200 Top SEO Ranking Factors February 2026

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	6 %	62 %
2	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.22	1	1	5 %	61 %
3	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.21	7	3	67 %	95 %
4	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	16	13	94 %	90 %
5	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.2	3	1	46 %	75 %
6	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.2	24	7	81 %	83 %
7	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.2	978	332	83 %	75 %
8	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.19	7535	1645	84 %	86 %
9	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.19	4	2	50 %	76 %
10	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.19	4	2	58 %	72 %
11	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	51	40	93 %	90 %
12	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	39	30	93 %	89 %
13	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	12	4	62 %	79 %
14	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.18	54	28	75 %	93 %
15	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.18	566	33	68 %	79 %
16	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.18	6	2	56 %	89 %
17	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.18	203862	7484	47 %	72 %
18	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.18	8	2	54 %	79 %
19	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.18	28658	332	47 %	72 %
20	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.17	278	185	95 %	81 %
21	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	17	7	65 %	81 %
22	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.17	339517	8874	42 %	72 %
23	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	16	7	65 %	84 %
24	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	8	3	57 %	87 %
25	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	450	140	71 %	88 %
26	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	445	137	68 %	89 %
27	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.17	2222	118	75 %	88 %
28	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.17	28	7	52 %	88 %
29	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	11	3	49 %	77 %
30	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	58 %	82 %
31	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	82 %	83 %
32	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	82 %	83 %
33	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	6	2	43 %	83 %
34	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.16	15	7	72 %	78 %
35	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	83	7	46 %	75 %
36	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	197	38	75 %	83 %
37	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.16	4364	241	78 %	88 %
38	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	55 %	80 %
39	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	112	27	63 %	84 %
40	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	6	2	41 %	85 %
41	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.16	4364	239	78 %	89 %
42	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	26199	818	36 %	70 %
43	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	5	2	56 %	76 %
44	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.16	53	12	75 %	80 %
45	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	69 %	81 %
46	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	116	19	68 %	84 %
47	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.16	862	24	66 %	88 %
48	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	160	40	63 %	86 %
49	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	226	60	66 %	85 %
50	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	3	2	74 %	76 %
51	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.16	4	3	78 %	85 %
52	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.16	31	7	43 %	94 %
53	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.15	143	21	66 %	86 %
54	Number of P Tags Size	-0.15	135	41	72 %	80 %
55	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.15	305	21	69 %	81 %
56	Word Count Size	-0.15	4962	1450	85 %	82 %
57	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.15	6243	1858	84 %	82 %
58	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.15	19	10	74 %	68 %
59	Number of Images Size	-0.15	312	31	74 %	82 %
60	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	9	4	73 %	73 %
61	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	24 %	77 %
62	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.15	787	68	65 %	81 %
63	Number of Includes Technology	-0.15	46	27	81 %	76 %
64	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	28 %	82 %
65	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	4	2	64 %	78 %
66	Number of Links Authority	-0.15	314	128	79 %	76 %
67	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.15	314	126	79 %	76 %
68	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	302	125	79 %	77 %
69	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.15	57	22	74 %	77 %
70	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.15	55	18	38 %	77 %
71	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	398	51	71 %	84 %
72	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.15	3	2	69 %	82 %
73	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.15	298	114	79 %	77 %
74	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.14	3	2	53 %	79 %
75	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.14	14	6	62 %	92 %
76	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	29	8	50 %	80 %
77	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.14	7065	731	59 %	90 %
78	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.14	79	62	97 %	64 %
79	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.14	84	7	24 %	84 %
80	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.14	1	1	72 %	76 %
81	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.14	2272	966	85 %	83 %
82	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.14	50	14	56 %	82 %
83	Number of Sentences Size	-0.14	458	133	82 %	79 %
84	Is Home Page Other	-0.14	1	1	19 %	40 %
85	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.14	148	10	56 %	79 %
86	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.14	99	84	80 %	83 %
87	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	63 %	80 %
88	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	18	4	52 %	89 %
89	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	29 %	78 %
90	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.14	89	74	80 %	81 %
91	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.14	14	7	67 %	74 %
92	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	19 %	71 %
93	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	3	37 %	84 %
94	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	549	11	40 %	82 %
95	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.14	25	9	59 %	79 %
96	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	53 %	76 %
97	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.14	3	2	59 %	79 %
98	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	21 %	77 %
99	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.14	313	23	47 %	87 %
100	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	67 %	86 %
101	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	54 %	83 %
102	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.13	823	15	49 %	77 %
103	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	68 %	73 %
104	Uses Schema aggregaterating Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	57 %
105	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	2	1	28 %	74 %
106	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.13	155	28	78 %	83 %
107	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	25	5	40 %	76 %
108	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.13	16	2	16 %	80 %
109	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.13	7	2	39 %	77 %
110	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	49 %	72 %
111	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	30	12	75 %	74 %
112	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.13	6	2	93 %	83 %
113	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.13	1	1	50 %	65 %
114	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.13	1	1	73 %	74 %
115	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.13	7	2	29 %	75 %
116	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	15 %	76 %
117	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.13	20	10	50 %	84 %
118	Number of External Links Authority	-0.13	37	14	76 %	77 %
119	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	7	1	14 %	80 %
120	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.13	245	67	68 %	80 %
121	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.13	1	1	82 %	73 %
122	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.13	32	18	82 %	75 %
123	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	339	123	69 %	73 %
124	Number of Forms Technology	-0.13	6	2	48 %	75 %
125	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	63 %	69 %
126	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.13	5	1	32 %	75 %
127	Number of Questions Size	-0.13	68	12	69 %	75 %
128	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.13	98	4	42 %	74 %
129	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	25 %	75 %
130	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	13 %	75 %
131	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.13	510	59	37 %	83 %
132	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.13	24	17	85 %	75 %
133	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.13	24	17	85 %	75 %
134	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	13 %	73 %
135	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	19	2	43 %	69 %
136	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	4	1	16 %	76 %
137	Uses JSON-LD AggregateRating Other	-0.13	1	1	9 %	60 %
138	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	25 %	76 %
139	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.13	160	154	94 %	68 %
140	Uses Schema product Other	-0.13	1	1	7 %	49 %
141	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.12	55	20	69 %	78 %
142	Uses Schema bestrating Other	-0.12	1	1	8 %	43 %
143	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.12	23	5	62 %	75 %
144	Number of Prices Size	-0.12	422	70	70 %	77 %
145	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	46 %	66 %
146	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.12	11	1	14 %	76 %
147	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	37 %	62 %
148	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.12	11	4	55 %	79 %
149	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.12	1	1	83 %	75 %
150	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.12	24	11	73 %	68 %
151	Has HREF Lang Technology	-0.12	1	1	10 %	65 %
152	Uses Microdata FAQPage Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	22 %
153	Search Result Not .com .net or .org Other	-0.12	1	1	92 %	23 %
154	Uses JSON-LD Review Other	-0.12	1	1	5 %	43 %
155	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	3	1	17 %	76 %
156	Variations in Style Tags Relevancy	-0.12	514	8	12 %	78 %
157	Uses Schema ratingvalue Other	-0.12	1	1	12 %	54 %
158	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.12	1	1	56 %	72 %
159	Uses Schema review Other	-0.12	1	1	6 %	42 %
160	Uses Schema localbusiness Other	-0.12	1	1	11 %	51 %
161	Uses JSON-LD bestRating Other	-0.12	1	1	8 %	43 %
162	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	63	19	50 %	86 %
163	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	9 %	77 %
164	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.12	4	2	43 %	79 %
165	Headings Has Question Other	-0.12	1	1	38 %	70 %
166	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.12	2	1	40 %	58 %
167	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.12	1	1	55 %	73 %
168	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.12	16	4	36 %	76 %
169	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	63 %	69 %
170	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.12	12	4	25 %	73 %
171	Uses JSON-LD Product	-0.12	1	1	6 %	51 %
172	Has Email Trust	-0.12	1	1	41 %	64 %
173	Uses Schema worstrating Other	-0.12	1	1	6 %	40 %
174	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	6 %	80 %
175	Uses JSON-LD worstRating Other	-0.12	1	1	5 %	38 %
176	Uses Schema image Other	-0.12	1	1	22 %	63 %
177	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.12	1	1	77 %	72 %
178	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.12	579	280	83 %	80 %
179	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.12	8	2	19 %	85 %
180	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	65 %
181	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	55 %	62 %
182	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.12	421	114	80 %	68 %
183	Variations in ID Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	7	2	12 %	79 %
184	Variations in Class Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	1314	12	16 %	75 %
185	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.12	1	1	34 %	67 %
186	Uses JSON-LD category Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	23 %
187	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.12	1	1	46 %	71 %
188	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	53 %	82 %
189	Uses Schema category Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	23 %
190	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.12	1	1	44 %	69 %
191	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.12	13	4	24 %	74 %
192	Variations in Aside Tags Relevancy	-0.12	33	4	10 %	72 %
193	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.12	1	1	37 %	63 %
194	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	26 %	64 %
195	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	43 %	83 %
196	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.12	974	315	84 %	72 %
197	Uses Schema rating Other	-0.12	1	1	7 %	40 %
198	Uses Schema howto Other	-0.12	1	1	3 %	17 %
199	Uses JSON-LD ratingValue Other	-0.12	1	1	11 %	57 %
200	Uses Microdata Brand Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	12 %

Measures 149388 SEO Factors

147666 Built-In SEO Factors

138491 On-page SEO Factors

9175 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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