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	1397	81 %	92 %
2	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.23	1217	307	79 %	80 %
3	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.23	19	7	77 %	91 %
4	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	51	39	95 %	93 %
5	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	38	29	95 %	92 %
6	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	17	12	95 %	92 %
7	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.21	8	3	65 %	85 %
8	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.21	5	1	42 %	86 %
9	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.2	1	1	6 %	66 %
10	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	128	7	62 %	91 %
11	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	270	176	95 %	90 %
12	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	119	6	61 %	91 %
13	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.2	63	27	75 %	86 %
14	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	40	4	59 %	90 %
15	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.2	850	28	64 %	91 %
16	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.19	5	1	43 %	87 %
17	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.19	64311	279	76 %	89 %
18	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.19	64311	279	76 %	89 %
19	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.19	20119	111	72 %	90 %
20	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.19	1	1	6 %	65 %
21	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.19	10	2	53 %	84 %
22	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.19	17	2	53 %	84 %
23	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.19	44	7	51 %	86 %
24	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	8	1	52 %	88 %
25	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	2329	32	70 %	90 %
26	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.18	4	3	76 %	90 %
27	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	11	2	41 %	87 %
28	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	12	2	44 %	87 %
29	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	64 %	85 %
30	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	10	2	79 %	85 %
31	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.18	10	2	79 %	85 %
32	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	2937	23	62 %	89 %
33	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1563	20	62 %	91 %
34	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	4222	704	62 %	96 %
35	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.18	118	6	66 %	88 %
36	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.18	14365	1781	81 %	90 %
37	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	4141	26	64 %	89 %
38	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.18	230	10	27 %	89 %
39	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.18	22	2	47 %	87 %
40	Word Count Size	-0.18	6869	1373	81 %	90 %
41	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	32	3	44 %	87 %
42	Number of P Tags Size	-0.17	146	35	71 %	89 %
43	Number of Images Size	-0.17	322	38	72 %	88 %
44	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	57 %	88 %
45	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.17	76	12	71 %	90 %
46	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	451	119	61 %	96 %
47	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	457	122	65 %	95 %
48	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	2	1	27 %	85 %
49	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	4502	1058	81 %	88 %
50	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.17	292	29	66 %	87 %
51	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	32 %	87 %
52	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.17	23601	158	41 %	65 %
53	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	1069	24	58 %	88 %
54	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	1600	37	58 %	90 %
55	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.17	6573	53	59 %	89 %
56	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	64	21	72 %	89 %
57	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.17	4	1	67 %	88 %
58	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.17	24475	93	61 %	85 %
59	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	14	6	64 %	91 %
60	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	22	4	54 %	93 %
61	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653492	8792	41 %	66 %
62	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	861	7	43 %	86 %
63	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	6	1	91 %	88 %
64	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	23	2	53 %	86 %
65	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.16	35	7	42 %	85 %
66	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	582	9	47 %	89 %
67	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	54 %	81 %
68	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	136	4	68 %	84 %
69	Number of Sentences Size	-0.16	490	122	79 %	86 %
70	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	192	2	59 %	84 %
71	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	98	82	77 %	89 %
72	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.16	1919	156	76 %	88 %
73	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.16	1	1	70 %	83 %
74	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	65 %	90 %
75	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	1918	154	77 %	88 %
76	Number of Links Authority	-0.16	1920	157	77 %	87 %
77	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	4	2	54 %	84 %
78	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.16	9	3	56 %	83 %
79	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653204	7345	37 %	66 %
80	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	117	20	53 %	94 %
81	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.16	743	140	76 %	88 %
82	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.16	6	1	52 %	82 %
83	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	52	25	79 %	82 %
84	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	5	2	69 %	78 %
85	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.15	133	14	53 %	86 %
86	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	51 %	83 %
87	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1450	20	44 %	89 %
88	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	79 %	85 %
89	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.15	198	61	62 %	83 %
90	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	10915	58	36 %	87 %
91	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	52 %	81 %
92	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	89	71	76 %	87 %
93	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	80	3	33 %	89 %
94	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.15	3	1	31 %	86 %
95	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	2097	300	80 %	80 %
96	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	35	16	78 %	82 %
97	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	81 %	83 %
98	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	299474	1655	31 %	60 %
99	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.15	194	31	74 %	83 %
100	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.15	24	4	59 %	85 %
101	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	1603	14	71 %	86 %
102	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	69	10	54 %	86 %
103	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	21	2	48 %	83 %
104	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	40	9	57 %	88 %
105	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	65 %	79 %
106	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.15	561	18	36 %	86 %
107	Number of External Links Authority	-0.15	1604	16	72 %	86 %
108	Number of Forms Technology	-0.15	14	2	49 %	82 %
109	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.15	122	4	41 %	83 %
110	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	1057	52	67 %	85 %
111	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	9	1	17 %	89 %
112	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	21 %	83 %
113	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	702	14	43 %	82 %
114	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	16 %	84 %
115	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	908	309	80 %	76 %
116	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	32	10	53 %	90 %
117	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.14	7	2	35 %	85 %
118	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	50 %	82 %
119	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	24	16	81 %	81 %
120	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	24	16	81 %	81 %
121	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	14 %	84 %
122	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.14	26	2	16 %	87 %
123	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	27	2	25 %	85 %
124	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	67 %	79 %
125	Number of Questions Size	-0.14	237	12	65 %	80 %
126	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	15 %	85 %
127	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	205	21	46 %	93 %
128	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.14	20	2	40 %	81 %
129	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	32	11	69 %	82 %
130	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	9	71 %	78 %
131	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.14	463	115	77 %	72 %
132	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.14	1	1	72 %	78 %
133	Number of Prices Size	-0.14	678	79	64 %	79 %
134	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	58 %	75 %
135	Has Email Trust	-0.14	1	1	41 %	75 %
136	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.14	1	1	43 %	77 %
137	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	61 %	76 %
138	Headings Has Question Other	-0.13	1	1	35 %	80 %
139	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	77 %
140	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	11	1	18 %	84 %
141	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	77 %
142	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.13	43	3	18 %	89 %
143	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	13	1	26 %	82 %
144	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.13	931	11	34 %	85 %
145	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	48 %	78 %
146	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.13	33	2	23 %	84 %
147	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	14	2	40 %	82 %
148	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.13	19	3	33 %	83 %
149	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	1	22 %	82 %
150	Is Store Page Other	-0.13	1	1	43 %	71 %
151	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	44 %	80 %
152	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	15	8	80 %	72 %
153	Title Length Size	-0.13	111	50	81 %	75 %
154	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	300	117	65 %	77 %
155	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	12 %	85 %
156	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	23 %	82 %
157	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	43 %	78 %
158	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	9 %	83 %
159	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	48	19	65 %	77 %
160	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	64 %	73 %
161	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	54 %	72 %
162	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.13	25	2	19 %	81 %
163	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	260	6	35 %	80 %
164	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.13	293	4	22 %	80 %
165	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.13	1	1	40 %	74 %
166	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.13	1	1	40 %	70 %
167	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.13	1	1	48 %	74 %
168	Uses Microdata potentialAction Other	-0.13	1	1	4 %	22 %
169	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.13	1	1	40 %	70 %
170	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	3	1	27 %	76 %
171	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	116	3	49 %	76 %
172	Uses Microdata SearchAction Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	23 %
173	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	42 %	74 %
174	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	56 %	74 %
175	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.12	1	1	56 %	76 %
176	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	4	1	16 %	80 %
177	Uses Microdata target Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	24 %
178	Uses Schema potentialaction Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	23 %
179	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	31 %	68 %
180	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	7	1	15 %	80 %
181	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.12	256	11	22 %	81 %
182	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	71 %
183	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.12	1	1	21 %	74 %
184	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	72 %
185	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	10	1	17 %	80 %
186	Uses Schema image Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	74 %
187	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.12	1	1	53 %	76 %
188	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.12	1	1	16 %	75 %
189	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	58 %	72 %
190	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	70 %
191	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	70 %
192	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	69 %
193	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.12	1	1	30 %	74 %
194	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.12	1	1	24 %	70 %
195	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.12	1	1	29 %	73 %
196	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	70 %
197	Uses Schema streetaddress Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	70 %
198	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	69 %
199	Uses Schema website Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	73 %
200	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.12	13	1	22 %	79 %

Measures 149969 SEO Factors

148247 Built-In SEO Factors

139070 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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