200 Top SEO Ranking Factors March 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-03 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.24	1217	326	79 %	78 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.24	19	7	78 %	91 %
3	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	51	39	94 %	93 %
4	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	38	29	94 %	92 %
5	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.23	20717	1418	81 %	92 %
6	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	17	12	94 %	92 %
7	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.21	4	1	45 %	86 %
8	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	44	7	62 %	91 %
9	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	29	4	59 %	90 %
10	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	41	6	61 %	91 %
11	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	270	177	94 %	90 %
12	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.21	107	28	64 %	91 %
13	Uses JSON-LD valueRequired Other	-0.21	1	1	2 %	11 %
14	Uses Schema valuerequired Other	-0.21	1	1	2 %	11 %
15	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.2	1	1	6 %	64 %
16	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	8	3	65 %	84 %
17	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.2	2356	188	76 %	89 %
18	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.2	2356	188	76 %	89 %
19	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1046	96	72 %	90 %
20	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.2	63	27	74 %	85 %
21	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.2	4	1	46 %	87 %
22	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	5	1	53 %	88 %
23	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.19	4	2	55 %	84 %
24	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.19	4	3	76 %	89 %
25	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.19	111	30	70 %	89 %
26	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	7	2	42 %	87 %
27	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.19	230	11	29 %	89 %
28	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	64 %	84 %
29	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.19	1	1	5 %	63 %
30	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	7	2	45 %	87 %
31	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.19	44	7	51 %	85 %
32	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	136	18	62 %	90 %
33	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.19	10	2	53 %	83 %
34	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	79 %	85 %
35	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	79 %	86 %
36	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.19	155	21	62 %	90 %
37	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.19	22	6	66 %	88 %
38	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.19	88	20	64 %	88 %
39	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.19	13	2	48 %	87 %
40	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	25	3	45 %	87 %
41	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.18	14365	1781	81 %	90 %
42	Word Count Size	-0.18	6869	1388	81 %	89 %
43	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	58 %	87 %
44	Number of P Tags Size	-0.18	106	36	71 %	89 %
45	Number of Images Size	-0.18	322	40	72 %	88 %
46	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	4222	717	61 %	96 %
47	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	2	1	28 %	85 %
48	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	33 %	87 %
49	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.18	76	12	71 %	90 %
50	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.18	4502	1082	81 %	88 %
51	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.18	347	49	59 %	89 %
52	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.18	292	30	66 %	87 %
53	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	359	36	58 %	90 %
54	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	170	24	58 %	88 %
55	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	64	21	72 %	89 %
56	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	75	6	42 %	85 %
57	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.17	4	1	67 %	88 %
58	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	449	120	63 %	95 %
59	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.17	23601	152	41 %	64 %
60	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.17	446	49	61 %	84 %
61	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	446	117	59 %	95 %
62	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.17	35	9	48 %	89 %
63	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.17	6	2	91 %	88 %
64	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.17	4	2	54 %	86 %
65	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	14	3	68 %	84 %
66	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	6	2	60 %	83 %
67	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.17	653492	9135	40 %	65 %
68	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	490	123	79 %	86 %
69	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.17	98	82	77 %	89 %
70	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	22	4	53 %	93 %
71	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.17	1919	162	76 %	88 %
72	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.17	1	1	70 %	83 %
73	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	65 %	90 %
74	Number of Links Authority	-0.16	1920	163	77 %	88 %
75	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	1918	159	77 %	88 %
76	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	54 %	80 %
77	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.16	35	6	41 %	84 %
78	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	52	25	78 %	81 %
79	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	4	2	54 %	84 %
80	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.16	743	146	76 %	88 %
81	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	9	1	19 %	89 %
82	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	53 %	82 %
83	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653204	7696	36 %	64 %
84	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	14	6	63 %	91 %
85	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	51 %	82 %
86	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	117	21	52 %	94 %
87	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.16	1	1	78 %	84 %
88	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.16	772	49	36 %	88 %
89	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.16	198	61	61 %	83 %
90	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	26	2	18 %	87 %
91	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.16	9	3	55 %	81 %
92	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.16	213	19	44 %	89 %
93	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.16	133	13	53 %	85 %
94	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.16	2097	306	79 %	80 %
95	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	17 %	86 %
96	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.16	35	16	78 %	81 %
97	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	12	3	34 %	88 %
98	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.16	89	71	76 %	87 %
99	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.16	3	1	31 %	87 %
100	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.16	23	4	59 %	84 %
101	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	5	2	71 %	78 %
102	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.16	194	30	73 %	82 %
103	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.16	1	1	80 %	82 %
104	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.16	69	10	54 %	87 %
105	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	299474	1690	30 %	58 %
106	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	1603	15	71 %	86 %
107	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	51 %	80 %
108	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.15	141	18	36 %	86 %
109	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	6	2	48 %	82 %
110	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	40	9	56 %	88 %
111	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	908	307	80 %	76 %
112	Number of External Links Authority	-0.15	1604	16	72 %	85 %
113	Number of Forms Technology	-0.15	14	2	48 %	82 %
114	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	1057	52	67 %	85 %
115	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	17 %	84 %
116	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.15	122	4	41 %	83 %
117	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	4	1	21 %	83 %
118	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	15 %	84 %
119	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	13 %	85 %
120	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	64 %	78 %
121	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.15	1	1	49 %	80 %
122	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	43	3	20 %	89 %
123	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.15	23	16	80 %	80 %
124	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	7	2	35 %	85 %
125	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.15	23	16	80 %	80 %
126	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.15	414	111	77 %	71 %
127	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	11	2	25 %	84 %
128	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.14	10	2	40 %	80 %
129	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	67 %	79 %
130	Number of Questions Size	-0.14	237	13	64 %	79 %
131	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	702	12	43 %	82 %
132	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	32	10	52 %	89 %
133	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.14	1	1	72 %	79 %
134	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	9	71 %	78 %
135	Has Email Trust	-0.14	1	1	41 %	74 %
136	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	32	12	69 %	81 %
137	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	57 %	75 %
138	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	10 %	83 %
139	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	205	21	44 %	93 %
140	Headings Has Question Other	-0.14	1	1	35 %	80 %
141	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.14	1	1	33 %	77 %
142	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.14	1	1	33 %	77 %
143	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	61 %	75 %
144	Number of Prices Size	-0.14	574	72	64 %	78 %
145	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.14	1	1	43 %	77 %
146	Is Store Page Other	-0.14	1	1	43 %	71 %
147	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	11	1	19 %	84 %
148	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.14	1	1	44 %	79 %
149	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	275	10	34 %	85 %
150	Has Form Technology	-0.14	1	1	48 %	78 %
151	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.14	33	2	23 %	83 %
152	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	14	2	40 %	81 %
153	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	1	23 %	82 %
154	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	7	1	27 %	82 %
155	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.13	19	3	33 %	83 %
156	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	300	118	65 %	76 %
157	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	23 %	82 %
158	Title Length Size	-0.13	111	50	80 %	74 %
159	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	15	8	80 %	71 %
160	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	64 %	72 %
161	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	53 %	72 %
162	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.13	1	1	40 %	70 %
163	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	48	19	65 %	76 %
164	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	49	6	36 %	80 %
165	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.13	1	1	48 %	73 %
166	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.13	1	1	41 %	70 %
167	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	42 %	78 %
168	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.13	12	4	22 %	80 %
169	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.13	1	1	40 %	73 %
170	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.13	25	2	19 %	81 %
171	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.13	1	1	32 %	68 %
172	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	4	1	15 %	80 %
173	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	14	3	49 %	75 %
174	Is Article Page Other	-0.13	1	1	43 %	74 %
175	Uses Microdata potentialAction Other	-0.13	1	1	4 %	23 %
176	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.13	104	11	23 %	80 %
177	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	55 %	73 %
178	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	3	1	26 %	75 %
179	Uses Microdata SearchAction Other	-0.13	1	1	4 %	24 %
180	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	8	2	17 %	80 %
181	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	55 %	75 %
182	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	73 %
183	Uses Schema potentialaction Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	24 %
184	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	4	1	16 %	79 %
185	Uses Microdata target Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	25 %
186	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	71 %
187	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.12	1	1	30 %	74 %
188	Uses Schema image Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	73 %
189	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.12	1	1	21 %	74 %
190	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	59 %	71 %
191	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.12	1	1	16 %	74 %
192	Exact Matches in A Tags Relevancy	-0.12	28	2	15 %	84 %
193	Uses Schema website Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	73 %
194	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.12	1	1	24 %	71 %
195	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.12	1	1	29 %	72 %
196	Uses Schema description Other	-0.12	1	1	47 %	67 %
197	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.12	173	153	93 %	78 %
198	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	16 %	68 %
199	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	68 %
200	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.12	1	1	30 %	72 %

Measures 149966 SEO Factors

148244 Built-In SEO Factors

139067 On-page SEO Factors

9177 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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