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	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.23	20717	1445	82 %	92 %
2	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.22	1217	283	79 %	79 %
3	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.22	19	6	77 %	91 %
4	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	51	38	96 %	93 %
5	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	38	29	96 %	93 %
6	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	17	12	95 %	93 %
7	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.21	1	1	6 %	69 %
8	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.21	8	3	63 %	88 %
9	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.2	5	1	40 %	87 %
10	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	128	7	61 %	91 %
11	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	119	6	60 %	91 %
12	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	40	4	58 %	90 %
13	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.2	1	1	6 %	68 %
14	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	279	173	96 %	90 %
15	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.19	63	26	73 %	88 %
16	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.19	850	26	63 %	91 %
17	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.19	5	1	42 %	87 %
18	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.19	64311	244	76 %	90 %
19	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.19	64311	244	75 %	90 %
20	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.18	20119	103	71 %	91 %
21	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.18	10	2	51 %	87 %
22	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.18	17	2	51 %	84 %
23	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.18	44	7	49 %	88 %
24	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	2329	31	69 %	90 %
25	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	8	1	51 %	88 %
26	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.18	4	3	76 %	90 %
27	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	11	2	40 %	87 %
28	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1563	19	61 %	90 %
29	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	2937	22	61 %	88 %
30	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	63 %	86 %
31	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	12	2	42 %	87 %
32	Word Count Size	-0.17	6869	1342	81 %	90 %
33	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.17	14365	1739	81 %	90 %
34	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	32	3	44 %	88 %
35	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	10	2	78 %	84 %
36	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	10	2	78 %	84 %
37	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	4222	658	62 %	96 %
38	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	4141	23	64 %	89 %
39	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.17	76	12	70 %	90 %
40	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	118	6	65 %	88 %
41	Number of P Tags Size	-0.17	146	35	70 %	89 %
42	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	22	2	46 %	86 %
43	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	609	120	64 %	96 %
44	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	4502	1009	82 %	88 %
45	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	606	117	60 %	96 %
46	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	56 %	87 %
47	Number of Images Size	-0.17	322	34	72 %	88 %
48	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.17	4	1	66 %	89 %
49	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	76	20	72 %	90 %
50	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	17	5	64 %	92 %
51	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	30 %	86 %
52	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	6573	50	58 %	89 %
53	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	1069	22	57 %	88 %
54	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.16	23601	133	41 %	69 %
55	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.16	292	26	66 %	88 %
56	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	1600	35	56 %	89 %
57	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	65 %	90 %
58	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	26 %	86 %
59	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.16	24475	79	61 %	85 %
60	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	6	1	92 %	88 %
61	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	22	4	53 %	93 %
62	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653492	8867	41 %	70 %
63	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	23	2	53 %	85 %
64	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.16	1919	144	76 %	87 %
65	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	1918	142	76 %	87 %
66	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	861	6	43 %	87 %
67	Number of Links Authority	-0.16	1920	145	76 %	87 %
68	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	136	4	68 %	83 %
69	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	582	8	47 %	88 %
70	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	98	81	76 %	89 %
71	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.16	743	130	75 %	88 %
72	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	192	2	59 %	84 %
73	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	10	2	54 %	84 %
74	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	271	9	24 %	87 %
75	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	52	25	78 %	83 %
76	Number of Sentences Size	-0.16	540	122	79 %	85 %
77	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	117	19	53 %	94 %
78	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	5	2	69 %	79 %
79	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.16	6	1	52 %	83 %
80	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	51 %	84 %
81	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653204	7609	37 %	69 %
82	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.15	35	6	40 %	87 %
83	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.15	1	1	69 %	83 %
84	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	51 %	83 %
85	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.15	9	3	53 %	84 %
86	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.15	133	14	53 %	86 %
87	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	90	70	75 %	86 %
88	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	10915	53	36 %	86 %
89	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1450	19	44 %	87 %
90	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.15	199	61	63 %	83 %
91	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	78 %	85 %
92	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	80	3	33 %	88 %
93	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	50 %	85 %
94	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.15	194	30	73 %	83 %
95	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	81 %	83 %
96	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	299474	1358	31 %	63 %
97	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	1603	13	70 %	86 %
98	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	1057	49	67 %	85 %
99	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	40	8	56 %	88 %
100	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	21	2	47 %	84 %
101	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	35	16	78 %	82 %
102	Number of External Links Authority	-0.15	1604	15	72 %	86 %
103	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	2097	284	80 %	80 %
104	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	69	9	53 %	86 %
105	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	25	17	81 %	82 %
106	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	25	17	81 %	82 %
107	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	561	17	36 %	86 %
108	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	702	16	43 %	80 %
109	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.14	24	4	59 %	84 %
110	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	21 %	83 %
111	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	63 %	81 %
112	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.14	6	1	29 %	85 %
113	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	32	10	53 %	90 %
114	Number of Forms Technology	-0.14	14	2	48 %	82 %
115	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	15 %	84 %
116	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	50 %	81 %
117	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.14	8	2	35 %	85 %
118	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	67 %	79 %
119	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	13 %	85 %
120	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	908	308	80 %	75 %
121	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.14	128	4	40 %	82 %
122	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	32	11	69 %	81 %
123	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	9	70 %	79 %
124	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	27	2	25 %	85 %
125	Number of Questions Size	-0.14	237	12	65 %	79 %
126	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	205	20	45 %	93 %
127	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.13	1	1	43 %	74 %
128	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	20	2	39 %	80 %
129	Uses Schema name Other	-0.13	1	1	57 %	75 %
130	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	72 %	77 %
131	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.13	931	10	34 %	85 %
132	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.13	463	120	77 %	71 %
133	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	30	8	80 %	73 %
134	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	13	1	26 %	82 %
135	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	11	1	18 %	83 %
136	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	60 %	75 %
137	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	48 %	79 %
138	Number of Prices Size	-0.13	1031	82	65 %	78 %
139	Title Length Size	-0.13	186	50	80 %	75 %
140	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	1	22 %	82 %
141	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.13	23	3	33 %	83 %
142	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	77 %
143	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	14	2	39 %	82 %
144	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	300	116	64 %	77 %
145	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	78 %
146	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	44 %	81 %
147	Headings Has Question Other	-0.13	1	1	35 %	80 %
148	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	23 %	83 %
149	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	40 %	74 %
150	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	48	19	64 %	77 %
151	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	116	3	48 %	77 %
152	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	53 %	72 %
153	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	260	5	36 %	81 %
154	Is Store Page Other	-0.13	1	1	43 %	70 %
155	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	57 %	77 %
156	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	11	1	15 %	88 %
157	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.13	26	2	14 %	85 %
158	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	63 %	74 %
159	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.12	293	4	23 %	81 %
160	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.12	43	2	23 %	83 %
161	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.12	3	1	26 %	78 %
162	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	58 %	73 %
163	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	41 %	80 %
164	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	74 %
165	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.12	1	1	53 %	77 %
166	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.12	25	2	19 %	84 %
167	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	41 %	75 %
168	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	70 %
169	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	69 %
170	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.12	256	11	22 %	80 %
171	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	69 %
172	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	8 %	83 %
173	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.12	1	1	40 %	70 %
174	Uses Microdata potentialAction Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	18 %
175	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	5	1	16 %	80 %
176	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	69 %
177	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	68 %
178	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	10	1	17 %	80 %
179	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.12	1	1	48 %	74 %
180	Uses Microdata target Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	19 %
181	Uses Schema streetaddress Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	69 %
182	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.12	1	1	32 %	72 %
183	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	13 %	85 %
184	Uses Microdata SearchAction Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	19 %
185	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	70 %
186	Uses JSON-LD postalCode Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	69 %
187	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	30 %	68 %
188	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	51 %	71 %
189	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	7	1	14 %	80 %
190	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.12	13	1	22 %	78 %
191	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.12	1	1	29 %	74 %
192	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	69 %
193	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	71 %
194	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	53 %	76 %
195	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	73 %
196	Uses Schema potentialaction Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	18 %
197	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	51 %	67 %
198	Uses Schema website Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	72 %
199	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.12	43	2	16 %	89 %
200	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	63 %

Measures 150048 SEO Factors

148326 Built-In SEO Factors

139129 On-page SEO Factors

9197 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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