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	-0.25	919	284	81 %	76 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.25	18	7	81 %	89 %
3	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.24	51	40	96 %	91 %
4	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.24	38	30	96 %	91 %
5	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.23	20717	1399	83 %	92 %
6	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.23	4	2	48 %	88 %
7	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	16	13	96 %	90 %
8	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	29	5	62 %	89 %
9	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	44	8	65 %	91 %
10	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	270	186	96 %	90 %
11	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	41	7	64 %	90 %
12	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.22	63	28	75 %	93 %
13	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.22	4	2	49 %	88 %
14	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.22	8	3	67 %	93 %
15	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.21	4	2	60 %	84 %
16	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.21	107	32	69 %	89 %
17	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.21	44	8	54 %	94 %
18	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.2	1	1	5 %	65 %
19	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	25	4	50 %	88 %
20	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	106	32	73 %	87 %
21	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.2	6	2	53 %	86 %
22	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.2	484	110	75 %	89 %
23	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.2	449	142	70 %	94 %
24	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	446	139	67 %	94 %
25	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1008	206	79 %	87 %
26	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1008	206	79 %	87 %
27	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.2	1	1	5 %	65 %
28	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.2	10	2	55 %	91 %
29	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.2	230	9	25 %	89 %
30	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	6	2	45 %	87 %
31	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.19	22	7	70 %	89 %
32	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	81 %	86 %
33	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	81 %	86 %
34	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	68 %	84 %
35	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	7	2	47 %	87 %
36	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	5	1	55 %	86 %
37	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.19	4	3	79 %	88 %
38	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	34 %	88 %
39	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	136	21	65 %	88 %
40	Number of Images Size	-0.18	257	30	75 %	88 %
41	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.18	236	59	65 %	89 %
42	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	155	24	66 %	90 %
43	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.18	4	2	59 %	87 %
44	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.18	7758	1729	83 %	88 %
45	Word Count Size	-0.18	6869	1416	83 %	88 %
46	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	61 %	85 %
47	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	2501	663	61 %	95 %
48	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	88	22	68 %	88 %
49	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.18	49	12	74 %	89 %
50	Number of P Tags Size	-0.18	103	39	74 %	87 %
51	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	56 %	87 %
52	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	214	42	63 %	89 %
53	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	2	1	28 %	85 %
54	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.18	251	21	69 %	88 %
55	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	152	29	63 %	88 %
56	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.18	9	3	58 %	91 %
57	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.17	29	7	45 %	94 %
58	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	14	6	63 %	93 %
59	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	58 %	85 %
60	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	8	1	15 %	90 %
61	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.17	33	10	52 %	88 %
62	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	75	6	46 %	87 %
63	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	2849	989	83 %	87 %
64	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	117	22	53 %	93 %
65	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.17	380	51	65 %	84 %
66	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	14	4	71 %	83 %
67	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	64	22	75 %	88 %
68	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.17	157	69	65 %	86 %
69	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	312	120	81 %	85 %
70	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	5	2	64 %	85 %
71	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	56 %	83 %
72	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	22	5	54 %	93 %
73	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.16	4	2	54 %	84 %
74	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	52	27	81 %	81 %
75	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	26	2	15 %	89 %
76	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	69 %	89 %
77	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	55 %	88 %
78	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	24 %	85 %
79	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	12	3	38 %	90 %
80	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.16	2395	157	44 %	46 %
81	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.16	133	13	57 %	87 %
82	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.16	2097	269	82 %	80 %
83	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	13 %	86 %
84	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	4	2	56 %	82 %
85	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	35	2	17 %	88 %
86	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.16	1	1	55 %	82 %
87	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.16	482053	11307	44 %	48 %
88	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	6	2	93 %	86 %
89	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	66 %	86 %
90	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	98	83	79 %	89 %
91	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	213	22	47 %	89 %
92	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	10 %	85 %
93	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.15	1919	141	78 %	87 %
94	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	1918	139	78 %	87 %
95	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.15	533	122	78 %	87 %
96	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.15	141	22	41 %	84 %
97	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.15	4	2	70 %	85 %
98	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	38974	1128	34 %	43 %
99	Number of Links Authority	-0.15	1920	141	79 %	86 %
100	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	7	2	39 %	86 %
101	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	35	17	80 %	79 %
102	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.15	26	10	54 %	92 %
103	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	89	72	78 %	88 %
104	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.15	3	1	36 %	84 %
105	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	481482	10374	39 %	48 %
106	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	41	9	56 %	85 %
107	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	17 %	84 %
108	Number of Questions Size	-0.15	200	13	68 %	84 %
109	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.15	1	1	72 %	81 %
110	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	709	292	83 %	79 %
111	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	11	2	28 %	84 %
112	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	333	47	36 %	87 %
113	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	14 %	84 %
114	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	27	9	60 %	87 %
115	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.15	13	4	62 %	83 %
116	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	80 %	83 %
117	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.15	1	1	37 %	77 %
118	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	5	2	71 %	75 %
119	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.15	1	1	70 %	79 %
120	Uses Schema name Other	-0.15	1	1	61 %	75 %
121	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	808	47	70 %	82 %
122	Uses JSON-LD url	-0.15	1	1	48 %	82 %
123	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.14	1	1	37 %	77 %
124	Headings Has Question Other	-0.14	1	1	39 %	82 %
125	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	702	12	48 %	84 %
126	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.14	409	95	79 %	75 %
127	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	8 %	82 %
128	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.14	1	1	46 %	78 %
129	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.14	1	1	53 %	77 %
130	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	10	73 %	79 %
131	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	82 %	81 %
132	Uses Schema url Other	-0.14	1	1	57 %	73 %
133	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.14	1	1	35 %	73 %
134	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	46 %	86 %
135	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.14	1	1	49 %	78 %
136	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	64 %	76 %
137	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.14	104	11	23 %	82 %
138	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	1	30 %	82 %
139	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.14	12	3	53 %	80 %
140	Number of Forms Technology	-0.14	10	2	48 %	77 %
141	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.14	12	4	26 %	80 %
142	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	99	21	47 %	93 %
143	Is Article Page Other	-0.14	1	1	45 %	80 %
144	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.14	7	2	21 %	89 %
145	Number of External Links Authority	-0.14	1604	17	74 %	80 %
146	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	59 %	82 %
147	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	23	16	82 %	78 %
148	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.14	1	1	38 %	72 %
149	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.14	21	2	26 %	83 %
150	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.14	194	29	76 %	79 %
151	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.14	4	1	26 %	83 %
152	Uses Schema description Other	-0.14	1	1	51 %	73 %
153	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	23	16	82 %	78 %
154	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.14	10	4	35 %	81 %
155	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	1603	16	72 %	82 %
156	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	2	20 %	82 %
157	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.14	109	4	44 %	82 %
158	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	8	1	21 %	84 %
159	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	75 %	77 %
160	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.13	275	15	40 %	88 %
161	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	37 %	76 %
162	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	18 %	82 %
163	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.13	1	1	43 %	70 %
164	Title Length Size	-0.13	111	51	82 %	77 %
165	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	270	121	68 %	81 %
166	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	15	8	82 %	75 %
167	Number of Prices Size	-0.13	574	67	67 %	79 %
168	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	67 %	75 %
169	Uses Schema imageobject Other	-0.13	1	1	39 %	68 %
170	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.13	1	1	43 %	69 %
171	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	10	2	41 %	77 %
172	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.13	1	1	34 %	70 %
173	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.13	1	1	35 %	75 %
174	Uses Schema aggregaterating Other	-0.13	1	1	12 %	66 %
175	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.13	1	1	34 %	78 %
176	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	47	19	68 %	81 %
177	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	61 %	77 %
178	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.13	1	1	34 %	71 %
179	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	77 %
180	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	44 %	72 %
181	Variations in Style Tags Relevancy	-0.13	90	4	14 %	84 %
182	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	62 %	77 %
183	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.13	1	1	57 %	72 %
184	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	1	24 %	82 %
185	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.13	1	1	36 %	73 %
186	Has XMLRPC Technology	-0.13	1	1	33 %	69 %
187	Exact Matches in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	6	1	8 %	87 %
188	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	49	7	37 %	79 %
189	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	14	2	43 %	81 %
190	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	29 %	71 %
191	Has RSS Link Authority	-0.13	1	1	33 %	70 %
192	Uses Schema website Other	-0.13	1	1	38 %	72 %
193	Uses Schema datepublished Other	-0.13	1	1	39 %	64 %
194	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	18 %	80 %
195	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.13	4	2	85 %	65 %
196	Uses Schema ratingvalue Other	-0.13	1	1	12 %	66 %
197	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.13	1	1	35 %	69 %
198	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.13	1	1	23 %	70 %
199	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.12	1	1	22 %	66 %
200	Variations in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	3	1	15 %	81 %

Measures 149863 SEO Factors

148141 Built-In SEO Factors

138964 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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