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	919	274	81 %	70 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.24	18	7	80 %	89 %
3	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.24	51	39	95 %	91 %
4	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	38	30	95 %	91 %
5	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.23	20717	1378	82 %	92 %
6	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.22	4	1	46 %	87 %
7	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	16	12	95 %	91 %
8	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	29	4	61 %	89 %
9	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	44	8	64 %	91 %
10	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	41	7	63 %	91 %
11	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	270	182	96 %	89 %
12	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.21	4	2	47 %	87 %
13	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.21	8	3	65 %	91 %
14	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.21	63	27	74 %	90 %
15	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.21	107	30	67 %	90 %
16	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.2	1	1	5 %	66 %
17	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.2	4	2	58 %	84 %
18	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1046	106	74 %	89 %
19	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.2	1	1	5 %	66 %
20	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	110	30	72 %	88 %
21	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	25	4	48 %	88 %
22	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	80 %	85 %
23	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.2	2356	201	78 %	87 %
24	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	80 %	86 %
25	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.2	2356	200	78 %	87 %
26	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.2	44	7	52 %	91 %
27	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.2	6	2	51 %	85 %
28	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	5	1	54 %	86 %
29	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	6	2	44 %	86 %
30	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	67 %	84 %
31	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.19	22	7	68 %	88 %
32	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.19	10	2	53 %	89 %
33	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	7	2	46 %	86 %
34	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.19	230	9	25 %	89 %
35	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.19	4	3	78 %	88 %
36	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.19	446	129	63 %	94 %
37	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.19	449	131	66 %	94 %
38	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	136	20	64 %	89 %
39	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	33 %	88 %
40	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	155	23	65 %	90 %
41	Number of Images Size	-0.18	259	33	74 %	87 %
42	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.18	7758	1720	82 %	88 %
43	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	88	21	66 %	88 %
44	Number of P Tags Size	-0.18	103	37	73 %	88 %
45	Word Count Size	-0.18	6869	1395	82 %	88 %
46	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.18	4	2	57 %	86 %
47	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	59 %	86 %
48	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.18	347	56	63 %	88 %
49	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	2	1	28 %	85 %
50	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.18	49	12	73 %	89 %
51	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	359	40	61 %	89 %
52	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	170	27	61 %	88 %
53	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.18	251	24	68 %	88 %
54	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	75	6	45 %	86 %
55	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	4502	1017	82 %	87 %
56	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	56 %	83 %
57	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.17	33	9	50 %	88 %
58	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	54 %	84 %
59	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	64	22	74 %	88 %
60	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	14	4	70 %	82 %
61	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.17	438	50	64 %	83 %
62	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	5	2	62 %	83 %
63	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.17	29	7	43 %	91 %
64	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	9	3	56 %	88 %
65	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	312	118	80 %	84 %
66	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	8	1	15 %	90 %
67	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	54 %	82 %
68	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	2501	599	56 %	95 %
69	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.16	175	66	64 %	84 %
70	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	67 %	89 %
71	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.16	5	2	52 %	84 %
72	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	52	26	80 %	82 %
73	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.16	133	13	56 %	86 %
74	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	23 %	84 %
75	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.16	2395	149	43 %	51 %
76	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	53 %	85 %
77	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	26	2	15 %	88 %
78	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	12	3	36 %	89 %
79	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	14	5	58 %	93 %
80	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.16	4	2	68 %	86 %
81	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	6	2	92 %	85 %
82	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	4	2	55 %	82 %
83	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.16	1919	147	78 %	87 %
84	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	13 %	86 %
85	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653492	11377	43 %	54 %
86	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.16	2097	278	81 %	78 %
87	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	98	82	78 %	88 %
88	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.16	1	1	53 %	81 %
89	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	1918	144	78 %	88 %
90	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.16	141	20	39 %	85 %
91	Number of Links Authority	-0.16	1920	147	78 %	87 %
92	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.16	556	129	77 %	88 %
93	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	213	20	46 %	89 %
94	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.15	1	1	72 %	80 %
95	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	772	48	35 %	86 %
96	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	117	20	49 %	93 %
97	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	38974	996	32 %	48 %
98	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	89	72	77 %	87 %
99	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	653204	10695	38 %	53 %
100	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	35	2	17 %	88 %
101	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	22	4	50 %	93 %
102	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	35	17	79 %	80 %
103	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	908	297	82 %	77 %
104	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	65 %	84 %
105	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.15	3	1	34 %	84 %
106	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	10 %	86 %
107	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.15	13	4	60 %	82 %
108	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	7	2	37 %	85 %
109	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	5	2	70 %	73 %
110	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	808	50	69 %	82 %
111	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	16 %	83 %
112	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	79 %	83 %
113	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	55	10	56 %	85 %
114	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	14 %	83 %
115	Number of Questions Size	-0.15	200	12	66 %	81 %
116	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	27	9	59 %	86 %
117	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	11	2	27 %	85 %
118	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.15	409	99	78 %	72 %
119	Uses JSON-LD url	-0.14	1	1	47 %	80 %
120	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.14	1	1	35 %	78 %
121	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	82 %	81 %
122	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	60 %	74 %
123	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	69 %	79 %
124	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.14	1	1	36 %	77 %
125	Number of Forms Technology	-0.14	13	2	48 %	79 %
126	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	702	12	46 %	84 %
127	Headings Has Question Other	-0.14	1	1	37 %	81 %
128	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	8 %	82 %
129	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.14	1	1	47 %	77 %
130	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.14	109	4	43 %	81 %
131	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.14	1	1	52 %	75 %
132	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.14	1	1	44 %	77 %
133	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	10	72 %	79 %
134	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.14	194	30	75 %	79 %
135	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	1	28 %	82 %
136	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	23	16	81 %	78 %
137	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	63 %	75 %
138	Uses Schema url Other	-0.14	1	1	56 %	72 %
139	Number of External Links Authority	-0.14	1604	17	73 %	81 %
140	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	23	16	81 %	77 %
141	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	44 %	84 %
142	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.14	12	4	25 %	80 %
143	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	26	9	50 %	92 %
144	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	1603	15	72 %	83 %
145	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.14	104	11	23 %	81 %
146	Has Email Trust	-0.14	1	1	43 %	72 %
147	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.14	12	3	52 %	78 %
148	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.14	1	1	33 %	70 %
149	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	275	13	38 %	86 %
150	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.14	33	2	25 %	83 %
151	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.14	1	1	74 %	77 %
152	Title Length Size	-0.14	111	51	81 %	75 %
153	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.14	25	2	20 %	86 %
154	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.13	19	4	34 %	81 %
155	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	10	2	41 %	77 %
156	Number of Prices Size	-0.13	574	68	66 %	77 %
157	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	8	1	20 %	83 %
158	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	24 %	83 %
159	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	36 %	74 %
160	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	295	120	67 %	79 %
161	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	15	8	81 %	74 %
162	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.13	1	1	42 %	70 %
163	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	57 %	78 %
164	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	66 %	74 %
165	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.13	1	1	42 %	69 %
166	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	4	1	17 %	82 %
167	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	7	2	19 %	81 %
168	Is Article Page Other	-0.13	1	1	43 %	78 %
169	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	76 %
170	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	48	19	67 %	79 %
171	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	1	23 %	81 %
172	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	58 %	76 %
173	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.13	1	1	36 %	71 %
174	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	49	6	36 %	79 %
175	Uses Schema imageobject Other	-0.13	1	1	38 %	65 %
176	Uses Schema description Other	-0.13	1	1	49 %	71 %
177	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	61 %	74 %
178	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	14	2	41 %	80 %
179	Uses Schema aggregaterating Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	64 %
180	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	48 %	75 %
181	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	28 %	69 %
182	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	68 %
183	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.13	1	1	31 %	76 %
184	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	99	19	43 %	93 %
185	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	32	11	70 %	78 %
186	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.13	1	1	55 %	69 %
187	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	68 %
188	Uses Schema website Other	-0.12	1	1	36 %	72 %
189	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	4	1	17 %	78 %
190	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.12	1	1	35 %	71 %
191	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.12	4	2	84 %	63 %
192	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	74 %
193	Is Store Page Other	-0.12	1	1	42 %	67 %
194	Has XMLRPC Technology	-0.12	1	1	31 %	67 %
195	Has RSS Link Authority	-0.12	1	1	32 %	68 %
196	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.12	1	1	22 %	70 %
197	Uses Schema datepublished Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	61 %
198	Variations in ID Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	15	1	11 %	79 %
199	Uses Schema ratingvalue Other	-0.12	1	1	11 %	64 %
200	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.12	1	1	23 %	74 %

Measures 149913 SEO Factors

148191 Built-In SEO Factors

139014 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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