200 Top SEO Ranking Factors April 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-04 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.23	14022	1509	81 %	93 %
2	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.22	897	302	79 %	80 %
3	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.22	32	6	74 %	90 %
4	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	16	11	94 %	94 %
5	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	6 %	79 %
6	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	50	36	96 %	94 %
7	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	38	27	96 %	95 %
8	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.21	1	1	6 %	79 %
9	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.2	60	26	72 %	94 %
10	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	7	3	60 %	92 %
11	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	212	8	55 %	90 %
12	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	103	4	52 %	91 %
13	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.2	123426	1223	71 %	90 %
14	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	192	7	54 %	91 %
15	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.2	123426	1205	70 %	92 %
16	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.2	57274	423	66 %	92 %
17	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.19	271	166	96 %	92 %
18	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.19	2637	43	57 %	93 %
19	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.19	818	134	61 %	96 %
20	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.19	1985	140	66 %	96 %
21	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.19	27	7	46 %	93 %
22	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.19	6	3	70 %	90 %
23	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.19	7	2	48 %	91 %
24	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.18	16	2	75 %	83 %
25	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	16	2	75 %	83 %
26	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	20	2	37 %	88 %
27	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	13	1	46 %	86 %
28	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	5213	73	63 %	92 %
29	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.18	3194	36	55 %	90 %
30	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.18	9	1	38 %	86 %
31	Word Count Size	-0.18	4223	1384	81 %	91 %
32	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	17	2	35 %	89 %
33	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.18	7638	1002	81 %	87 %
34	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.18	8545	1907	81 %	91 %
35	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	14	2	58 %	88 %
36	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	5970	55	55 %	89 %
37	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	4412	57	57 %	88 %
38	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	3328	738	60 %	95 %
39	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.18	49	13	66 %	89 %
40	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.17	120	20	63 %	87 %
41	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.17	34	2	48 %	84 %
42	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	27	6	65 %	92 %
43	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.17	10	1	40 %	87 %
44	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	99	3	38 %	90 %
45	Number of P Tags Size	-0.17	99	36	66 %	89 %
46	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	53	19	67 %	89 %
47	Number of Includes Technology	-0.17	49	25	76 %	81 %
48	Number of Images Size	-0.17	125	28	68 %	88 %
49	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	59	2	42 %	87 %
50	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.17	28	7	38 %	94 %
51	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	49 %	87 %
52	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.17	16	7	60 %	91 %
53	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	177	5	62 %	84 %
54	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.17	600	131	73 %	88 %
55	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	1294	14	40 %	83 %
56	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	8	3	52 %	89 %
57	Number of Links Authority	-0.17	601	133	73 %	88 %
58	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	14	4	51 %	93 %
59	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.17	5	1	62 %	91 %
60	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.17	592	130	73 %	89 %
61	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	48 %	87 %
62	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.17	6	2	50 %	85 %
63	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.17	595	120	72 %	88 %
64	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.16	27458	234	33 %	88 %
65	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	26 %	82 %
66	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.16	12	1	49 %	82 %
67	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1482	17	43 %	90 %
68	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	3488	48	49 %	90 %
69	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.16	32	2	43 %	82 %
70	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.16	19	2	48 %	83 %
71	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	279	4	54 %	84 %
72	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	10336	129	51 %	92 %
73	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	23 %	84 %
74	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	2133	32	49 %	91 %
75	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.16	58268	488	57 %	87 %
76	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	3	2	73 %	77 %
77	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.16	22	9	69 %	82 %
78	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.16	94	67	72 %	86 %
79	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.16	178	6	57 %	88 %
80	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	46 %	89 %
81	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.16	149	31	71 %	86 %
82	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	100	78	73 %	90 %
83	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.16	7019	122	44 %	78 %
84	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.16	28	8	52 %	85 %
85	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	432	11	26 %	87 %
86	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	10756	46	39 %	86 %
87	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.15	1945422	15036	44 %	80 %
88	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	48 %	84 %
89	Number of Forms Technology	-0.15	10	2	47 %	80 %
90	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	96	21	50 %	95 %
91	Number of Sentences Size	-0.15	660	135	77 %	85 %
92	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1611	23	32 %	88 %
93	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	409	48	63 %	87 %
94	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.15	229	19	50 %	87 %
95	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.15	6	1	93 %	89 %
96	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	71	9	52 %	88 %
97	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.15	25	16	81 %	83 %
98	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.15	25	16	81 %	83 %
99	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	1945374	9987	40 %	78 %
100	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	80 %	83 %
101	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	56	12	68 %	87 %
102	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.15	1	1	68 %	82 %
103	Number of External Links Authority	-0.15	59	14	69 %	88 %
104	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.15	55	10	53 %	92 %
105	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	10	2	32 %	83 %
106	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.15	1	1	66 %	81 %
107	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	1063	262	79 %	82 %
108	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	40	17	76 %	77 %
109	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	119	3	29 %	85 %
110	Has Form Technology	-0.14	1	1	46 %	77 %
111	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	60 %	88 %
112	Title Word Count Size	-0.14	40	8	78 %	78 %
113	Meta Description Length Size	-0.14	546	117	63 %	80 %
114	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.14	207	56	62 %	83 %
115	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.14	82	19	63 %	80 %
116	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	1	17 %	86 %
117	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.14	1851383	5763	33 %	72 %
118	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.14	3	1	24 %	79 %
119	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	1037	339	79 %	72 %
120	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	345	11	37 %	84 %
121	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	48 %	82 %
122	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3828	25	30 %	85 %
123	Title Length Size	-0.14	236	51	79 %	78 %
124	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	62 %	80 %
125	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.14	1	1	77 %	82 %
126	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	38 %	86 %
127	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.14	1	1	53 %	80 %
128	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.14	1	1	38 %	76 %
129	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	12 %	81 %
130	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	18 %	81 %
131	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	59 %	78 %
132	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	13	1	17 %	84 %
133	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	57 %	73 %
134	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	7	2	37 %	84 %
135	Headings Has Question Other	-0.13	1	1	31 %	80 %
136	Number of Questions Size	-0.13	65	12	62 %	79 %
137	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	106	22	43 %	90 %
138	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.13	3	1	25 %	83 %
139	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.13	27	3	30 %	81 %
140	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	52 %	82 %
141	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.13	110	2	22 %	82 %
142	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.13	20	4	57 %	81 %
143	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.13	14	2	16 %	89 %
144	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	10 %	81 %
145	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	24	11	67 %	84 %
146	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	41 %	82 %
147	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	101	2	23 %	82 %
148	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.13	1	1	49 %	65 %
149	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	56 %	75 %
150	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.13	1	1	31 %	75 %
151	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	17	2	40 %	77 %
152	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	57 %	73 %
153	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.13	1	1	30 %	74 %
154	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	52 %	72 %
155	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	52 %	72 %
156	Number of Prices Size	-0.13	391	97	65 %	80 %
157	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.13	1	1	38 %	75 %
158	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	6	1	21 %	79 %
159	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	9	1	15 %	87 %
160	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	70 %	72 %
161	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.13	58	4	38 %	82 %
162	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.13	48	3	19 %	88 %
163	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.13	22	4	23 %	81 %
164	Is Article Page Other	-0.13	1	1	39 %	70 %
165	Uses Schema product Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	53 %
166	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	68 %
167	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.12	19	1	15 %	82 %
168	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.12	524	154	75 %	70 %
169	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	15 %	85 %
170	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.12	20	1	22 %	72 %
171	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.12	1	1	37 %	72 %
172	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.12	20	2	21 %	76 %
173	Uses Schema description Other	-0.12	1	1	45 %	68 %
174	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.12	1	1	38 %	68 %
175	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.12	394	5	18 %	82 %
176	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	563	9	33 %	82 %
177	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.12	175	4	40 %	80 %
178	Uses JSON-LD Product Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	54 %
179	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	29 %	65 %
180	Is Pagination Page Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	68 %
181	Has Email Trust	-0.12	1	1	38 %	73 %
182	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.12	1	1	31 %	73 %
183	Uses Schema unitcode Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	16 %
184	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	10	1	12 %	78 %
185	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.12	2	1	19 %	78 %
186	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.12	1	1	28 %	77 %
187	Variations in Button Tags Relevancy	-0.12	3495	35	9 %	80 %
188	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	7	1	15 %	75 %
189	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.12	1	1	19 %	73 %
190	Uses JSON-LD unitCode Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	16 %
191	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.12	1	1	23 %	73 %
192	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.12	1	1	29 %	66 %
193	Percentage of NoFollow Links Authority	-0.12	15	2	20 %	77 %
194	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1338	14	20 %	82 %
195	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.12	1	1	28 %	68 %
196	Is Store Page Other	-0.12	1	1	43 %	66 %
197	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.12	163	152	96 %	70 %
198	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.12	5	1	24 %	70 %
199	Number of HREF Lang Tags Size	-0.12	57	3	11 %	76 %
200	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.12	1	1	27 %	63 %

Measures 150464 SEO Factors

148742 Built-In SEO Factors

139540 On-page SEO Factors

9202 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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