200 Top SEO Ranking Factors August 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-08 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.39	17	12	50 %	33 %
2	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.34	1965	659	39 %	67 %
3	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.33	7728	2760	46 %	83 %
4	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.33	255	74	46 %	83 %
5	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.31	7597	2234	40 %	83 %
6	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.3	24	17	73 %	67 %
7	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.3	1063	921	84 %	50 %
8	Word Count Size	-0.3	3111	2166	84 %	67 %
9	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.29	1	1	45 %	67 %
10	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.28	5	3	85 %	83 %
11	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.27	236	154	79 %	67 %
12	Number of Links Authority	-0.27	239	154	79 %	67 %
13	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.26	210	136	78 %	67 %
14	Has Copyright Trust	-0.26	1	1	81 %	33 %
15	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.26	5	3	57 %	83 %
16	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.25	51	35	80 %	83 %
17	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.25	21	8	37 %	67 %
18	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.25	19	11	64 %	83 %
19	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.25	1	1	62 %	100 %
20	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.25	2015	1470	82 %	67 %
21	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.24	4278	2960	80 %	83 %
22	Number of Images Size	-0.24	46	30	78 %	83 %
23	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.24	4	2	38 %	67 %
24	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.24	1	1	37 %	67 %
25	Uses Microdata telephone Other	-0.23	1	1	3 %	17 %
26	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.23	1	1	72 %	50 %
27	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.23	82	80	82 %	33 %
28	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.23	32	15	61 %	100 %
29	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.23	23	10	40 %	67 %
30	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	12	7	67 %	83 %
31	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.22	1	1	48 %	67 %
32	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.22	2	1	45 %	100 %
33	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.22	2	1	70 %	100 %
34	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.22	18	10	45 %	67 %
35	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.22	1	1	45 %	67 %
36	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.22	1	1	74 %	50 %
37	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.22	1	1	61 %	50 %
38	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.22	1	1	71 %	50 %
39	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.22	1	1	38 %	67 %
40	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.21	1	1	31 %	83 %
41	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.21	38	19	68 %	100 %
42	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.21	577	269	78 %	100 %
43	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.21	2	2	40 %	67 %
44	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	67 %	83 %
45	Uses Schema website Other	-0.21	1	1	35 %	67 %
46	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.21	18	13	73 %	83 %
47	Uses JSON-LD address Other	-0.21	1	1	3 %	17 %
48	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.21	1	1	46 %	67 %
49	Uses Microdata LegalService Other	-0.21	1	1	2 %	17 %
50	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	19	10	68 %	67 %
51	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.21	91	75	67 %	67 %
52	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	16 %	83 %
53	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	11	6	59 %	83 %
54	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	572	264	75 %	100 %
55	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	57 %	83 %
56	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	279	230	91 %	83 %
57	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.2	1	1	48 %	67 %
58	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	57 %	83 %
59	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.2	9	4	34 %	100 %
60	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	22	11	69 %	67 %
61	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	75	38	70 %	83 %
62	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.19	1	1	65 %	50 %
63	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.19	19	17	82 %	100 %
64	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.19	19	17	82 %	100 %
65	Uses JSON-LD SearchAction Other	-0.19	1	1	32 %	67 %
66	Uses Schema streetaddress Other	-0.19	1	1	38 %	67 %
67	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.19	79	34	68 %	83 %
68	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	8	5	75 %	83 %
69	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.19	49	39	90 %	100 %
70	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.19	1	1	79 %	67 %
71	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.19	1	1	68 %	50 %
72	Number of External Links Authority	-0.19	30	19	73 %	100 %
73	Uses JSON-LD contactOption Other	-0.19	1	1	2 %	17 %
74	Uses Microdata addressCountry Other	-0.19	1	1	2 %	17 %
75	Uses Microdata geo Other	-0.19	1	1	2 %	17 %
76	Uses Microdata GeoCoordinates Other	-0.19	1	1	2 %	17 %
77	Uses Microdata latitude Other	-0.19	1	1	2 %	17 %
78	Uses Microdata longitude Other	-0.19	1	1	2 %	17 %
79	Headings Has Question Other	-0.19	1	1	39 %	83 %
80	Uses Schema attorney Other	-0.19	1	1	7 %	50 %
81	Uses Schema contactoption Other	-0.19	1	1	2 %	17 %
82	Uses Schema geo Other	-0.19	1	1	2 %	17 %
83	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.19	1	1	48 %	67 %
84	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.19	2	1	46 %	100 %
85	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.19	1	1	74 %	67 %
86	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.19	1	1	37 %	67 %
87	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.19	14	9	69 %	100 %
88	Uses Schema name Other	-0.19	1	1	76 %	50 %
89	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	23 %	83 %
90	Uses JSON-LD postalCode Other	-0.19	1	1	35 %	83 %
91	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.19	38	23	69 %	83 %
92	Is Home Page Other	-0.19	1	1	10 %	67 %
93	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	24 %	83 %
94	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.18	237	131	77 %	100 %
95	Uses Schema legalservice Other	-0.18	1	1	38 %	50 %
96	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.18	1	1	57 %	67 %
97	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	2	2	70 %	67 %
98	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.18	153	149	90 %	83 %
99	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.18	20	9	51 %	83 %
100	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.18	30	18	72 %	100 %
101	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	37	29	90 %	100 %
102	Uses JSON-LD Campground Other	-0.18	1	1	1 %	17 %
103	Uses JSON-LD mainEntity Other	-0.18	1	1	1 %	17 %
104	Uses Microdata logo Other	-0.18	1	1	2 %	33 %
105	Uses Schema campground Other	-0.18	1	1	1 %	17 %
106	Uses Schema servicetype Other	-0.18	1	1	6 %	33 %
107	Uses JSON-LD Attorney Other	-0.18	1	1	6 %	50 %
108	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.18	1	1	41 %	67 %
109	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.18	1	1	32 %	83 %
110	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.18	45	26	76 %	100 %
111	Uses JSON-LD addressRegion Other	-0.18	1	1	29 %	100 %
112	Uses Schema url Other	-0.18	1	1	59 %	50 %
113	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	3	2	28 %	83 %
114	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.18	1	1	31 %	83 %
115	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.18	79	64	89 %	33 %
116	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	37 %	100 %
117	Number of P Tags Size	-0.18	72	51	71 %	100 %
118	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	52 %	83 %
119	Uses JSON-LD LegalService	-0.17	1	1	38 %	50 %
120	Is Article Page Other	-0.17	1	1	54 %	67 %
121	Uses Schema pricerange Other	-0.17	1	1	27 %	67 %
122	Number of Forms Technology	-0.17	2	2	56 %	83 %
123	Variations in Form Tags Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	23 %	83 %
124	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.17	1	1	36 %	83 %
125	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.17	1	1	48 %	83 %
126	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	46 %	83 %
127	Uses JSON-LD award Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	33 %
128	Uses JSON-LD NewsArticle Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	17 %
129	Uses JSON-LD OrganizationRole Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	33 %
130	Uses JSON-LD SearchResultsPage Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	33 %
131	Uses JSON-LD specialty Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	33 %
132	Uses Microdata CompleteDataFeed Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	17 %
133	Uses Microdata dataFeedElement Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	17 %
134	Uses Microdata DataFeedItem Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	17 %
135	Uses Schema award Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	33 %
136	Uses Schema completedatafeed Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	17 %
137	Uses Schema datafeedelement Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	17 %
138	Uses Schema datafeeditem Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	17 %
139	Uses Schema newsarticle Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	17 %
140	Uses Schema organizationrole Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	33 %
141	Uses Schema searchresultspage Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	33 %
142	Uses Schema specialty Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	33 %
143	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.17	15	12	90 %	100 %
144	Uses JSON-LD ProfessionalService Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	33 %
145	Uses Schema professionalservice Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	33 %
146	Uses JSON-LD priceRange Other	-0.17	1	1	27 %	67 %
147	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	28 %	83 %
148	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.16	54	34	72 %	50 %
149	Uses Schema image Other	-0.16	1	1	39 %	50 %
150	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	74 %	67 %
151	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.16	2	2	61 %	67 %
152	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.16	4	3	67 %	100 %
153	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	42 %	100 %
154	Variations in Class Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	9	3	16 %	100 %
155	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	49 %	83 %
156	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.16	62	28	40 %	100 %
157	Uses JSON-LD ScholarlyArticle Other	-0.16	1	1	1 %	17 %
158	Uses JSON-LD telePhone Other	-0.16	1	1	32 %	67 %
159	Uses Microdata dateCreated Other	-0.16	1	1	1 %	33 %
160	Uses Schema scholarlyarticle Other	-0.16	1	1	1 %	17 %
161	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.16	1	1	33 %	83 %
162	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.16	12	9	75 %	67 %
163	Percentage of NoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	3	2	21 %	67 %
164	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	12	6	42 %	100 %
165	Has DocType Tag Technology	-0.16	1	1	71 %	50 %
166	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.16	1	1	51 %	67 %
167	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.16	1	1	59 %	67 %
168	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.16	1	1	43 %	67 %
169	Uses JSON-LD Article Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	50 %
170	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.15	3	2	56 %	67 %
171	Number of NoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	2	2	18 %	67 %
172	Uses Schema hasmap Other	-0.15	1	1	16 %	67 %
173	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.15	1	1	22 %	83 %
174	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	5	3	27 %	83 %
175	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	7	3	39 %	83 %
176	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.15	7	4	20 %	100 %
177	Uses JSON-LD WebSite Other	-0.15	1	1	20 %	83 %
178	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.15	3	2	45 %	83 %
179	Uses JSON-LD ContactPoint Other	-0.15	1	1	8 %	67 %
180	Uses JSON-LD Hotel Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
181	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.15	1	1	27 %	50 %
182	Uses JSON-LD QuantitativeValue Other	-0.15	1	1	2 %	33 %
183	Uses Microdata additionalName Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
184	Uses Microdata agentInteractionStatistic Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
185	Uses Microdata alternateName Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
186	Uses Microdata Collection Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
187	Uses Microdata commentCount Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
188	Uses Microdata EntryPoint Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
189	Uses Microdata hasPart Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
190	Uses Microdata homeLocation Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
191	Uses Microdata isPartOf Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
192	Uses Microdata owns Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
193	Uses Microdata Place Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
194	Uses Microdata potentialAction Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
195	Uses Microdata ProfilePage Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
196	Uses Microdata relatedLink Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
197	Uses Microdata SearchAction Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
198	Uses Microdata sharedContent Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
199	Uses Microdata SocialMediaPosting Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %
200	Uses Microdata target Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	17 %

Measures 153994 SEO Factors

152272 Built-In SEO Factors

143052 On-page SEO Factors

9220 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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