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	23402	1481	81 %	91 %
2	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.22	1217	292	80 %	80 %
3	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.22	23	6	77 %	90 %
4	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	6 %	70 %
5	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	52	38	96 %	93 %
6	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	39	29	96 %	93 %
7	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	17	12	95 %	92 %
8	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.2	1	1	6 %	69 %
9	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	8	3	62 %	89 %
10	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.2	7	1	40 %	86 %
11	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	309	7	60 %	91 %
12	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	299	6	59 %	91 %
13	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	168	4	57 %	90 %
14	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.19	395	173	96 %	90 %
15	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.19	63	26	72 %	89 %
16	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.19	9407	34	63 %	92 %
17	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.19	174212	402	75 %	90 %
18	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.19	174212	402	75 %	90 %
19	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.19	12	1	42 %	87 %
20	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.19	48120	165	71 %	91 %
21	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.18	10	2	50 %	88 %
22	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	4577	37	69 %	90 %
23	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	41	1	50 %	87 %
24	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.18	44	6	48 %	90 %
25	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.18	6	3	75 %	90 %
26	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.18	24	2	51 %	84 %
27	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.18	4466	22	61 %	90 %
28	Word Count Size	-0.18	13622	1378	81 %	89 %
29	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.18	32037	1812	81 %	90 %
30	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	5507	29	60 %	88 %
31	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	16	2	40 %	88 %
32	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	20	2	78 %	83 %
33	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	20	2	78 %	83 %
34	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	22	2	42 %	88 %
35	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	19	2	63 %	85 %
36	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.17	157	12	70 %	89 %
37	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	5147	29	63 %	89 %
38	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	127	3	43 %	88 %
39	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	5406	685	62 %	96 %
40	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	609	123	64 %	96 %
41	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	606	120	60 %	96 %
42	Number of P Tags Size	-0.17	634	35	70 %	89 %
43	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.17	51024	163	42 %	72 %
44	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	6162	1001	81 %	89 %
45	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	176	6	64 %	88 %
46	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.17	4	1	66 %	89 %
47	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	35	2	45 %	86 %
48	Number of Images Size	-0.17	442	34	71 %	89 %
49	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	192	20	71 %	89 %
50	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.16	780137	8985	42 %	72 %
51	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.16	436	25	65 %	89 %
52	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	55 %	87 %
53	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	30 %	85 %
54	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	14861	63	57 %	90 %
55	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	26	7	64 %	89 %
56	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	17	6	65 %	91 %
57	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	1918	138	76 %	88 %
58	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	2204	25	55 %	89 %
59	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.16	1919	140	76 %	88 %
60	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	3207	38	55 %	90 %
61	Number of Links Authority	-0.16	1920	141	76 %	88 %
62	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653204	7284	38 %	71 %
63	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	26 %	86 %
64	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	582	9	46 %	89 %
65	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	7	1	92 %	87 %
66	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	22	4	53 %	93 %
67	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	45	2	53 %	85 %
68	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	76	25	78 %	82 %
69	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	179	4	67 %	82 %
70	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.16	743	126	75 %	88 %
71	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.16	48881	113	61 %	85 %
72	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	3481	8	42 %	87 %
73	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	271	9	25 %	87 %
74	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	98	80	76 %	88 %
75	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	10	2	53 %	84 %
76	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	390	3	58 %	83 %
77	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.16	35	6	39 %	89 %
78	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	117	20	53 %	94 %
79	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	50 %	82 %
80	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	51 %	85 %
81	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	5	2	69 %	79 %
82	Number of Sentences Size	-0.15	540	125	79 %	86 %
83	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.15	16	1	52 %	82 %
84	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	29698	81	36 %	87 %
85	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.15	1	1	69 %	83 %
86	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	299474	1427	32 %	66 %
87	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.15	133	14	53 %	86 %
88	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.15	9	3	53 %	85 %
89	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	90	70	75 %	85 %
90	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	1603	14	70 %	86 %
91	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	7526	27	43 %	88 %
92	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.15	194	30	73 %	83 %
93	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	1057	48	66 %	86 %
94	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	40	8	56 %	88 %
95	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	131	3	32 %	88 %
96	Number of External Links Authority	-0.15	1604	15	72 %	86 %
97	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	49 %	85 %
98	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	47	2	47 %	83 %
99	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.15	199	61	63 %	83 %
100	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	45	17	78 %	81 %
101	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	69	9	53 %	87 %
102	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	78 %	83 %
103	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	81 %	83 %
104	Number of Forms Technology	-0.14	14	2	48 %	83 %
105	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	811	17	35 %	86 %
106	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	25	16	81 %	81 %
107	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	25	16	81 %	81 %
108	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	702	15	42 %	81 %
109	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.14	2097	282	80 %	80 %
110	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.14	6	1	29 %	85 %
111	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	50 %	81 %
112	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	14 %	84 %
113	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	32	10	53 %	90 %
114	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	1	20 %	83 %
115	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.14	24	4	59 %	83 %
116	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	62 %	82 %
117	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	31	9	70 %	80 %
118	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.14	8	2	35 %	85 %
119	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	35	12	69 %	81 %
120	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	13 %	84 %
121	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.14	128	4	40 %	82 %
122	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	67 %	79 %
123	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	908	314	80 %	74 %
124	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.14	1	1	42 %	75 %
125	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	205	20	45 %	93 %
126	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.13	71	2	25 %	85 %
127	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	47 %	79 %
128	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3225	14	34 %	85 %
129	Number of Questions Size	-0.13	237	12	65 %	78 %
130	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	20	2	40 %	80 %
131	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	14	2	39 %	82 %
132	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	18	1	25 %	82 %
133	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	11	1	17 %	83 %
134	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	30	8	80 %	73 %
135	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	44 %	80 %
136	Uses Schema name Other	-0.13	1	1	58 %	74 %
137	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.13	41	3	33 %	82 %
138	Title Length Size	-0.13	186	50	80 %	75 %
139	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	76 %
140	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	72 %	77 %
141	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	11	1	15 %	87 %
142	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	77 %
143	Headings Has Question Other	-0.13	1	1	35 %	81 %
144	Number of Prices Size	-0.13	1031	84	65 %	78 %
145	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	1	21 %	83 %
146	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	61 %	75 %
147	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	300	116	64 %	77 %
148	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.13	463	125	77 %	71 %
149	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	22 %	83 %
150	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	40 %	74 %
151	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.13	26	2	15 %	84 %
152	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	3	1	26 %	78 %
153	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	48	19	64 %	77 %
154	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	54 %	70 %
155	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	260	5	36 %	81 %
156	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.13	1	1	39 %	73 %
157	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.12	1	1	58 %	76 %
158	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.12	395	4	22 %	81 %
159	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.12	43	2	23 %	82 %
160	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.12	182	4	47 %	78 %
161	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	42 %	74 %
162	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	40 %	83 %
163	Is Store Page Other	-0.12	1	1	43 %	69 %
164	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.12	1	1	54 %	77 %
165	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	59 %	73 %
166	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	63 %	74 %
167	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.12	256	11	23 %	80 %
168	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.12	25	2	18 %	84 %
169	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	71 %
170	Uses Microdata potentialAction Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	16 %
171	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	13 %	84 %
172	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.12	47	2	17 %	89 %
173	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	8 %	83 %
174	Uses Microdata target Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	17 %
175	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	67 %
176	Uses Microdata SearchAction Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	17 %
177	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	31 %	68 %
178	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.12	13	1	22 %	79 %
179	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.12	1	1	32 %	71 %
180	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	5	1	16 %	79 %
181	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	68 %
182	Uses Schema website Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	70 %
183	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.12	188	153	95 %	77 %
184	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	67 %
185	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	9	1	14 %	81 %
186	Uses Schema image Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	72 %
187	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	68 %
188	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.12	1	1	29 %	74 %
189	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.12	1	1	29 %	73 %
190	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.12	1	1	47 %	73 %
191	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	47	1	16 %	80 %
192	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.12	1	1	21 %	72 %
193	Uses Schema streetaddress Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	67 %
194	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	68 %
195	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	67 %
196	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	51 %	71 %
197	Uses Schema potentialaction Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	17 %
198	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.12	1	1	40 %	68 %
199	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	51 %	67 %
200	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	68 %

Measures 150094 SEO Factors

148372 Built-In SEO Factors

139174 On-page SEO Factors

9198 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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