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	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.24	897	319	79 %	89 %
2	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	15	12	92 %	94 %
3	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	37	28	93 %	95 %
4	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.22	8900	1443	81 %	88 %
5	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	50	37	94 %	96 %
6	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.22	20	7	75 %	89 %
7	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	14	6	55 %	88 %
8	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	20	7	56 %	88 %
9	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.21	1	1	6 %	81 %
10	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	9	4	53 %	90 %
11	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.21	774	199	72 %	90 %
12	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.21	7	3	61 %	94 %
13	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.21	774	197	71 %	92 %
14	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	257	173	93 %	93 %
15	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.21	1	1	6 %	80 %
16	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	3033	868	65 %	96 %
17	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.2	53	28	72 %	96 %
18	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	14	5	57 %	94 %
19	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	5	2	36 %	87 %
20	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	72 %	80 %
21	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	72 %	80 %
22	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.2	352	101	68 %	93 %
23	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.2	3	1	39 %	88 %
24	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.19	5	2	49 %	94 %
25	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.19	200	28	57 %	94 %
26	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	3	1	48 %	87 %
27	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	14	7	72 %	94 %
28	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.19	4	3	72 %	90 %
29	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	4	1	34 %	87 %
30	Word Count Size	-0.19	2908	1474	81 %	89 %
31	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	76	18	57 %	92 %
32	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.19	449	153	62 %	98 %
33	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.19	81	18	57 %	85 %
34	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	60 %	87 %
35	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.19	451	157	67 %	98 %
36	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.19	7281	1940	81 %	90 %
37	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.19	172	31	64 %	92 %
38	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.19	27	8	46 %	95 %
39	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.19	74	20	57 %	89 %
40	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.19	2647	1027	80 %	85 %
41	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.18	3	1	41 %	86 %
42	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.18	4	2	50 %	82 %
43	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.18	77	21	63 %	87 %
44	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.18	6	2	42 %	87 %
45	Number of P Tags Size	-0.18	93	39	65 %	89 %
46	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.18	42	13	66 %	89 %
47	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	53	7	41 %	83 %
48	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.18	51	20	67 %	87 %
49	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.18	532	142	74 %	89 %
50	Number of Links Authority	-0.18	533	143	74 %	89 %
51	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.18	208	51	51 %	92 %
52	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.18	528	129	72 %	88 %
53	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.18	13	7	60 %	91 %
54	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.17	524	140	74 %	89 %
55	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	8	3	38 %	89 %
56	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	24 %	82 %
57	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.17	24	9	44 %	86 %
58	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	157	39	50 %	93 %
59	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	2	1	50 %	78 %
60	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	75	24	55 %	94 %
61	Number of Images Size	-0.17	103	28	67 %	89 %
62	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	116	25	50 %	92 %
63	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	7	3	64 %	80 %
64	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	51 %	89 %
65	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	43 %	77 %
66	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.17	3	1	47 %	85 %
67	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	8	3	54 %	87 %
68	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.17	28	7	38 %	95 %
69	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.17	273	52	33 %	87 %
70	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	7	2	54 %	83 %
71	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.16	2	1	63 %	91 %
72	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.16	477	58	57 %	82 %
73	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.16	29	13	70 %	85 %
74	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	49	26	77 %	75 %
75	Number of External Links Authority	-0.16	30	14	71 %	87 %
76	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	187	13	31 %	84 %
77	Number of Forms Technology	-0.16	8	2	49 %	71 %
78	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	49 %	85 %
79	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.16	23	12	60 %	90 %
80	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	21 %	85 %
81	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.16	3040	102	43 %	76 %
82	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.16	128	23	40 %	89 %
83	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.16	17	5	58 %	89 %
84	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	49 %	91 %
85	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	6	2	52 %	85 %
86	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	6	1	90 %	87 %
87	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.16	229	17	50 %	91 %
88	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	1945374	30887	40 %	77 %
89	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.16	122	31	71 %	84 %
90	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.16	1945422	31920	44 %	81 %
91	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.16	28	8	51 %	85 %
92	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.15	1	1	48 %	82 %
93	Number of Sentences Size	-0.15	527	138	77 %	86 %
94	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	63	23	46 %	87 %
95	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	47 %	90 %
96	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	98	80	74 %	88 %
97	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.15	17	9	69 %	78 %
98	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	3	2	74 %	77 %
99	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.15	27	4	31 %	80 %
100	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	328486	2949	34 %	68 %
101	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.15	1	1	42 %	81 %
102	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	927	283	79 %	80 %
103	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	80 %	82 %
104	Uses Schema name Other	-0.15	1	1	57 %	73 %
105	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.15	55	15	32 %	86 %
106	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.15	89	11	43 %	89 %
107	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	6	2	33 %	82 %
108	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.15	1	1	21 %	73 %
109	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	188	42	62 %	85 %
110	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	87	70	73 %	87 %
111	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	60 %	73 %
112	Has Form Technology	-0.15	1	1	49 %	74 %
113	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	35	4	22 %	85 %
114	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.14	13	2	18 %	88 %
115	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	9	3	29 %	84 %
116	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.14	33	19	64 %	70 %
117	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.14	1	1	56 %	82 %
118	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.14	1	1	48 %	58 %
119	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	66 %	82 %
120	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.14	30	8	51 %	87 %
121	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	22	16	81 %	82 %
122	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	22	16	81 %	82 %
123	Meta Description Length Size	-0.14	197	118	64 %	71 %
124	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.14	1	1	42 %	80 %
125	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	1	20 %	85 %
126	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	16 %	85 %
127	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.14	40	17	75 %	72 %
128	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.14	1	1	40 %	73 %
129	Uses Schema product Other	-0.14	1	1	10 %	48 %
130	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	61 %	89 %
131	Uses Schema url Other	-0.14	1	1	53 %	73 %
132	Title Length Size	-0.14	81	52	78 %	73 %
133	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	19 %	81 %
134	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.14	1	1	61 %	77 %
135	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.14	10	3	19 %	80 %
136	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.14	1	1	66 %	85 %
137	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	35	7	32 %	87 %
138	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.14	1	1	77 %	79 %
139	Headings Has Question Other	-0.14	1	1	32 %	84 %
140	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.14	18	4	22 %	83 %
141	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	10	2	23 %	80 %
142	LSI Words in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	53	7	26 %	85 %
143	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	38 %	85 %
144	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	73 %
145	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	15 %	87 %
146	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.13	207	58	63 %	84 %
147	Uses Schema pricespecification Other	-0.13	1	1	1 %	14 %
148	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	12	8	78 %	77 %
149	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	23 %	63 %
150	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	11 %	78 %
151	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	3	1	26 %	77 %
152	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.13	11	4	57 %	76 %
153	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	22 %	68 %
154	Uses JSON-LD Organization	-0.13	1	1	29 %	76 %
155	Percentage of NoFollow Links Authority	-0.13	15	2	20 %	80 %
156	Number of Questions Size	-0.13	35	12	63 %	76 %
157	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	7	2	39 %	88 %
158	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.13	1	1	25 %	64 %
159	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.13	1	1	19 %	68 %
160	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.13	1	1	26 %	62 %
161	Uses Schema description Other	-0.13	1	1	46 %	70 %
162	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	23	11	69 %	79 %
163	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.13	2	1	29 %	82 %
164	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	58 %	70 %
165	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	37	5	34 %	78 %
166	Uses Schema website Other	-0.13	1	1	29 %	63 %
167	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.13	1037	356	79 %	67 %
168	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.13	58	4	36 %	80 %
169	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	10 %	80 %
170	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.13	1	1	31 %	65 %
171	Uses JSON-LD PriceSpecification Other	-0.13	1	1	1 %	12 %
172	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	17 %	82 %
173	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	62 %	75 %
174	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.13	1	1	40 %	74 %
175	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.13	1	1	31 %	84 %
176	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.13	9	2	16 %	79 %
177	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	23 %	82 %
178	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.13	1	1	40 %	73 %
179	Is Home Page Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	42 %
180	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.13	1	1	30 %	65 %
181	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	85 %
182	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	4	1	23 %	81 %
183	Uses JSON-LD Product Other	-0.13	1	1	9 %	51 %
184	Uses Schema imageobject Other	-0.13	1	1	37 %	60 %
185	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.13	1	1	31 %	65 %
186	Is Article Page Other	-0.13	1	1	39 %	71 %
187	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.12	1	1	37 %	70 %
188	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.12	15	3	24 %	78 %
189	Variations in Figure Tags Relevancy	-0.12	44	5	10 %	83 %
190	Percentage of NoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.12	6	1	12 %	78 %
191	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.12	45	10	21 %	80 %
192	Variations in B Tags Relevancy	-0.12	19	2	11 %	73 %
193	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	53 %	81 %
194	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	3	1	15 %	78 %
195	Uses JSON-LD ethicsPolicy Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	12 %
196	Uses Schema ethicspolicy Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	12 %
197	Has Entities in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	18 %	81 %
198	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	53 %	65 %
199	Uses JSON-LD dateModified Other	-0.12	1	1	28 %	65 %
200	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.12	524	172	75 %	64 %

Measures 150169 SEO Factors

148447 Built-In SEO Factors

139249 On-page SEO Factors

9198 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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