 %	76 %
115	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	10	1	18 %	85 %
116	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.14	310	5	54 %	78 %
117	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	51 %	85 %
118	Headings Has Question Other	-0.14	1	1	35 %	80 %
119	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.14	15	5	58 %	90 %
120	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	22	1	19 %	82 %
121	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.14	189	58	63 %	87 %
122	Has Form Technology	-0.14	1	1	44 %	79 %
123	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	97	19	39 %	91 %
124	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	38 %	87 %
125	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.14	23	4	31 %	83 %
126	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	43 %	81 %
127	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.13	1	1	78 %	80 %
128	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	12 %	78 %
129	Is Home Page Other	-0.13	1	1	16 %	43 %
130	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	11 %	77 %
131	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	31 %	76 %
132	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	23 %	81 %
133	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	59 %	85 %
134	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.13	1	1	67 %	74 %
135	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.13	872	263	80 %	79 %
136	Is Article Page Other	-0.13	1	1	39 %	73 %
137	Title Length Size	-0.13	124	51	79 %	73 %
138	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.13	1	1	38 %	77 %
139	Number of Questions Size	-0.13	247	15	63 %	77 %
140	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	28	8	79 %	73 %
141	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.13	6817	27	31 %	83 %
142	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.13	5	1	19 %	75 %
143	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.13	1	1	28 %	77 %
144	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.13	23	9	49 %	91 %
145	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.13	60	2	22 %	81 %
146	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.13	289	3	22 %	82 %
147	Number of Prices Size	-0.13	565	97	65 %	80 %
148	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.13	1	1	30 %	78 %
149	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	456	116	64 %	75 %
150	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.13	14	2	17 %	83 %
151	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.13	804	329	80 %	71 %
152	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	17 %	81 %
153	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.13	37	3	20 %	88 %
154	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	57 %	71 %
155	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.13	1	1	46 %	73 %
156	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.13	21	2	17 %	88 %
157	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.12	1	1	30 %	78 %
158	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.12	1	1	24 %	74 %
159	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.12	96	62	95 %	60 %
160	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	60 %	71 %
161	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.12	1	1	39 %	65 %
162	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.12	65	19	64 %	77 %
163	Number of H5 Tags Size	-0.12	9	2	15 %	78 %
164	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.12	5	1	16 %	83 %
165	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	59 %	72 %
166	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	16 %	82 %
167	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.12	115	2	23 %	80 %
168	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	29 %	64 %
169	Has HREF Lang Technology	-0.12	1	1	14 %	70 %
170	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.12	163	152	96 %	69 %
171	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.12	1	1	18 %	73 %
172	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.12	53	4	38 %	80 %
173	Number of HREF Lang Tags Size	-0.12	46	2	12 %	77 %
174	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	52 %	70 %
175	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.12	7	1	18 %	81 %
176	Uses Schema name Other	-0.12	1	1	56 %	70 %
177	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.12	1	1	31 %	68 %
178	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	63 %	73 %
179	Uses JSON-LD Question Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	67 %
180	Uses JSON-LD Answer Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	66 %
181	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.12	534	137	75 %	62 %
182	Uses JSON-LD FAQPage Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	66 %
183	Uses Schema answer Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	67 %
184	Uses Schema question Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	67 %
185	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.12	568	5	17 %	79 %
186	Uses Schema faqpage Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	66 %
187	Uses JSON-LD WebSite Other	-0.12	1	1	26 %	73 %
188	Uses Schema logo Other	-0.12	1	1	11 %	65 %
189	Uses Schema url Other	-0.12	1	1	52 %	66 %
190	Uses JSON-LD logo Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	66 %
191	Uses Schema website Other	-0.12	1	1	29 %	69 %
192	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.12	18	3	21 %	79 %
193	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.12	1	1	30 %	71 %
194	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.12	1	1	28 %	74 %
195	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	14 %	63 %
196	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	51 %	61 %
197	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.12	3771	22	21 %	76 %
198	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.12	1	1	16 %	64 %
199	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	13 %	80 %
200	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.12	1	1	15 %	63 %

Measures 150695 SEO Factors

148973 Built-In SEO Factors

139771 On-page SEO Factors

9202 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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