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	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.26	919	285	82 %	79 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.26	18	8	81 %	91 %
3	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.25	51	41	96 %	93 %
4	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.25	38	31	96 %	93 %
5	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.24	20717	1329	83 %	95 %
6	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.23	3	2	49 %	88 %
7	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	29	5	63 %	91 %
8	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.23	8	3	68 %	95 %
9	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	270	191	96 %	92 %
10	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.23	63	28	76 %	95 %
11	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	16	13	95 %	91 %
12	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	41	7	65 %	92 %
13	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	44	9	66 %	93 %
14	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.22	3	2	50 %	88 %
15	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.22	44	8	55 %	96 %
16	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.22	4	2	61 %	85 %
17	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.21	230	8	26 %	89 %
18	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	25	4	52 %	90 %
19	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.21	107	34	69 %	89 %
20	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.21	10	2	57 %	93 %
21	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.21	449	152	72 %	95 %
22	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.21	446	148	69 %	95 %
23	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	6	2	46 %	89 %
24	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.21	387	116	75 %	90 %
25	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.21	6	2	54 %	87 %
26	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.21	93	32	73 %	90 %
27	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.2	769	211	79 %	89 %
28	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.2	769	211	79 %	89 %
29	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.2	22	7	70 %	92 %
30	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	7	2	49 %	89 %
31	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	35 %	88 %
32	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	69 %	87 %
33	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	82 %	86 %
34	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	82 %	87 %
35	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.19	185	63	66 %	89 %
36	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.19	1	1	5 %	67 %
37	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	5	1	56 %	90 %
38	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.19	2501	696	63 %	95 %
39	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	136	23	66 %	89 %
40	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.19	4	3	79 %	89 %
41	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.19	9	4	59 %	93 %
42	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.19	4	2	60 %	88 %
43	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.19	1	1	4 %	66 %
44	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	2	1	29 %	87 %
45	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	62 %	87 %
46	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.19	155	27	67 %	91 %
47	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	14	6	65 %	94 %
48	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.19	7758	1740	83 %	89 %
49	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	58 %	90 %
50	Number of Images Size	-0.19	257	30	75 %	89 %
51	Word Count Size	-0.18	6869	1428	83 %	89 %
52	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	8	1	15 %	90 %
53	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	88	23	68 %	89 %
54	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.18	3	2	59 %	87 %
55	Number of P Tags Size	-0.18	103	38	75 %	88 %
56	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	117	24	56 %	94 %
57	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	183	46	64 %	90 %
58	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.18	49	12	74 %	90 %
59	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.18	251	22	70 %	88 %
60	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	132	31	64 %	90 %
61	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.18	29	7	46 %	95 %
62	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.18	157	72	66 %	88 %
63	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.18	28	11	53 %	89 %
64	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.18	321	48	67 %	86 %
65	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	22	5	56 %	93 %
66	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	14	4	72 %	85 %
67	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	17	2	14 %	90 %
68	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.17	133	14	59 %	89 %
69	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	2849	1003	83 %	88 %
70	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	64	23	75 %	89 %
71	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.17	4	2	55 %	84 %
72	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	56 %	90 %
73	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	2	1	13 %	86 %
74	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	3	1	26 %	89 %
75	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	5	2	65 %	85 %
76	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	311	117	81 %	88 %
77	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	75	6	47 %	86 %
78	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	58 %	85 %
79	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.17	2097	278	82 %	80 %
80	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	29	2	17 %	90 %
81	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.17	1	1	57 %	84 %
82	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	10 %	85 %
83	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	26	11	56 %	92 %
84	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	8	69 %	90 %
85	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	12	3	39 %	93 %
86	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	68 %	89 %
87	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.16	2395	138	45 %	35 %
88	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.16	3	1	38 %	88 %
89	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.16	166	23	48 %	90 %
90	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	98	83	79 %	89 %
91	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.16	482053	10703	45 %	36 %
92	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.16	1	1	39 %	79 %
93	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.16	141	25	42 %	85 %
94	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	6	2	93 %	87 %
95	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.16	13	5	63 %	84 %
96	Number of Questions Size	-0.16	200	13	68 %	83 %
97	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	4	2	58 %	85 %
98	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.16	7	2	40 %	86 %
99	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.16	1	1	40 %	79 %
100	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.15	1919	144	78 %	87 %
101	Uses Schema name Other	-0.15	1	1	63 %	78 %
102	Number of Includes Technology	-0.15	42	27	82 %	79 %
103	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	18 %	86 %
104	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.15	1	1	48 %	79 %
105	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.15	1	1	37 %	77 %
106	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.15	1	1	51 %	84 %
107	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.15	533	122	78 %	87 %
108	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	31	17	80 %	78 %
109	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	1918	143	79 %	88 %
110	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	9 %	84 %
111	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	16 %	88 %
112	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	89	73	78 %	89 %
113	Number of Links Authority	-0.15	1920	144	79 %	86 %
114	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	691	292	83 %	82 %
115	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	481482	9623	40 %	36 %
116	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.15	702	14	52 %	87 %
117	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	38974	938	35 %	33 %
118	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	66 %	79 %
119	Uses Schema url Other	-0.15	1	1	59 %	75 %
120	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.15	1	1	72 %	79 %
121	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.15	4	2	70 %	89 %
122	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	10	3	29 %	87 %
123	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	333	48	36 %	89 %
124	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.15	1	1	52 %	81 %
125	Headings Has Question Other	-0.15	1	1	40 %	83 %
126	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.15	409	89	80 %	77 %
127	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	41	9	57 %	87 %
128	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.15	7	2	31 %	81 %
129	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	48 %	89 %
130	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.15	12	4	27 %	81 %
131	Is Article Page Other	-0.15	1	1	47 %	82 %
132	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	27	9	61 %	89 %
133	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	5	2	70 %	76 %
134	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.15	1	1	55 %	79 %
135	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	80 %	84 %
136	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.15	1	1	40 %	75 %
137	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.15	104	12	24 %	84 %
138	Uses Schema description Other	-0.15	1	1	52 %	75 %
139	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.15	1	1	73 %	83 %
140	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	61 %	86 %
141	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.14	21	3	28 %	85 %
142	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	99	22	49 %	94 %
143	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.14	7	3	23 %	90 %
144	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.14	1	1	37 %	74 %
145	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.14	808	49	71 %	84 %
146	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.14	10	4	36 %	79 %
147	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	82 %	84 %
148	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.14	1	1	44 %	75 %
149	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.14	1	1	38 %	76 %
150	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	2	22 %	83 %
151	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.14	1	1	37 %	77 %
152	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.14	12	4	55 %	81 %
153	Uses Schema imageobject Other	-0.14	1	1	41 %	73 %
154	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.14	1	1	36 %	75 %
155	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.14	1	1	45 %	74 %
156	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	19 %	84 %
157	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.14	1	1	63 %	79 %
158	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.14	1	1	35 %	79 %
159	Meta Description Length Size	-0.14	270	123	69 %	80 %
160	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	8	1	22 %	84 %
161	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	275	18	42 %	88 %
162	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.14	4	1	26 %	84 %
163	Number of Forms Technology	-0.14	10	2	48 %	77 %
164	Has XMLRPC Technology	-0.14	1	1	35 %	74 %
165	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.14	1	1	75 %	77 %
166	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	63 %	80 %
167	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.14	1	1	34 %	80 %
168	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.14	1	1	37 %	76 %
169	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.14	1	1	59 %	77 %
170	Title Length Size	-0.14	111	51	82 %	78 %
171	Uses Schema aggregaterating Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	70 %
172	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.14	194	29	76 %	79 %
173	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.14	109	4	45 %	83 %
174	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	23	16	82 %	80 %
175	Has RSS Link Authority	-0.14	1	1	35 %	74 %
176	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	68 %	79 %
177	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.13	23	16	82 %	79 %
178	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.13	4	2	85 %	65 %
179	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	1603	17	72 %	83 %
180	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.13	1	1	26 %	72 %
181	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	47	20	69 %	82 %
182	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.13	1	1	37 %	71 %
183	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	15	8	82 %	78 %
184	Uses Schema datepublished Other	-0.13	1	1	41 %	68 %
185	Number of External Links Authority	-0.13	1604	19	74 %	82 %
186	Variations in Style Tags Relevancy	-0.13	90	5	15 %	87 %
187	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.13	2	1	42 %	79 %
188	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.13	1	1	27 %	76 %
189	Uses Schema website Other	-0.13	1	1	40 %	77 %
190	Number of Prices Size	-0.13	574	67	68 %	80 %
191	Variations in Form Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	13 %	81 %
192	Exact Matches in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	6	1	8 %	87 %
193	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	1	25 %	82 %
194	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.13	19	11	74 %	78 %
195	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	30 %	73 %
196	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.13	1	1	24 %	70 %
197	Uses Schema image Other	-0.13	1	1	24 %	70 %
198	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.13	1	1	30 %	75 %
199	Uses Schema caption Other	-0.13	1	1	28 %	70 %
200	Uses JSON-LD caption Other	-0.13	1	1	28 %	72 %

Measures 149814 SEO Factors

148092 Built-In SEO Factors

138915 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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