200 Top SEO Ranking Factors February 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-02 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	5 %	66 %
2	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.21	1	1	5 %	65 %
3	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	16	12	94 %	91 %
4	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.2	10602	1480	82 %	87 %
5	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.2	1273	323	82 %	77 %
6	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.19	35	2	43 %	82 %
7	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.19	52	38	94 %	92 %
8	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.19	39	29	94 %	92 %
9	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.19	49	7	79 %	88 %
10	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.19	53	2	46 %	81 %
11	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	7	3	61 %	95 %
12	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.18	203862	7484	47 %	27 %
13	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	582	180	95 %	87 %
14	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.18	28658	332	47 %	27 %
15	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	3	2	80 %	83 %
16	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.18	151	2	55 %	80 %
17	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	53	2	80 %	83 %
18	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.17	566	29	66 %	86 %
19	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	37	6	63 %	87 %
20	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.17	339517	8874	42 %	27 %
21	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	37	7	63 %	86 %
22	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	12	4	60 %	87 %
23	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.17	2222	106	72 %	89 %
24	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.17	4364	208	77 %	89 %
25	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.17	4364	208	77 %	89 %
26	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	3	1	53 %	84 %
27	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	1433	16	68 %	82 %
28	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.17	61	24	69 %	93 %
29	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	431	34	72 %	88 %
30	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	499	4	51 %	85 %
31	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	49174	309	65 %	87 %
32	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.16	4	3	77 %	88 %
33	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.16	7	2	50 %	91 %
34	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	66 %	84 %
35	Search Result Not .com .net or .org Other	-0.16	1	1	90 %	23 %
36	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	9	2	43 %	85 %
37	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	26199	818	36 %	26 %
38	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	134890	820	63 %	86 %
39	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.16	862	19	64 %	87 %
40	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.16	260	19	64 %	84 %
41	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	26 %	81 %
42	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	55 %	85 %
43	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	8	2	41 %	86 %
44	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	10	4	70 %	78 %
45	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	11	3	47 %	86 %
46	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	14	6	64 %	93 %
47	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.15	180	36	60 %	87 %
48	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	3	2	70 %	77 %
49	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.15	126	23	60 %	87 %
50	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.15	67	12	72 %	83 %
51	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.15	787	59	64 %	85 %
52	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.15	362	23	68 %	85 %
53	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	30 %	84 %
54	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	555	113	61 %	90 %
55	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	557	116	64 %	91 %
56	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.15	12283	1762	82 %	85 %
57	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	60 %	84 %
58	Word Count Size	-0.15	4962	1349	83 %	85 %
59	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.15	83	7	45 %	82 %
60	Number of Images Size	-0.15	368	31	73 %	84 %
61	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.15	8	2	55 %	82 %
62	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	2624	19	62 %	81 %
63	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.15	4	2	68 %	84 %
64	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	365	9	27 %	85 %
65	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	3	2	50 %	84 %
66	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.15	34	6	47 %	92 %
67	Number of P Tags Size	-0.15	135	38	71 %	85 %
68	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	99	82	78 %	87 %
69	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.15	155	14	54 %	82 %
70	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	93	71	77 %	81 %
71	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.14	400	124	77 %	82 %
72	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	55 %	84 %
73	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	8	3	51 %	89 %
74	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.14	6	2	92 %	85 %
75	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.14	57	21	73 %	83 %
76	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.14	384	112	76 %	82 %
77	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.14	394	122	77 %	83 %
78	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.14	2416	917	83 %	85 %
79	Number of Includes Technology	-0.14	50	25	79 %	80 %
80	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	79	8	49 %	83 %
81	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.14	7065	698	61 %	91 %
82	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.14	398	46	69 %	84 %
83	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	51 %	78 %
84	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	21	5	53 %	90 %
85	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.14	1	1	71 %	80 %
86	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	60	17	37 %	81 %
87	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.14	31	7	65 %	82 %
88	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	24	17	82 %	74 %
89	Number of Links Authority	-0.14	396	121	77 %	82 %
90	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.14	155	28	75 %	81 %
91	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.14	31	6	39 %	93 %
92	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	9	71 %	76 %
93	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	35	3	35 %	85 %
94	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.14	510	55	37 %	84 %
95	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	24	17	82 %	74 %
96	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	44	12	72 %	81 %
97	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	81 %	75 %
98	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.13	148	10	55 %	82 %
99	Number of External Links Authority	-0.13	45	14	73 %	81 %
100	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.13	245	66	65 %	82 %
101	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.13	98	5	41 %	77 %
102	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.13	89	60	95 %	63 %
103	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.13	313	21	46 %	86 %
104	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.13	549	9	39 %	80 %
105	Number of Sentences Size	-0.13	458	122	80 %	85 %
106	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.13	6	1	28 %	78 %
107	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	4	1	22 %	79 %
108	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	74 %	74 %
109	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.13	40	8	57 %	84 %
110	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	27	12	71 %	77 %
111	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.13	818	271	81 %	82 %
112	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	1448	13	52 %	78 %
113	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.13	1	1	70 %	77 %
114	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.13	22	11	52 %	90 %
115	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.13	1	1	51 %	75 %
116	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.13	7	2	35 %	82 %
117	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	19	2	44 %	75 %
118	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.13	1	1	80 %	77 %
119	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	15 %	77 %
120	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.13	43	17	79 %	80 %
121	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.13	23	5	60 %	79 %
122	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	7	1	16 %	84 %
123	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	49 %	86 %
124	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.13	38	2	18 %	82 %
125	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	6	1	26 %	78 %
126	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	98	22	52 %	90 %
127	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.13	21	2	26 %	80 %
128	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	65 %	76 %
129	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	41 %	67 %
130	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.13	833	15	44 %	79 %
131	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	4	1	28 %	75 %
132	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	339	118	65 %	79 %
133	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	13	2	40 %	79 %
134	Uses Schema name Other	-0.12	1	1	59 %	70 %
135	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	58	5	37 %	77 %
136	Uses Schema aggregaterating Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	56 %
137	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.12	1	1	45 %	72 %
138	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	60 %	72 %
139	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	13 %	79 %
140	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	62 %	72 %
141	Is Home Page Other	-0.12	1	1	21 %	46 %
142	Title Word Count Size	-0.12	12	8	81 %	78 %
143	Uses Schema applicationcategory Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	15 %
144	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.12	1	1	58 %	74 %
145	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.12	55	19	65 %	80 %
146	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	25 %	72 %
147	Number of Forms Technology	-0.12	10	2	46 %	78 %
148	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.12	1	1	32 %	70 %
149	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.12	974	308	82 %	75 %
150	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	14 %	81 %
151	Title Length Size	-0.12	88	51	81 %	80 %
152	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	32 %	65 %
153	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	43 %	71 %
154	Has Form Technology	-0.12	1	1	46 %	74 %
155	Uses Schema operatingsystem Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	13 %
156	Number of Questions Size	-0.12	68	11	65 %	80 %
157	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	60 %	88 %
158	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.12	15	1	18 %	76 %
159	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	69 %
160	Uses JSON-LD applicationCategory Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	14 %
161	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.12	1	1	44 %	71 %
162	Uses Schema product Other	-0.12	1	1	7 %	48 %
163	Uses Schema image Other	-0.12	1	1	21 %	67 %
164	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.12	21	2	15 %	82 %
165	Headings Has Question Other	-0.12	1	1	35 %	73 %
166	Number of Prices Size	-0.12	620	74	66 %	80 %
167	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.12	1	1	32 %	70 %
168	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.12	194	154	94 %	75 %
169	Number of HREF Lang Tags Size	-0.12	32	2	9 %	72 %
170	Uses JSON-LD AggregateRating Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	59 %
171	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.12	1	1	40 %	72 %
172	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	52 %	65 %
173	Uses JSON-LD operatingSystem Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	14 %
174	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.12	4	1	22 %	78 %
175	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.12	511	118	78 %	72 %
176	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.12	24	2	23 %	76 %
177	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	27 %	71 %
178	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	52 %	72 %
179	Uses Schema url Other	-0.12	1	1	54 %	68 %
180	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	6	1	16 %	77 %
181	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.12	8	1	22 %	78 %
182	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	7 %	82 %
183	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.12	3	1	22 %	74 %
184	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.12	1	1	22 %	66 %
185	Percentage of NoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.12	12	1	11 %	69 %
186	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.12	1	1	52 %	79 %
187	Uses Schema ratingvalue Other	-0.11	1	1	10 %	56 %
188	Uses JSON-LD Product Other	-0.11	1	1	6 %	49 %
189	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.11	22	3	34 %	77 %
190	Has HREF Lang Technology	-0.11	1	1	10 %	64 %
191	Variations in Button Tags Relevancy	-0.11	45	2	9 %	76 %
192	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.11	4	1	15 %	80 %
193	Variations in Class Attributes Relevancy	-0.11	1314	6	17 %	79 %
194	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.11	1	1	11 %	83 %
195	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.11	14	3	23 %	76 %
196	Uses Schema website Other	-0.11	1	1	36 %	65 %
197	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.11	1	1	49 %	69 %
198	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.11	1	1	39 %	64 %
199	Uses Schema description Other	-0.11	1	1	47 %	65 %
200	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.11	1	1	33 %	69 %

Measures 149729 SEO Factors

148007 Built-In SEO Factors

138830 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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