200 Top SEO Ranking Factors January 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-01 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.24	997	296	81 %	79 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.23	24	7	79 %	90 %
3	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.23	7	3	69 %	95 %
4	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.23	68	29	79 %	97 %
5	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	5 %	76 %
6	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.21	1	1	4 %	76 %
7	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	38	29	98 %	94 %
8	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	51	39	98 %	94 %
9	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.21	867	161	75 %	96 %
10	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.21	762	157	71 %	96 %
11	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	16	12	97 %	94 %
12	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.21	36	8	55 %	95 %
13	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	91	7	63 %	91 %
14	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.2	8	2	55 %	92 %
15	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.2	56182	318	78 %	92 %
16	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	144	8	64 %	91 %
17	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1502	36	66 %	91 %
18	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.2	22536	1534	83 %	93 %
19	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	46	4	61 %	91 %
20	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	1628	42	70 %	92 %
21	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.2	56182	313	77 %	93 %
22	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	285	179	98 %	92 %
23	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.2	18920	180	73 %	92 %
24	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.19	15	4	60 %	91 %
25	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	500	23	65 %	89 %
26	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.19	6	3	77 %	93 %
27	Number of Includes Technology	-0.19	53	27	78 %	82 %
28	Uses Microdata OpeningHoursSpecification	-0.19	1	1	12 %	14 %
29	Uses Microdata opens Other	-0.19	1	1	12 %	14 %
30	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	11	2	64 %	87 %
31	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	36	4	49 %	90 %
32	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.18	27	8	46 %	96 %
33	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.18	3	1	44 %	81 %
34	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	11	1	53 %	83 %
35	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	290	4	61 %	83 %
36	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	13	6	64 %	94 %
37	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.18	46360	2063	83 %	88 %
38	Word Count Size	-0.18	10039	1531	83 %	88 %
39	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	53 %	80 %
40	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.18	3	1	45 %	81 %
41	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.18	35	2	56 %	85 %
42	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1941	28	65 %	88 %
43	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.18	232	13	74 %	87 %
44	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.18	19294	187	47 %	76 %
45	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	4142	31	67 %	87 %
46	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.17	1344623	12919	48 %	78 %
47	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.17	6	2	56 %	82 %
48	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	9	2	80 %	82 %
49	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	9	2	80 %	82 %
50	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	178	8	66 %	88 %
51	Number of P Tags Size	-0.17	300	40	74 %	90 %
52	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	3199	706	63 %	96 %
53	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	181	4	70 %	83 %
54	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	27	2	45 %	88 %
55	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	8	1	54 %	83 %
56	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	56 %	91 %
57	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	12	2	43 %	87 %
58	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.17	25	10	71 %	80 %
59	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	937	41	60 %	88 %
60	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	836	123	81 %	88 %
61	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	91	7	47 %	89 %
62	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.17	427	53	62 %	90 %
63	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.17	1190468	10723	43 %	77 %
64	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.17	30	2	51 %	84 %
65	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	78	22	75 %	90 %
66	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	610	26	60 %	89 %
67	Number of Images Size	-0.16	239	31	75 %	90 %
68	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	5095	73	62 %	90 %
69	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	309466	2048	38 %	71 %
70	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	68 %	88 %
71	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.16	35	2	49 %	84 %
72	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	69 %	89 %
73	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	31	4	54 %	93 %
74	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.16	3653	997	83 %	92 %
75	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	138	21	54 %	94 %
76	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.16	72	15	55 %	87 %
77	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	57 %	87 %
78	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.16	122	20	70 %	91 %
79	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.16	91	72	78 %	88 %
80	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	46	3	37 %	88 %
81	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.16	22	10	53 %	93 %
82	Uses Microdata GeoCoordinates Other	-0.16	1	1	8 %	20 %
83	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	359	9	50 %	91 %
84	Uses Microdata latitude Other	-0.16	1	1	8 %	20 %
85	Uses Microdata longitude Other	-0.16	1	1	8 %	20 %
86	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.16	4	1	69 %	87 %
87	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	51	9	60 %	89 %
88	Uses Microdata geo Other	-0.15	1	1	8 %	21 %
89	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	55 %	87 %
90	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	100	81	78 %	89 %
91	Uses Microdata addressCountry Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	22 %
92	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.15	3	2	55 %	77 %
93	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.15	6	1	94 %	88 %
94	Uses Schema geo Other	-0.15	1	1	8 %	21 %
95	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	5292	73	35 %	85 %
96	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	3	2	69 %	75 %
97	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.15	389	120	78 %	87 %
98	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	396	130	79 %	87 %
99	Number of Links Authority	-0.15	397	133	79 %	87 %
100	Number of Questions Size	-0.15	84	11	65 %	85 %
101	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.15	396	132	78 %	88 %
102	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	25 %	79 %
103	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	11	3	36 %	88 %
104	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	28 %	81 %
105	Uses Microdata email Other	-0.15	1	1	8 %	19 %
106	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2493	32	45 %	86 %
107	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	38	17	79 %	81 %
108	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.15	3	1	30 %	80 %
109	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.15	4	1	25 %	82 %
110	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	60 %	84 %
111	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.14	10	2	42 %	81 %
112	Uses Microdata priceRange Other	-0.14	1	1	9 %	21 %
113	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	25	17	83 %	83 %
114	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	25	17	83 %	83 %
115	Meta Description Length Size	-0.14	190	117	67 %	83 %
116	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.14	218	11	56 %	82 %
117	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.14	516	43	71 %	88 %
118	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	53 %	81 %
119	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	53	13	72 %	82 %
120	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.14	951	263	82 %	85 %
121	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	82 %	87 %
122	Number of External Links Authority	-0.14	55	14	73 %	84 %
123	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	825	21	37 %	82 %
124	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	103	22	47 %	93 %
125	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	70 %	83 %
126	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	50	3	27 %	83 %
127	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.14	2	1	26 %	79 %
128	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	59 %	76 %
129	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	47 %	90 %
130	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	65 %	80 %
131	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.14	58	19	66 %	84 %
132	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.14	1	1	56 %	77 %
133	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.14	1	1	80 %	86 %
134	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	25	2	30 %	82 %
135	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2461	17	39 %	86 %
136	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	770	288	82 %	81 %
137	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.14	13	4	63 %	83 %
138	Is Home Page Other	-0.14	1	1	20 %	52 %
139	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	62 %	78 %
140	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	23 %	83 %
141	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.14	1	1	45 %	81 %
142	Title Length Size	-0.14	135	50	81 %	80 %
143	Uses Schema url Other	-0.14	1	1	55 %	74 %
144	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.14	1	1	18 %	70 %
145	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.14	15	1	25 %	78 %
146	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.14	175	60	64 %	84 %
147	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	60 %	79 %
148	Uses Schema pricerange Other	-0.13	1	1	12 %	56 %
149	Number of Forms Technology	-0.13	11	2	51 %	78 %
150	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	74 %	82 %
151	Uses Schema image Other	-0.13	1	1	22 %	68 %
152	Headings Has Question Other	-0.13	1	1	37 %	83 %
153	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	18	8	81 %	79 %
154	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	183	4	50 %	84 %
155	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	16 %	78 %
156	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.13	139	28	77 %	82 %
157	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.13	4	1	26 %	78 %
158	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.13	55	4	44 %	81 %
159	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	15 %	78 %
160	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.13	9	2	21 %	88 %
161	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	53 %	79 %
162	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.13	7	2	17 %	85 %
163	Uses JSON-LD priceRange Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	57 %
164	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.13	1	1	72 %	80 %
165	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.13	213	7	24 %	87 %
166	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.13	1	1	23 %	68 %
167	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.13	406	104	79 %	78 %
168	Uses Schema localbusiness Other	-0.13	1	1	13 %	59 %
169	Uses Microdata LocalBusiness Other	-0.13	1	1	6 %	29 %
170	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	26	11	71 %	77 %
171	Uses Schema faqpage Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	73 %
172	Uses JSON-LD FAQPage Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	74 %
173	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	36 %	75 %
174	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	64 %	77 %
175	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	44 %	75 %
176	Uses JSON-LD dayOfWeek Other	-0.13	1	1	6 %	37 %
177	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.13	1	1	39 %	73 %
178	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.13	1	1	20 %	67 %
179	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.13	1220	23	41 %	75 %
180	Uses Schema question Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	74 %
181	Uses JSON-LD LocalBusiness Other	-0.13	1	1	12 %	62 %
182	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	50 %	72 %
183	Uses JSON-LD addressRegion Other	-0.13	1	1	19 %	68 %
184	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.13	1	1	21 %	67 %
185	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	1	20 %	82 %
186	Uses Schema answer Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	74 %
187	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.13	1	1	21 %	69 %
188	Uses JSON-LD Question Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	75 %
189	Uses Microdata telephone Other	-0.13	1	1	6 %	33 %
190	Uses JSON-LD Answer Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	75 %
191	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.13	1	1	19 %	69 %
192	Uses Schema dayofweek Other	-0.13	1	1	6 %	37 %
193	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	78 %
194	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.13	1	1	43 %	61 %
195	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.13	1	1	20 %	71 %
196	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.13	275	16	24 %	81 %
197	Uses Microdata streetAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	6 %	31 %
198	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.12	308	5	24 %	80 %
199	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	53 %	75 %
200	Uses Schema addresscountry Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	68 %

Measures 147933 SEO Factors

146211 Built-In SEO Factors

137043 On-page SEO Factors

9168 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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