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	71 %	84 %
2	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.29	762	45	31 %	92 %
3	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.28	1	1	58 %	92 %
4	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.28	147697	1917	31 %	92 %
5	Number of Images Size	-0.28	63	22	57 %	90 %
6	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.27	123617	1491	28 %	92 %
7	Number of P Tags Size	-0.27	128	35	58 %	92 %
8	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.27	47	19	59 %	94 %
9	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.27	3	1	54 %	95 %
10	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.27	48	15	52 %	89 %
11	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.27	49	35	84 %	93 %
12	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.26	24081	441	21 %	89 %
13	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	16	11	83 %	90 %
14	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.26	70	11	57 %	95 %
15	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.26	14	7	52 %	93 %
16	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.25	37	26	84 %	94 %
17	Word Count Size	-0.25	7427	1277	73 %	95 %
18	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.25	8335	1572	73 %	96 %
19	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.24	2858	585	55 %	97 %
20	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.24	1	1	5 %	84 %
21	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	71	5	44 %	86 %
22	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	170	9	46 %	84 %
23	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.24	5058	60	46 %	90 %
24	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.24	103	30	62 %	91 %
25	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	143	8	46 %	86 %
26	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.24	1	1	5 %	84 %
27	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	5	1	39 %	82 %
28	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.23	21680	2083	73 %	86 %
29	Number of External Links Authority	-0.23	44	11	61 %	95 %
30	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.23	1	1	41 %	85 %
31	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.23	44	10	60 %	95 %
32	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	84	18	44 %	95 %
33	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.23	431	48	55 %	92 %
34	Number of Links Authority	-0.23	331	115	66 %	93 %
35	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.23	331	114	66 %	93 %
36	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.23	331	113	66 %	94 %
37	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.23	4973	65	49 %	81 %
38	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.22	3	1	35 %	87 %
39	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.22	857	28	45 %	85 %
40	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.22	572	116	51 %	98 %
41	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.22	43	13	72 %	58 %
42	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	8	2	35 %	82 %
43	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	6	2	34 %	82 %
44	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.22	320	104	65 %	93 %
45	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.22	44	8	41 %	93 %
46	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.21	25	8	43 %	89 %
47	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.21	2790	908	73 %	93 %
48	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.21	32	7	38 %	98 %
49	Number of Forms Technology	-0.21	7	2	36 %	90 %
50	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.21	1	1	30 %	84 %
51	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	38 %	94 %
52	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.21	577	119	57 %	98 %
53	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	39 %	96 %
54	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.21	5	2	36 %	94 %
55	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.21	4	2	40 %	89 %
56	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	13	4	44 %	95 %
57	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	288	173	84 %	88 %
58	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.21	3	2	64 %	79 %
59	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.21	4	1	37 %	87 %
60	Has Form Technology	-0.21	1	1	35 %	89 %
61	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.21	26573	355	54 %	87 %
62	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	63	4	35 %	83 %
63	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.2	2679	46	45 %	83 %
64	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.2	3	1	20 %	93 %
65	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.2	1155	17	30 %	86 %
66	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.2	55	15	44 %	88 %
67	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.2	6	1	79 %	86 %
68	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.2	1	1	39 %	85 %
69	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.2	1	1	43 %	83 %
70	Is Home Page Other	-0.2	1	1	13 %	61 %
71	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.2	4	2	43 %	81 %
72	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	95	17	35 %	91 %
73	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.19	4	1	27 %	86 %
74	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.19	153	146	82 %	77 %
75	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.19	87	62	82 %	56 %
76	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.19	8579	104	27 %	83 %
77	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.19	387	8	32 %	80 %
78	Number of Includes Technology	-0.19	47	24	65 %	85 %
79	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.19	21	9	57 %	76 %
80	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.19	1	1	45 %	71 %
81	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.19	1	1	32 %	83 %
82	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.19	11	2	30 %	87 %
83	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.19	5857	72	33 %	79 %
84	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.19	28	11	59 %	86 %
85	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.19	107116	1237	63 %	80 %
86	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.19	15	5	48 %	92 %
87	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.19	23	17	73 %	80 %
88	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.19	23	17	73 %	80 %
89	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.18	501	13	36 %	91 %
90	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	22 %	82 %
91	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.18	99	81	67 %	75 %
92	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.18	31	6	30 %	96 %
93	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	62 %	74 %
94	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	62 %	74 %
95	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.18	1	1	52 %	56 %
96	Is Article Page Other	-0.18	1	1	32 %	81 %
97	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1335	25	27 %	91 %
98	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	1021	46	41 %	88 %
99	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.18	7	2	27 %	89 %
100	Uses Schema website Other	-0.18	1	1	27 %	80 %
101	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.18	82	24	60 %	92 %
102	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.18	1	1	29 %	78 %
103	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	726	28	41 %	88 %
104	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.18	1	1	28 %	77 %
105	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.18	4	1	36 %	83 %
106	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.18	107116	1170	60 %	85 %
107	Headings Has Question Other	-0.17	1	1	27 %	84 %
108	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	72	4	26 %	79 %
109	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.17	1	1	38 %	81 %
110	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.17	21	3	25 %	88 %
111	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	11	2	44 %	65 %
112	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.17	21	2	17 %	86 %
113	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.17	1	1	18 %	84 %
114	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	13	2	49 %	75 %
115	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.17	2	1	16 %	88 %
116	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	30 %	90 %
117	Uses JSON-LD WebSite Other	-0.17	1	1	25 %	83 %
118	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.17	1	1	25 %	84 %
119	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	619	138	71 %	75 %
120	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.17	2	1	13 %	86 %
121	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.17	87	70	66 %	66 %
122	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.17	6	3	60 %	81 %
123	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.17	1	1	24 %	79 %
124	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.17	2	1	26 %	74 %
125	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.16	1	1	25 %	81 %
126	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	152	7	20 %	77 %
127	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	1261	48	53 %	88 %
128	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	85 %
129	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2893	29	27 %	84 %
130	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.16	1	1	23 %	81 %
131	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	19 %	81 %
132	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.16	4	1	18 %	86 %
133	Uses JSON-LD dateModified Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	78 %
134	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	8	3	50 %	84 %
135	Uses Schema name Other	-0.16	1	1	50 %	58 %
136	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.16	1	1	15 %	71 %
137	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.16	23	5	35 %	79 %
138	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.16	1	1	24 %	69 %
139	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	77 %
140	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.16	181	63	58 %	86 %
141	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.16	1	1	72 %	80 %
142	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.16	1	1	69 %	69 %
143	Uses JSON-LD SearchAction Other	-0.16	1	1	18 %	80 %
144	Uses JSON-LD mainEntity Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	13 %
145	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.15	174	7	50 %	79 %
146	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	1057	257	72 %	58 %
147	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	13 %	77 %
148	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	6	1	13 %	82 %
149	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.15	432	53	46 %	89 %
150	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.15	1	1	19 %	74 %
151	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	79 %
152	Uses Schema description Other	-0.15	1	1	40 %	51 %
153	Uses Schema image Other	-0.15	1	1	16 %	74 %
154	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.15	1	1	14 %	80 %
155	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.15	5	1	13 %	81 %
156	Uses Schema url Other	-0.15	1	1	45 %	59 %
157	Title Word Count Size	-0.15	17	8	72 %	53 %
158	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.15	1	1	13 %	74 %
159	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.15	1	1	23 %	86 %
160	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	7	2	40 %	68 %
161	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.15	4	2	43 %	72 %
162	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.15	1	1	35 %	46 %
163	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	24 %	81 %
164	Uses Schema medicalprocedure Other	-0.15	1	1	4 %	12 %
165	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	47 %	46 %
166	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.15	1	1	47 %	42 %
167	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.15	1	1	14 %	74 %
168	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.15	1	1	14 %	68 %
169	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.15	1	1	36 %	47 %
170	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	24 %	76 %
171	Uses JSON-LD MedicalProcedure Other	-0.15	1	1	4 %	12 %
172	LSI Words in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	52	5	19 %	88 %
173	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	24 %	75 %
174	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	864	295	72 %	45 %
175	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.15	495	116	67 %	38 %
176	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	11	1	12 %	79 %
177	Uses JSON-LD MedicalOrganization Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	12 %
178	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.15	63	19	57 %	55 %
179	Has Email Trust	-0.15	1	1	35 %	74 %
180	Uses JSON-LD addressRegion Other	-0.15	1	1	13 %	70 %
181	Title Length Size	-0.15	118	53	72 %	56 %
182	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	12 %	79 %
183	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	54 %	52 %
184	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.15	1	1	15 %	72 %
185	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	95	3	18 %	89 %
186	Uses Schema medicalorganization Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	12 %
187	Has RSS Link Authority	-0.14	1	1	20 %	68 %
188	Uses JSON-LD telePhone	-0.14	1	1	12 %	79 %
189	Uses Schema streetaddress Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	74 %
190	Is Pagination Page Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	66 %
191	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	73 %
192	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.14	965	78	49 %	71 %
193	Meta Description Length Size	-0.14	354	118	57 %	59 %
194	Uses JSON-LD postalCode Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	77 %
195	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	24	10	47 %	79 %
196	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	74 %
197	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.14	29	17	68 %	83 %
198	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	74 %
199	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	77 %
200	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.14	1	1	28 %	58 %

Measures 154014 SEO Factors

152292 Built-In SEO Factors

143068 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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