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	-0.24	23402	1499	81 %	92 %
2	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.22	1217	280	79 %	79 %
3	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.22	21	6	77 %	90 %
4	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	51	38	96 %	93 %
5	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	6 %	70 %
6	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	38	28	96 %	93 %
7	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	17	12	95 %	93 %
8	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.21	1	1	6 %	70 %
9	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	8	3	62 %	88 %
10	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.2	5	1	40 %	87 %
11	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	185	7	60 %	91 %
12	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	139	6	59 %	91 %
13	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	60	4	57 %	90 %
14	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	279	172	96 %	90 %
15	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.19	4416	29	62 %	91 %
16	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.19	126160	310	75 %	90 %
17	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.19	63	26	71 %	89 %
18	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.19	126160	309	74 %	90 %
19	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.19	5	1	41 %	87 %
20	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.19	48120	128	70 %	91 %
21	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	4340	33	68 %	90 %
22	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	8	1	50 %	87 %
23	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.18	10	2	49 %	88 %
24	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.18	5	3	75 %	90 %
25	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.18	17	2	51 %	84 %
26	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.18	44	6	47 %	89 %
27	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.18	4466	21	60 %	90 %
28	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	12	2	62 %	86 %
29	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	5507	24	60 %	88 %
30	Word Count Size	-0.18	8898	1366	81 %	90 %
31	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.18	14365	1774	81 %	90 %
32	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	10	2	78 %	84 %
33	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.18	10	2	78 %	84 %
34	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	16	2	39 %	87 %
35	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	21	2	41 %	87 %
36	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	54	3	43 %	87 %
37	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	5147	26	63 %	89 %
38	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.17	76	12	70 %	90 %
39	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	5402	658	61 %	96 %
40	Number of P Tags Size	-0.17	146	35	70 %	89 %
41	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	4502	1009	81 %	89 %
42	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	151	6	64 %	88 %
43	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.17	23601	132	41 %	70 %
44	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	35	2	45 %	87 %
45	Number of Images Size	-0.17	442	34	71 %	89 %
46	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.17	4	1	66 %	89 %
47	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	609	119	63 %	96 %
48	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	606	116	59 %	96 %
49	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	76	20	71 %	90 %
50	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.17	436	26	65 %	88 %
51	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	17	5	63 %	92 %
52	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	55 %	87 %
53	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653492	8490	41 %	70 %
54	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	14861	58	57 %	89 %
55	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	30 %	86 %
56	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	2204	23	55 %	88 %
57	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	64 %	90 %
58	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.16	1919	143	76 %	87 %
59	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	1918	140	76 %	87 %
60	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	3207	36	55 %	90 %
61	Number of Links Authority	-0.16	1920	144	76 %	87 %
62	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.16	48881	106	60 %	85 %
63	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	7	1	92 %	87 %
64	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	32	2	52 %	86 %
65	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	76	25	78 %	82 %
66	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	25 %	86 %
67	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	22	4	53 %	93 %
68	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	173	4	67 %	83 %
69	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	582	8	46 %	89 %
70	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.16	743	128	75 %	88 %
71	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653204	7246	38 %	70 %
72	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	861	7	42 %	87 %
73	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	10	2	53 %	84 %
74	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	98	80	76 %	89 %
75	Number of Sentences Size	-0.16	540	125	79 %	86 %
76	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	271	9	24 %	87 %
77	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	237	2	58 %	84 %
78	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	5	2	69 %	79 %
79	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.16	9	1	51 %	83 %
80	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	117	19	52 %	94 %
81	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	50 %	83 %
82	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.15	35	6	39 %	88 %
83	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.15	1	1	69 %	84 %
84	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.15	133	14	52 %	86 %
85	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	50 %	85 %
86	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	90	70	75 %	86 %
87	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	17992	64	35 %	86 %
88	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	299474	1297	31 %	64 %
89	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.15	9	3	52 %	85 %
90	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.15	194	30	73 %	83 %
91	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	1057	49	66 %	85 %
92	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	7526	23	43 %	87 %
93	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.15	199	61	62 %	83 %
94	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	40	8	56 %	88 %
95	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	1603	13	70 %	86 %
96	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	45	17	77 %	82 %
97	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	80	3	32 %	88 %
98	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	80 %	83 %
99	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	78 %	85 %
100	Number of External Links Authority	-0.15	1604	15	71 %	86 %
101	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	39	2	47 %	84 %
102	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	69	9	53 %	87 %
103	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.15	25	16	81 %	82 %
104	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	48 %	85 %
105	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	2097	283	80 %	80 %
106	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.15	25	16	81 %	82 %
107	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	702	15	42 %	81 %
108	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	561	17	36 %	87 %
109	Number of Forms Technology	-0.14	14	2	48 %	82 %
110	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.14	24	4	58 %	83 %
111	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	32	10	52 %	90 %
112	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.14	6	1	29 %	85 %
113	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	49 %	81 %
114	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	61 %	82 %
115	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	1	20 %	82 %
116	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	15 %	84 %
117	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	31	9	70 %	80 %
118	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	67 %	79 %
119	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.14	8	2	34 %	86 %
120	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	908	312	80 %	75 %
121	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.14	128	4	40 %	82 %
122	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	35	12	69 %	81 %
123	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	13 %	84 %
124	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.14	1	1	42 %	74 %
125	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.14	20	2	39 %	80 %
126	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	205	20	45 %	93 %
127	Number of Questions Size	-0.14	237	12	64 %	79 %
128	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.13	71	2	24 %	84 %
129	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	47 %	79 %
130	Uses Schema name Other	-0.13	1	1	57 %	74 %
131	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	30	8	80 %	74 %
132	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3225	12	34 %	85 %
133	Title Length Size	-0.13	186	50	80 %	75 %
134	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	71 %	78 %
135	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	60 %	75 %
136	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	14	2	39 %	82 %
137	Number of Prices Size	-0.13	1031	83	64 %	79 %
138	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.13	23	3	33 %	82 %
139	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.13	463	123	76 %	71 %
140	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	13	1	25 %	83 %
141	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	11	1	17 %	83 %
142	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	77 %
143	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	300	116	64 %	77 %
144	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	44 %	81 %
145	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	77 %
146	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	1	21 %	83 %
147	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	40 %	74 %
148	Headings Has Question Other	-0.13	1	1	34 %	81 %
149	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	48	19	64 %	77 %
150	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	22 %	82 %
151	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	53 %	71 %
152	Is Store Page Other	-0.13	1	1	43 %	70 %
153	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	57 %	77 %
154	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	3	1	26 %	78 %
155	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	11	1	15 %	88 %
156	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	63 %	74 %
157	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	260	5	35 %	81 %
158	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	147	3	47 %	77 %
159	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	58 %	73 %
160	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.13	1	1	53 %	77 %
161	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.13	26	2	14 %	85 %
162	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.12	43	2	22 %	82 %
163	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.12	293	4	22 %	81 %
164	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	74 %
165	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	40 %	82 %
166	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	41 %	74 %
167	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.12	256	11	22 %	80 %
168	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	69 %
169	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	68 %
170	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	68 %
171	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.12	25	2	18 %	84 %
172	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.12	1	1	32 %	71 %
173	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	69 %
174	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	69 %
175	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	13 %	85 %
176	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	5	1	16 %	80 %
177	Uses Microdata potentialAction Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	17 %
178	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	67 %
179	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.12	1	1	32 %	71 %
180	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.12	13	1	22 %	78 %
181	Uses Schema streetaddress Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	68 %
182	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.12	1	1	47 %	74 %
183	Uses Microdata target Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	18 %
184	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	8 %	83 %
185	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	51 %	71 %
186	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	72 %
187	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	69 %
188	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	47	1	16 %	80 %
189	Uses Microdata SearchAction Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	17 %
190	Uses JSON-LD postalCode Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	68 %
191	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	30 %	67 %
192	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	51 %	67 %
193	Uses Schema image Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	72 %
194	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	9	1	14 %	80 %
195	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.12	1	1	29 %	73 %
196	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	68 %
197	Uses Schema website Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	71 %
198	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.12	43	2	16 %	90 %
199	Uses Schema potentialaction Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	17 %
200	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.12	1	1	29 %	74 %

Measures 150066 SEO Factors

148344 Built-In SEO Factors

139146 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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