200 Top SEO Ranking Factors February 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-02 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.23	1	1	5 %	67 %
2	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.22	1	1	5 %	66 %
3	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	16	12	94 %	92 %
4	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.21	1273	322	81 %	78 %
5	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.2	10602	1478	82 %	88 %
6	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.2	35	2	43 %	83 %
7	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	39	29	94 %	92 %
8	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	52	38	94 %	93 %
9	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.2	49	7	78 %	89 %
10	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	7	3	60 %	95 %
11	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.19	53	2	46 %	82 %
12	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	582	180	95 %	86 %
13	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	3	2	79 %	82 %
14	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.18	566	29	65 %	86 %
15	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.18	53	2	79 %	83 %
16	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.18	151	2	55 %	79 %
17	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	37	6	62 %	88 %
18	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.18	203862	7484	47 %	30 %
19	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	37	7	63 %	87 %
20	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	12	4	59 %	88 %
21	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.18	28658	332	47 %	30 %
22	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.17	2222	104	72 %	90 %
23	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.17	339517	8874	42 %	29 %
24	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.17	4364	205	76 %	90 %
25	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.17	4364	205	76 %	91 %
26	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	1433	16	67 %	82 %
27	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	431	34	71 %	88 %
28	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	3	1	52 %	84 %
29	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	49174	342	65 %	87 %
30	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.17	61	25	69 %	93 %
31	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.17	6	2	49 %	91 %
32	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	65 %	84 %
33	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	499	4	50 %	85 %
34	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.17	4	3	77 %	89 %
35	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	9	2	43 %	85 %
36	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	134890	918	62 %	86 %
37	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	10	3	69 %	78 %
38	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	54 %	85 %
39	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	8	2	40 %	86 %
40	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.16	260	19	63 %	84 %
41	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	25 %	81 %
42	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	11	3	46 %	86 %
43	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.16	862	20	63 %	88 %
44	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	26199	818	36 %	29 %
45	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	3	2	71 %	77 %
46	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	14	6	63 %	93 %
47	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.16	67	12	72 %	83 %
48	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	126	23	60 %	87 %
49	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	180	35	60 %	88 %
50	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	555	117	60 %	91 %
51	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	557	120	64 %	91 %
52	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	83	6	44 %	83 %
53	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.16	12283	1801	82 %	86 %
54	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	29 %	83 %
55	Word Count Size	-0.16	4962	1375	82 %	86 %
56	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	2624	21	61 %	82 %
57	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.15	8	2	54 %	82 %
58	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	60 %	84 %
59	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.15	362	23	67 %	85 %
60	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.15	787	59	63 %	86 %
61	Number of Images Size	-0.15	368	31	73 %	85 %
62	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.15	34	6	47 %	92 %
63	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	3	2	49 %	83 %
64	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.15	4	2	67 %	85 %
65	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	7065	700	60 %	91 %
66	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.15	8	3	51 %	90 %
67	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	99	82	77 %	87 %
68	Number of P Tags Size	-0.15	135	38	71 %	86 %
69	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.15	155	14	53 %	82 %
70	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.15	3	1	54 %	83 %
71	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	93	72	77 %	81 %
72	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.15	6	2	91 %	86 %
73	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	365	10	27 %	86 %
74	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.15	2416	924	83 %	86 %
75	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	398	45	68 %	84 %
76	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.15	57	21	72 %	83 %
77	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.15	79	8	48 %	83 %
78	Number of Includes Technology	-0.15	50	26	79 %	81 %
79	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.15	400	127	77 %	82 %
80	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	21	5	52 %	91 %
81	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.14	1	1	71 %	81 %
82	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.14	394	125	77 %	83 %
83	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.14	384	115	76 %	82 %
84	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.14	31	7	65 %	82 %
85	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	51 %	79 %
86	Search Result Not .com .net or .org Other	-0.14	1	1	89 %	20 %
87	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	55	16	37 %	82 %
88	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.14	31	6	39 %	93 %
89	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	10	71 %	76 %
90	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	35	3	35 %	85 %
91	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.14	155	29	75 %	82 %
92	Number of Links Authority	-0.14	396	125	77 %	83 %
93	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	24	17	82 %	76 %
94	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	44	12	71 %	81 %
95	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.14	510	54	37 %	84 %
96	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.14	148	10	54 %	83 %
97	Number of External Links Authority	-0.14	45	14	72 %	81 %
98	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	24	17	82 %	76 %
99	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.14	89	60	95 %	64 %
100	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.14	245	62	65 %	83 %
101	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	27	11	70 %	77 %
102	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	81 %	77 %
103	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	21 %	79 %
104	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.14	6	1	30 %	78 %
105	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	22	10	52 %	90 %
106	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.13	313	21	45 %	87 %
107	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.13	549	9	37 %	80 %
108	Number of Sentences Size	-0.13	458	123	80 %	85 %
109	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.13	40	8	57 %	84 %
110	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.13	1	1	69 %	77 %
111	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.13	98	4	40 %	79 %
112	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	1448	14	50 %	78 %
113	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	49 %	87 %
114	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.13	23	4	59 %	78 %
115	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.13	7	2	35 %	81 %
116	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.13	1	1	80 %	78 %
117	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.13	1	1	51 %	76 %
118	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	14 %	76 %
119	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	74 %	74 %
120	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.13	21	2	26 %	79 %
121	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	19	2	42 %	74 %
122	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.13	818	271	81 %	83 %
123	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	98	21	51 %	90 %
124	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	7	1	16 %	84 %
125	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.13	43	17	79 %	80 %
126	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	6	1	26 %	79 %
127	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	65 %	78 %
128	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.13	833	16	42 %	81 %
129	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	339	117	65 %	79 %
130	Uses Schema aggregaterating Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	57 %
131	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	13	2	40 %	79 %
132	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	4	1	27 %	76 %
133	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	58 %	73 %
134	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	12	8	81 %	80 %
135	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	40 %	69 %
136	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	60 %	72 %
137	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	55	19	65 %	81 %
138	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	23 %	71 %
139	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	60 %	88 %
140	Number of Forms Technology	-0.13	10	2	46 %	78 %
141	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	44 %	72 %
142	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	12 %	77 %
143	Title Length Size	-0.13	88	51	81 %	81 %
144	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.13	38	2	18 %	83 %
145	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	58	5	38 %	78 %
146	Uses Schema name Other	-0.12	1	1	58 %	70 %
147	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	62 %	72 %
148	Has Form Technology	-0.12	1	1	46 %	75 %
149	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.12	15	1	17 %	75 %
150	Is Home Page Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	45 %
151	Uses Schema operatingsystem Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	14 %
152	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.12	1	1	42 %	72 %
153	Uses Schema product Other	-0.12	1	1	7 %	48 %
154	Uses Schema applicationcategory Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	15 %
155	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	33 %	66 %
156	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	43 %	72 %
157	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	71 %
158	Number of Questions Size	-0.12	68	11	65 %	80 %
159	Headings Has Question Other	-0.12	1	1	35 %	73 %
160	Uses JSON-LD AggregateRating Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	60 %
161	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.12	974	303	81 %	75 %
162	Uses Schema image Other	-0.12	1	1	21 %	68 %
163	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.12	1	1	41 %	72 %
164	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.12	194	154	94 %	74 %
165	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	69 %
166	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.12	24	2	23 %	76 %
167	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.12	21	2	15 %	82 %
168	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.12	4	1	23 %	78 %
169	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	6	1	15 %	77 %
170	Number of Prices Size	-0.12	620	73	66 %	80 %
171	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	14 %	81 %
172	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	71 %
173	Uses JSON-LD operatingSystem Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	14 %
174	Uses JSON-LD applicationCategory Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	14 %
175	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	25 %	70 %
176	Uses JSON-LD Product Other	-0.12	1	1	6 %	50 %
177	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.12	14	3	23 %	76 %
178	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.12	511	116	78 %	72 %
179	Number of HREF Lang Tags Size	-0.12	32	2	10 %	72 %
180	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.12	22	3	34 %	78 %
181	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.12	1	1	53 %	79 %
182	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	52 %	65 %
183	Uses Schema ratingvalue Other	-0.12	1	1	11 %	55 %
184	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.12	8	1	22 %	77 %
185	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	51 %	72 %
186	Uses JSON-LD currency Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	11 %
187	Percentage of NoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.12	12	1	11 %	70 %
188	Variations in Button Tags Relevancy	-0.12	45	2	8 %	75 %
189	Uses Schema url Other	-0.12	1	1	54 %	68 %
190	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.12	3	1	22 %	74 %
191	Uses Schema pricecurrency Other	-0.12	1	1	5 %	49 %
192	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.12	1	1	23 %	67 %
193	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.12	1	1	33 %	69 %
194	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.11	1	1	7 %	82 %
195	Uses Microdata price Other	-0.11	1	1	2 %	16 %
196	Uses Schema website Other	-0.11	1	1	35 %	64 %
197	Has HREF Lang Technology	-0.11	1	1	11 %	64 %
198	Variations in Class Attributes Relevancy	-0.11	1314	7	16 %	79 %
199	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.11	134	19	44 %	90 %
200	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.11	1	1	47 %	86 %

Measures 149724 SEO Factors

148002 Built-In SEO Factors

138825 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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