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	-0.24	919	277	81 %	73 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.24	18	7	81 %	90 %
3	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	51	40	96 %	91 %
4	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.23	38	30	96 %	91 %
5	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.22	20717	1364	83 %	92 %
6	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.22	4	1	47 %	87 %
7	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	16	13	96 %	91 %
8	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	29	5	62 %	90 %
9	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	44	8	65 %	91 %
10	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	41	7	64 %	91 %
11	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	270	184	96 %	90 %
12	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.21	4	2	48 %	87 %
13	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.21	63	27	75 %	92 %
14	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.21	8	3	66 %	93 %
15	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.2	4	2	59 %	84 %
16	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.2	1	1	5 %	66 %
17	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.2	107	31	68 %	90 %
18	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	25	4	50 %	88 %
19	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.2	1	1	5 %	66 %
20	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.2	44	7	53 %	93 %
21	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	110	31	73 %	88 %
22	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.19	1046	108	75 %	89 %
23	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.19	6	2	52 %	86 %
24	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.19	10	2	54 %	90 %
25	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.19	449	136	69 %	94 %
26	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.19	446	133	65 %	94 %
27	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.19	2356	203	79 %	87 %
28	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.19	2356	203	79 %	88 %
29	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	81 %	85 %
30	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	81 %	85 %
31	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	6	2	44 %	87 %
32	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.19	22	7	69 %	88 %
33	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	68 %	84 %
34	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	5	1	55 %	86 %
35	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	7	2	47 %	86 %
36	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.19	230	9	25 %	89 %
37	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.18	4	3	79 %	89 %
38	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.18	136	20	65 %	89 %
39	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	33 %	88 %
40	Number of Images Size	-0.18	259	29	75 %	87 %
41	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.18	4	2	58 %	86 %
42	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.18	7758	1709	83 %	88 %
43	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	155	23	66 %	90 %
44	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	88	22	67 %	89 %
45	Word Count Size	-0.18	6869	1395	83 %	87 %
46	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.18	347	57	64 %	89 %
47	Number of P Tags Size	-0.18	103	38	74 %	88 %
48	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	60 %	85 %
49	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.18	49	11	74 %	88 %
50	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	2	1	28 %	85 %
51	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.17	251	21	69 %	88 %
52	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	359	41	62 %	89 %
53	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	54 %	86 %
54	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	170	28	62 %	88 %
55	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	57 %	83 %
56	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	9	3	57 %	91 %
57	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	75	6	45 %	86 %
58	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.17	29	7	44 %	93 %
59	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	2501	626	59 %	95 %
60	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.17	33	10	51 %	88 %
61	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	64	22	75 %	88 %
62	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	4502	976	83 %	87 %
63	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	14	4	71 %	82 %
64	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	5	2	63 %	84 %
65	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	312	118	81 %	83 %
66	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	14	5	61 %	93 %
67	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.16	438	51	65 %	83 %
68	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	8	1	15 %	90 %
69	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.16	157	68	65 %	84 %
70	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.16	4	2	53 %	84 %
71	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	55 %	82 %
72	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	68 %	90 %
73	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	24 %	84 %
74	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	53 %	87 %
75	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	117	21	51 %	94 %
76	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.16	2395	159	44 %	50 %
77	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	52	26	81 %	81 %
78	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	12	3	37 %	89 %
79	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.16	653492	12201	44 %	52 %
80	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	22	4	52 %	93 %
81	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.16	133	13	57 %	86 %
82	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	6	2	93 %	86 %
83	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	26	2	14 %	88 %
84	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.15	4	2	56 %	82 %
85	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.15	1919	138	78 %	87 %
86	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	2097	267	82 %	78 %
87	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	98	83	79 %	88 %
88	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	38974	1033	33 %	47 %
89	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.15	141	21	40 %	85 %
90	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	1918	136	79 %	87 %
91	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.15	1	1	55 %	81 %
92	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.15	653204	11482	39 %	51 %
93	Number of Links Authority	-0.15	1920	139	79 %	86 %
94	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.15	556	120	78 %	87 %
95	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	12 %	86 %
96	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	65 %	86 %
97	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.15	4	2	69 %	86 %
98	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	213	21	47 %	89 %
99	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	89	72	78 %	87 %
100	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	7	2	39 %	85 %
101	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.15	1	1	73 %	80 %
102	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	41	9	56 %	84 %
103	Number of Questions Size	-0.15	200	12	67 %	81 %
104	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	35	2	17 %	89 %
105	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	808	50	70 %	82 %
106	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	16 %	83 %
107	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.15	3	1	35 %	84 %
108	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	35	17	80 %	79 %
109	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	772	47	36 %	86 %
110	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	14 %	83 %
111	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	908	291	83 %	76 %
112	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	27	9	60 %	86 %
113	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	11	2	28 %	84 %
114	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.14	5	2	70 %	73 %
115	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.14	13	4	61 %	82 %
116	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.14	1	1	80 %	83 %
117	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	10 %	86 %
118	Uses JSON-LD url	-0.14	1	1	49 %	80 %
119	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	702	12	48 %	85 %
120	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	26	10	52 %	92 %
121	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.14	409	96	79 %	72 %
122	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	70 %	79 %
123	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	61 %	74 %
124	Headings Has Question Other	-0.14	1	1	39 %	82 %
125	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.14	1	1	49 %	77 %
126	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.14	1	1	36 %	77 %
127	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	82 %	81 %
128	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	10	73 %	79 %
129	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.14	1	1	45 %	77 %
130	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.14	1	1	53 %	75 %
131	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.14	1	1	37 %	77 %
132	Number of Forms Technology	-0.14	10	2	48 %	78 %
133	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.14	104	11	24 %	80 %
134	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	8 %	82 %
135	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.14	12	3	53 %	80 %
136	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.14	12	4	25 %	80 %
137	Uses Schema url Other	-0.14	1	1	57 %	71 %
138	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	45 %	85 %
139	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.14	1	1	34 %	71 %
140	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	1	29 %	82 %
141	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	23	16	82 %	77 %
142	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	64 %	75 %
143	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	23	16	83 %	77 %
144	Number of External Links Authority	-0.14	1604	17	74 %	81 %
145	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.14	194	29	76 %	79 %
146	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	275	14	40 %	87 %
147	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.13	25	2	21 %	88 %
148	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.13	109	4	44 %	80 %
149	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.13	4	1	25 %	83 %
150	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.13	19	4	35 %	81 %
151	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	275	120	68 %	80 %
152	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	1603	15	72 %	82 %
153	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	7	2	20 %	81 %
154	Title Length Size	-0.13	111	51	82 %	76 %
155	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	37 %	74 %
156	Is Article Page Other	-0.13	1	1	45 %	79 %
157	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.13	33	2	26 %	82 %
158	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	8	1	20 %	83 %
159	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	57 %	80 %
160	Number of Prices Size	-0.13	574	67	67 %	77 %
161	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	66 %	74 %
162	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	75 %	78 %
163	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.13	1	1	37 %	71 %
164	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	47	19	68 %	80 %
165	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	15	8	82 %	75 %
166	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	60 %	76 %
167	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	17 %	81 %
168	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	44 %	71 %
169	Uses Schema description Other	-0.13	1	1	50 %	72 %
170	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	99	20	45 %	93 %
171	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	77 %
172	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.13	1	1	42 %	69 %
173	Uses Schema imageobject Other	-0.13	1	1	39 %	66 %
174	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.13	1	1	43 %	68 %
175	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.13	10	2	41 %	77 %
176	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	28 %	70 %
177	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.13	1	1	56 %	70 %
178	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	62 %	75 %
179	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.13	1	1	34 %	70 %
180	Uses Schema aggregaterating Other	-0.13	1	1	12 %	64 %
181	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	1	24 %	81 %
182	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	70 %
183	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.13	1	1	32 %	76 %
184	Variations in Style Tags Relevancy	-0.13	135	4	14 %	82 %
185	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	14	2	42 %	79 %
186	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.13	1	1	34 %	74 %
187	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	49	6	37 %	79 %
188	Has RSS Link Authority	-0.13	1	1	33 %	69 %
189	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.13	4	2	85 %	64 %
190	Has XMLRPC Technology	-0.13	1	1	32 %	68 %
191	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.12	1	1	35 %	73 %
192	Variations in ID Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	15	1	11 %	79 %
193	Has Form Technology	-0.12	1	1	47 %	74 %
194	Uses Schema datepublished Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	63 %
195	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	4	1	18 %	78 %
196	Uses Schema website Other	-0.12	1	1	37 %	71 %
197	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.12	2	1	39 %	74 %
198	Uses Schema ratingvalue Other	-0.12	1	1	11 %	65 %
199	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.12	1	1	23 %	70 %
200	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.12	1	1	54 %	75 %

Measures 149868 SEO Factors

148146 Built-In SEO Factors

138969 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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