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	-0.22	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	1466	82 %	87 %
5	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.2	1273	325	82 %	76 %
6	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	52	38	94 %	92 %
7	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	39	29	94 %	92 %
8	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.19	35	2	43 %	82 %
9	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.19	49	7	79 %	88 %
10	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	7	3	61 %	95 %
11	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.18	53	2	45 %	82 %
12	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	582	180	95 %	87 %
13	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.18	203862	7484	47 %	26 %
14	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.18	28658	332	47 %	26 %
15	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	80 %	83 %
16	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.17	566	29	65 %	86 %
17	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	37	6	62 %	87 %
18	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.17	151	2	55 %	80 %
19	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	53	2	80 %	83 %
20	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.17	339517	8874	42 %	26 %
21	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	37	7	63 %	87 %
22	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	12	4	60 %	87 %
23	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.17	2222	105	72 %	88 %
24	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.17	4364	206	77 %	89 %
25	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.17	4364	205	76 %	89 %
26	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	1433	15	68 %	82 %
27	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	3	1	53 %	84 %
28	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	49174	298	64 %	86 %
29	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.17	61	24	69 %	92 %
30	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	431	33	72 %	88 %
31	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.16	499	4	50 %	85 %
32	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.16	4	3	77 %	87 %
33	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	66 %	84 %
34	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.16	7	2	49 %	91 %
35	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	9	2	43 %	86 %
36	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.16	862	19	63 %	86 %
37	Search Result Not .com .net or .org Other	-0.16	1	1	90 %	22 %
38	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	134890	789	62 %	86 %
39	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	26 %	81 %
40	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	26199	818	36 %	25 %
41	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.16	260	19	64 %	84 %
42	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	54 %	84 %
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	69 %	77 %
45	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	11	3	46 %	86 %
46	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.15	180	35	60 %	86 %
47	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.15	67	12	72 %	83 %
48	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	14	6	64 %	93 %
49	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	3	2	70 %	76 %
50	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.15	126	22	60 %	87 %
51	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.15	787	58	63 %	85 %
52	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.15	362	23	67 %	85 %
53	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	59 %	84 %
54	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.15	83	7	45 %	83 %
55	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.15	12283	1761	82 %	85 %
56	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	30 %	84 %
57	Word Count Size	-0.15	4962	1347	83 %	85 %
58	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	2624	18	61 %	81 %
59	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	555	113	61 %	91 %
60	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	557	116	64 %	91 %
61	Number of Images Size	-0.15	368	31	73 %	84 %
62	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.15	8	2	55 %	82 %
63	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	365	10	27 %	85 %
64	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.15	4	2	68 %	84 %
65	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	3	2	50 %	84 %
66	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.15	34	6	47 %	91 %
67	Number of P Tags Size	-0.15	135	37	71 %	85 %
68	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	99	82	77 %	86 %
69	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	93	71	77 %	81 %
70	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.15	155	14	53 %	82 %
71	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.15	6	2	92 %	85 %
72	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.15	3	1	55 %	84 %
73	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.15	400	125	77 %	81 %
74	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	8	3	51 %	89 %
75	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.14	384	113	76 %	81 %
76	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.14	394	123	77 %	83 %
77	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.14	57	20	73 %	83 %
78	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.14	2416	917	83 %	85 %
79	Number of Includes Technology	-0.14	50	26	79 %	80 %
80	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	79	8	49 %	83 %
81	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.14	398	47	69 %	84 %
82	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	51 %	78 %
83	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.14	31	7	65 %	82 %
84	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.14	7065	693	60 %	91 %
85	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	60	16	37 %	81 %
86	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.14	1	1	71 %	80 %
87	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	21	5	53 %	90 %
88	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	24	17	82 %	74 %
89	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	35	3	35 %	85 %
90	Number of Links Authority	-0.14	408	122	77 %	82 %
91	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.14	155	29	75 %	80 %
92	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.14	31	6	39 %	93 %
93	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	9	71 %	76 %
94	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.14	510	54	37 %	84 %
95	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	44	12	72 %	81 %
96	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	81 %	75 %
97	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	24	17	82 %	74 %
98	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.13	148	10	55 %	83 %
99	Number of External Links Authority	-0.13	63	14	73 %	81 %
100	Number of Sentences Size	-0.13	458	122	80 %	84 %
101	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.13	313	21	46 %	86 %
102	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	74 %	73 %
103	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.13	245	66	65 %	82 %
104	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.13	89	60	95 %	62 %
105	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.13	1	1	69 %	77 %
106	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.13	40	8	57 %	85 %
107	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.13	98	5	41 %	77 %
108	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.13	549	9	38 %	80 %
109	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.13	818	270	81 %	83 %
110	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	4	1	22 %	79 %
111	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.13	6	1	28 %	79 %
112	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	27	12	71 %	77 %
113	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.13	1	1	50 %	75 %
114	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.13	7	2	35 %	81 %
115	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	1448	13	52 %	78 %
116	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.13	22	11	52 %	89 %
117	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	15 %	78 %
118	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.13	23	5	60 %	79 %
119	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.13	43	17	79 %	80 %
120	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	19	2	43 %	75 %
121	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.13	833	15	44 %	80 %
122	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	8	1	17 %	84 %
123	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.13	1	1	80 %	77 %
124	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	13	2	40 %	79 %
125	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.13	44	2	19 %	82 %
126	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	49 %	86 %
127	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	339	118	65 %	79 %
128	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	4	1	27 %	76 %
129	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	65 %	77 %
130	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	58 %	74 %
131	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	60 %	73 %
132	Uses Schema name Other	-0.13	1	1	58 %	71 %
133	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.13	21	2	26 %	81 %
134	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	61 %	72 %
135	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	41 %	67 %
136	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	6	1	26 %	79 %
137	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	45 %	72 %
138	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	98	22	51 %	90 %
139	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	13 %	79 %
140	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	58	5	37 %	78 %
141	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.12	55	19	65 %	80 %
142	Is Home Page Other	-0.12	1	1	21 %	46 %
143	Title Word Count Size	-0.12	12	8	81 %	78 %
144	Uses Schema aggregaterating Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	57 %
145	Number of Forms Technology	-0.12	10	2	46 %	78 %
146	Uses Schema applicationcategory Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	14 %
147	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.12	1	1	32 %	71 %
148	Title Length Size	-0.12	88	51	81 %	80 %
149	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.12	974	308	81 %	75 %
150	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.12	1	1	44 %	72 %
151	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	15 %	81 %
152	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	24 %	72 %
153	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	42 %	71 %
154	Has Form Technology	-0.12	1	1	46 %	74 %
155	Uses Schema operatingsystem Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	13 %
156	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.12	21	2	15 %	81 %
157	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	60 %	88 %
158	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	32 %	65 %
159	Headings Has Question Other	-0.12	1	1	34 %	73 %
160	Uses JSON-LD applicationCategory Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	14 %
161	Uses Schema product Other	-0.12	1	1	7 %	48 %
162	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	69 %
163	Uses Schema image Other	-0.12	1	1	21 %	67 %
164	Number of Questions Size	-0.12	68	10	65 %	81 %
165	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.12	15	1	18 %	76 %
166	Number of Prices Size	-0.12	620	74	66 %	80 %
167	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.12	1	1	32 %	71 %
168	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.12	1	1	40 %	73 %
169	Uses Schema url Other	-0.12	1	1	54 %	68 %
170	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	52 %	65 %
171	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.12	4	1	22 %	78 %
172	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.12	511	118	78 %	73 %
173	Uses JSON-LD AggregateRating Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	60 %
174	Number of HREF Lang Tags Size	-0.12	32	2	9 %	71 %
175	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	6	1	16 %	78 %
176	Uses JSON-LD operatingSystem Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	13 %
177	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.12	194	154	94 %	75 %
178	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	52 %	73 %
179	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.12	24	2	23 %	77 %
180	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	26 %	71 %
181	Uses JSON-LD Product Other	-0.12	1	1	6 %	49 %
182	Uses Schema ratingvalue Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	56 %
183	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	7 %	82 %
184	Percentage of NoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.12	12	1	11 %	70 %
185	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.12	1	1	22 %	67 %
186	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.12	1	1	52 %	78 %
187	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.11	8	1	22 %	79 %
188	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.11	3	1	22 %	74 %
189	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.11	4	1	15 %	79 %
190	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.11	1	1	39 %	65 %
191	Has HREF Lang Technology	-0.11	1	1	10 %	63 %
192	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.11	22	3	34 %	78 %
193	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.11	1	1	49 %	69 %
194	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.11	17	3	23 %	77 %
195	Uses Schema description Other	-0.11	1	1	47 %	66 %
196	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.11	1	1	33 %	69 %
197	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.11	30	4	22 %	79 %
198	Uses Schema website Other	-0.11	1	1	36 %	65 %
199	Variations in Class Attributes Relevancy	-0.11	1314	6	17 %	79 %
200	Variations in Figure Tags Relevancy	-0.11	51	6	12 %	75 %

Measures 149735 SEO Factors

148013 Built-In SEO Factors

138836 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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