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	-0.25	1217	331	79 %	76 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.24	19	7	78 %	91 %
3	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.24	51	39	94 %	93 %
4	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.24	38	29	94 %	93 %
5	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.23	20717	1389	81 %	93 %
6	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	17	12	94 %	92 %
7	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.22	4	1	46 %	86 %
8	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	29	4	60 %	90 %
9	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	44	8	62 %	92 %
10	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	41	7	61 %	91 %
11	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	270	179	94 %	90 %
12	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.21	107	29	64 %	91 %
13	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.21	2356	194	76 %	88 %
14	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.21	2356	194	76 %	88 %
15	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.21	1046	101	72 %	90 %
16	Uses JSON-LD valueRequired Other	-0.21	1	1	2 %	12 %
17	Uses Schema valuerequired Other	-0.21	1	1	2 %	12 %
18	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.21	4	1	47 %	88 %
19	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.21	1	1	6 %	62 %
20	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	8	3	64 %	83 %
21	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.2	63	27	73 %	84 %
22	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.2	4	2	57 %	84 %
23	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	5	1	53 %	88 %
24	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.2	4	3	76 %	90 %
25	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	7	2	43 %	87 %
26	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.2	230	11	29 %	90 %
27	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	79 %	85 %
28	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	111	30	70 %	89 %
29	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	79 %	86 %
30	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	65 %	85 %
31	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	7	2	45 %	87 %
32	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.19	1	1	5 %	62 %
33	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.19	22	6	66 %	89 %
34	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.19	155	22	63 %	90 %
35	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.19	13	2	48 %	87 %
36	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	136	18	62 %	90 %
37	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	25	3	45 %	87 %
38	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.19	44	7	50 %	84 %
39	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.19	88	21	65 %	88 %
40	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	58 %	87 %
41	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.19	7758	1785	80 %	90 %
42	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.19	10	2	52 %	82 %
43	Number of P Tags Size	-0.19	103	36	71 %	89 %
44	Word Count Size	-0.19	6869	1413	80 %	89 %
45	Number of Images Size	-0.19	322	42	72 %	88 %
46	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	33 %	88 %
47	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	2	1	29 %	85 %
48	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.18	347	51	60 %	89 %
49	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	170	25	58 %	88 %
50	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	4222	719	59 %	96 %
51	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	359	38	58 %	89 %
52	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.18	4502	1109	81 %	88 %
53	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.18	49	12	71 %	90 %
54	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.18	292	32	66 %	87 %
55	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	75	6	43 %	86 %
56	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.18	64	21	72 %	89 %
57	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.18	4	2	55 %	86 %
58	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.17	35	9	48 %	89 %
59	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.17	446	50	62 %	84 %
60	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	9	1	19 %	90 %
61	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.17	4	1	67 %	88 %
62	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	6	2	60 %	84 %
63	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.17	23601	158	40 %	61 %
64	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	14	3	68 %	84 %
65	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	490	120	78 %	86 %
66	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.17	653492	9375	40 %	63 %
67	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	26	2	18 %	88 %
68	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.17	6	2	90 %	88 %
69	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	449	119	61 %	95 %
70	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	446	117	58 %	95 %
71	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.17	98	82	77 %	90 %
72	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.17	24	7	65 %	89 %
73	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.17	1919	168	76 %	88 %
74	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	2	1	17 %	86 %
75	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.17	1	1	70 %	83 %
76	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.17	1918	165	76 %	88 %
77	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	53 %	78 %
78	Number of Links Authority	-0.17	1920	169	76 %	87 %
79	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	3	1	53 %	82 %
80	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.17	4	2	54 %	85 %
81	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	22	4	52 %	93 %
82	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.17	653204	8251	36 %	62 %
83	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.16	743	151	75 %	88 %
84	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.16	29	6	42 %	84 %
85	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	52	25	78 %	81 %
86	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.16	772	50	35 %	88 %
87	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	51 %	82 %
88	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.16	198	61	61 %	84 %
89	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.16	213	19	44 %	90 %
90	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	117	20	50 %	94 %
91	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.16	3	1	31 %	86 %
92	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.16	2097	313	79 %	80 %
93	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.16	9	3	55 %	80 %
94	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.16	13	4	59 %	85 %
95	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.16	133	12	53 %	86 %
96	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	14	5	61 %	91 %
97	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	13 %	85 %
98	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	12	3	34 %	89 %
99	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.16	1	1	78 %	85 %
100	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	199464	1400	29 %	55 %
101	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.16	89	72	76 %	87 %
102	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.16	35	16	77 %	81 %
103	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.16	69	11	54 %	87 %
104	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.16	141	18	36 %	86 %
105	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	5	2	71 %	76 %
106	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.16	194	31	73 %	82 %
107	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.16	1	1	80 %	83 %
108	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	17 %	83 %
109	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.16	908	306	80 %	76 %
110	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	6	2	49 %	82 %
111	Number of Forms Technology	-0.15	14	3	48 %	82 %
112	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	51 %	79 %
113	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	16 %	83 %
114	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.15	109	4	41 %	83 %
115	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	1603	15	71 %	85 %
116	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	43	3	20 %	89 %
117	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	4	1	22 %	83 %
118	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	40	9	56 %	88 %
119	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	808	47	67 %	85 %
120	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.15	1	1	49 %	81 %
121	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	7	2	35 %	84 %
122	Number of External Links Authority	-0.15	1604	17	72 %	84 %
123	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	64 %	78 %
124	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.15	414	107	76 %	72 %
125	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	11	2	26 %	85 %
126	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.15	10	2	39 %	81 %
127	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	10 %	82 %
128	Number of Questions Size	-0.15	237	13	64 %	80 %
129	Has Email Trust	-0.15	1	1	42 %	74 %
130	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.15	23	16	80 %	80 %
131	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.15	1	1	67 %	78 %
132	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.15	23	16	80 %	80 %
133	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.15	1	1	72 %	78 %
134	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	58 %	75 %
135	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	9	71 %	77 %
136	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	32	10	51 %	89 %
137	Is Store Page Other	-0.14	1	1	42 %	71 %
138	Headings Has Question Other	-0.14	1	1	35 %	79 %
139	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	61 %	75 %
140	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	11	1	20 %	84 %
141	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	702	11	42 %	82 %
142	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.14	5	1	23 %	83 %
143	Number of Prices Size	-0.14	574	67	63 %	78 %
144	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.14	1	1	33 %	77 %
145	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.14	1	1	34 %	77 %
146	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	205	21	44 %	93 %
147	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	1	27 %	82 %
148	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.14	33	2	23 %	83 %
149	Has Form Technology	-0.14	1	1	48 %	78 %
150	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	275	11	34 %	86 %
151	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.14	1	1	44 %	79 %
152	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	32	11	69 %	81 %
153	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.14	1	1	43 %	77 %
154	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.14	19	4	33 %	83 %
155	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.14	4	1	23 %	81 %
156	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.14	1	1	41 %	70 %
157	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.14	14	2	40 %	81 %
158	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.14	1	1	41 %	70 %
159	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	49	6	36 %	80 %
160	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.13	1	1	49 %	73 %
161	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	53 %	72 %
162	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	300	119	65 %	76 %
163	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	15	8	80 %	71 %
164	Title Length Size	-0.13	111	50	80 %	73 %
165	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.13	12	4	23 %	80 %
166	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	4	1	15 %	80 %
167	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	43 %	77 %
168	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	64 %	72 %
169	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	48	19	66 %	76 %
170	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	14	3	49 %	75 %
171	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.13	1	1	41 %	73 %
172	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.13	1	1	32 %	67 %
173	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.13	25	2	19 %	80 %
174	Exact Matches in A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	28	2	15 %	85 %
175	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	72 %
176	Is Article Page Other	-0.13	1	1	43 %	73 %
177	Uses Schema image Other	-0.13	1	1	21 %	73 %
178	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.13	104	11	22 %	79 %
179	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	8	2	17 %	80 %
180	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	55 %	72 %
181	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.13	1	1	16 %	74 %
182	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	70 %
183	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.13	1	1	30 %	74 %
184	Uses Microdata potentialAction Other	-0.13	1	1	4 %	25 %
185	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	17 %	79 %
186	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.13	1	1	16 %	68 %
187	Uses Schema streetaddress Other	-0.13	1	1	16 %	69 %
188	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.13	1	1	18 %	70 %
189	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.13	1	1	17 %	70 %
190	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.13	1	1	17 %	69 %
191	Uses Schema website Other	-0.13	1	1	34 %	73 %
192	Uses Microdata SearchAction Other	-0.13	1	1	4 %	26 %
193	Uses JSON-LD postalCode Other	-0.12	1	1	15 %	69 %
194	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	69 %
195	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.12	1	1	17 %	69 %
196	Uses Schema addresscountry Other	-0.12	1	1	16 %	67 %
197	Uses Schema potentialaction Other	-0.12	1	1	4 %	25 %
198	Number of H5 Tags Size	-0.12	8	2	16 %	80 %
199	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.12	1	1	22 %	75 %
200	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.12	3	1	26 %	75 %

Measures 149939 SEO Factors

148217 Built-In SEO Factors

139040 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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