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	20717	1454	81 %	91 %
2	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.22	1217	284	79 %	80 %
3	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	51	38	96 %	93 %
4	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.22	19	6	77 %	91 %
5	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	38	29	96 %	93 %
6	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	17	12	95 %	93 %
7	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.21	8	3	63 %	87 %
8	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.21	1	1	6 %	67 %
9	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.2	5	1	40 %	86 %
10	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	270	173	96 %	91 %
11	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	128	7	61 %	91 %
12	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	119	6	60 %	91 %
13	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	40	4	58 %	90 %
14	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.19	63	26	73 %	88 %
15	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.19	1	1	6 %	67 %
16	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.19	850	27	63 %	92 %
17	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.19	5	1	42 %	87 %
18	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.19	64311	252	75 %	90 %
19	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.19	64311	252	75 %	90 %
20	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.19	10	2	51 %	86 %
21	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.19	20119	105	71 %	90 %
22	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.18	17	2	51 %	83 %
23	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.18	44	7	49 %	88 %
24	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	8	1	51 %	87 %
25	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	2329	31	69 %	90 %
26	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.18	4	3	76 %	90 %
27	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	11	2	41 %	87 %
28	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	63 %	85 %
29	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1563	20	62 %	90 %
30	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	12	2	43 %	87 %
31	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	2937	22	62 %	89 %
32	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	32	3	44 %	87 %
33	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.17	14365	1742	81 %	90 %
34	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	10	2	78 %	85 %
35	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	10	2	78 %	85 %
36	Word Count Size	-0.17	6869	1347	81 %	90 %
37	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	4222	668	63 %	96 %
38	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	4141	24	64 %	89 %
39	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	22	2	46 %	87 %
40	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	118	6	65 %	88 %
41	Number of P Tags Size	-0.17	146	35	70 %	89 %
42	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.17	76	12	71 %	90 %
43	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	574	120	64 %	96 %
44	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	480	117	61 %	96 %
45	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	56 %	88 %
46	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	14	5	64 %	91 %
47	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	4502	1020	81 %	89 %
48	Number of Images Size	-0.17	322	35	72 %	89 %
49	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.17	23601	143	41 %	68 %
50	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	2	1	26 %	86 %
51	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	31 %	88 %
52	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.17	4	1	66 %	89 %
53	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	6573	51	58 %	89 %
54	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	1069	22	57 %	88 %
55	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.16	76	21	72 %	90 %
56	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.16	292	27	66 %	88 %
57	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	1600	35	57 %	89 %
58	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.16	24475	82	61 %	85 %
59	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653492	9795	41 %	69 %
60	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	6	1	92 %	88 %
61	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	22	4	54 %	93 %
62	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	23	2	53 %	85 %
63	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	98	81	76 %	90 %
64	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	136	4	68 %	83 %
65	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	65 %	91 %
66	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	582	8	47 %	88 %
67	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	861	7	43 %	87 %
68	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.16	1919	147	76 %	87 %
69	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	1918	144	76 %	88 %
70	Number of Links Authority	-0.16	1920	148	76 %	87 %
71	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	117	20	54 %	94 %
72	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	5	2	68 %	79 %
73	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	10	2	54 %	84 %
74	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	52 %	83 %
75	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	192	2	59 %	83 %
76	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	52	25	78 %	83 %
77	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	271	9	24 %	88 %
78	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.16	6	1	52 %	83 %
79	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.16	35	6	41 %	87 %
80	Number of Sentences Size	-0.16	490	122	79 %	86 %
81	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653204	8390	37 %	68 %
82	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.16	743	132	75 %	87 %
83	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.16	1	1	69 %	83 %
84	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	51 %	83 %
85	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.15	9	3	54 %	84 %
86	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.15	133	14	53 %	86 %
87	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.15	199	61	62 %	83 %
88	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	90	70	75 %	87 %
89	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1450	19	44 %	87 %
90	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	78 %	85 %
91	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	81 %	83 %
92	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	50 %	84 %
93	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	80	3	33 %	89 %
94	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	10915	54	35 %	86 %
95	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.15	194	30	73 %	83 %
96	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	35	16	78 %	82 %
97	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	299474	1493	31 %	63 %
98	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	40	9	56 %	89 %
99	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	1057	50	67 %	85 %
100	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	2097	286	80 %	80 %
101	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	1603	14	70 %	87 %
102	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	21	2	47 %	84 %
103	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.15	25	17	81 %	82 %
104	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.15	25	17	81 %	81 %
105	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	63 %	81 %
106	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.14	69	9	53 %	86 %
107	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	32	10	53 %	90 %
108	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.14	6	1	29 %	85 %
109	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.14	24	4	59 %	84 %
110	Number of External Links Authority	-0.14	1604	15	72 %	86 %
111	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	702	16	43 %	80 %
112	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	561	18	36 %	86 %
113	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	50 %	81 %
114	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	21 %	83 %
115	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	67 %	79 %
116	Number of Forms Technology	-0.14	14	2	48 %	82 %
117	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.14	8	2	35 %	86 %
118	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	15 %	84 %
119	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	908	307	80 %	76 %
120	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.14	122	4	40 %	82 %
121	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	9	70 %	79 %
122	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	13 %	85 %
123	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	32	11	69 %	82 %
124	Number of Questions Size	-0.14	237	12	65 %	79 %
125	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	205	20	46 %	93 %
126	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	27	2	25 %	84 %
127	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.14	463	119	77 %	72 %
128	Uses Schema name Other	-0.13	1	1	57 %	76 %
129	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.13	1	1	43 %	75 %
130	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	72 %	78 %
131	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	60 %	76 %
132	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	20	2	39 %	81 %
133	Number of Prices Size	-0.13	1031	83	64 %	79 %
134	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	15	8	80 %	74 %
135	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	11	1	18 %	84 %
136	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.13	931	10	34 %	85 %
137	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	77 %
138	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	13	1	26 %	82 %
139	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	77 %
140	Title Length Size	-0.13	111	50	80 %	76 %
141	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	300	115	64 %	78 %
142	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	14	2	39 %	82 %
143	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	44 %	80 %
144	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	48 %	79 %
145	Headings Has Question Other	-0.13	1	1	35 %	81 %
146	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	1	22 %	82 %
147	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.13	19	3	33 %	83 %
148	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	48	19	64 %	78 %
149	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	40 %	74 %
150	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	23 %	83 %
151	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	63 %	74 %
152	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	53 %	72 %
153	Is Store Page Other	-0.13	1	1	43 %	70 %
154	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	116	3	49 %	77 %
155	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.13	43	2	22 %	83 %
156	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	42 %	81 %
157	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	57 %	77 %
158	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	260	5	35 %	81 %
159	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.13	1	1	39 %	74 %
160	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	11	1	15 %	88 %
161	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.12	3	1	26 %	77 %
162	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.12	293	4	23 %	81 %
163	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	41 %	74 %
164	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	58 %	73 %
165	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	70 %
166	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	70 %
167	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.12	26	2	14 %	85 %
168	Uses Microdata potentialAction Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	19 %
169	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	70 %
170	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.12	1	1	53 %	77 %
171	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.12	25	2	19 %	83 %
172	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	70 %
173	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	5	1	16 %	81 %
174	Uses Microdata target Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	20 %
175	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.12	1	1	32 %	72 %
176	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	70 %
177	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	70 %
178	Uses Microdata SearchAction Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	20 %
179	Uses Schema streetaddress Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	70 %
180	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	54 %	76 %
181	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.12	1	1	48 %	74 %
182	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.12	256	11	22 %	80 %
183	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	30 %	69 %
184	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	71 %
185	Uses JSON-LD postalCode Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	70 %
186	Uses Schema potentialaction Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	19 %
187	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.12	1	1	29 %	73 %
188	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	70 %
189	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.12	13	1	22 %	79 %
190	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	13 %	85 %
191	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	73 %
192	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	50 %	72 %
193	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	10	1	17 %	80 %
194	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.12	1	1	32 %	71 %
195	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	8 %	84 %
196	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	51 %	67 %
197	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	7	1	15 %	80 %
198	Uses Schema image Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	74 %
199	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.12	1	1	20 %	64 %
200	Uses Schema website Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	72 %

Measures 150026 SEO Factors

148304 Built-In SEO Factors

139107 On-page SEO Factors

9197 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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