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	-0.23	997	302	82 %	75 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.23	24	7	80 %	89 %
3	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.23	7	3	68 %	95 %
4	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.23	68	29	78 %	96 %
5	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	5 %	77 %
6	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	38	29	98 %	93 %
7	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	51	39	98 %	93 %
8	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.21	1	1	4 %	77 %
9	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	16	12	97 %	94 %
10	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	91	7	64 %	90 %
11	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.2	867	159	73 %	96 %
12	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.2	56182	306	79 %	91 %
13	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	762	156	70 %	96 %
14	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	144	8	65 %	91 %
15	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.2	36	8	54 %	94 %
16	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	1628	42	71 %	91 %
17	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	46	4	62 %	90 %
18	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.2	56182	302	77 %	93 %
19	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.2	8	2	55 %	92 %
20	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.2	22536	1507	84 %	93 %
21	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1502	36	66 %	91 %
22	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.2	18920	170	74 %	92 %
23	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	285	179	98 %	91 %
24	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	500	23	66 %	89 %
25	Uses Microdata OpeningHoursSpecification	-0.19	1	1	11 %	14 %
26	Uses Microdata opens Other	-0.19	1	1	11 %	14 %
27	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.19	15	4	60 %	91 %
28	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	36	4	49 %	88 %
29	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.19	6	3	78 %	92 %
30	Number of Includes Technology	-0.19	57	27	79 %	82 %
31	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.18	4	1	44 %	81 %
32	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1941	28	66 %	88 %
33	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	11	2	65 %	87 %
34	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.18	27	8	46 %	95 %
35	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	290	3	62 %	82 %
36	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	11	1	53 %	83 %
37	Word Count Size	-0.18	10039	1549	83 %	89 %
38	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.18	46360	2119	83 %	89 %
39	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.18	4	1	46 %	81 %
40	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	53 %	79 %
41	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.18	35	2	57 %	86 %
42	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.18	232	14	75 %	87 %
43	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.18	178	8	66 %	87 %
44	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	4142	30	68 %	88 %
45	Number of P Tags Size	-0.17	300	41	74 %	89 %
46	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	181	4	71 %	83 %
47	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	937	42	61 %	89 %
48	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	12	2	43 %	85 %
49	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	27	2	45 %	86 %
50	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.17	39959	247	48 %	76 %
51	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.17	6	2	57 %	82 %
52	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.17	26	10	72 %	80 %
53	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	610	26	61 %	90 %
54	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	13	5	62 %	95 %
55	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.17	1344623	12228	48 %	78 %
56	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	9	2	80 %	82 %
57	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	9	2	80 %	82 %
58	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	91	7	47 %	89 %
59	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	8	1	55 %	83 %
60	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.17	30	2	52 %	84 %
61	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	35	2	50 %	84 %
62	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	3653	1008	84 %	90 %
63	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	78	22	76 %	90 %
64	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	836	127	82 %	87 %
65	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.17	943	58	63 %	89 %
66	Number of Images Size	-0.17	239	31	76 %	89 %
67	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	68 %	88 %
68	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	55 %	89 %
69	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	3199	694	61 %	96 %
70	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	5095	70	62 %	90 %
71	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	59 %	86 %
72	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	309466	2072	38 %	72 %
73	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.16	91	72	78 %	87 %
74	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.16	72	15	56 %	86 %
75	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	46	3	38 %	87 %
76	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.16	122	21	71 %	90 %
77	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	1190468	9957	44 %	78 %
78	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	359	10	51 %	90 %
79	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	68 %	89 %
80	Uses Microdata latitude Other	-0.16	1	1	8 %	20 %
81	Uses Microdata longitude Other	-0.16	1	1	8 %	20 %
82	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.16	51	9	60 %	88 %
83	Uses Microdata GeoCoordinates Other	-0.16	1	1	8 %	20 %
84	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	3	2	71 %	75 %
85	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.16	389	121	79 %	86 %
86	Number of Links Authority	-0.15	397	134	79 %	87 %
87	Uses Microdata geo Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	21 %
88	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	396	131	79 %	87 %
89	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	138	21	52 %	94 %
90	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.15	4	1	69 %	86 %
91	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	5292	72	36 %	86 %
92	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.15	3	2	55 %	77 %
93	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	100	82	79 %	89 %
94	Uses Schema geo Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	21 %
95	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	31	4	52 %	93 %
96	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.15	396	133	79 %	88 %
97	Uses Microdata addressCountry Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	22 %
98	Number of Questions Size	-0.15	257	13	66 %	84 %
99	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	11	3	37 %	88 %
100	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	54 %	87 %
101	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	29 %	81 %
102	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2493	31	47 %	86 %
103	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.15	22	10	52 %	93 %
104	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.15	7	2	94 %	88 %
105	Uses Microdata email Other	-0.15	1	1	8 %	19 %
106	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	25 %	78 %
107	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.15	10	2	43 %	79 %
108	Meta Description Length Size	-0.15	201	118	67 %	83 %
109	Uses Microdata priceRange Other	-0.14	1	1	8 %	20 %
110	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.14	4	1	25 %	82 %
111	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	59 %	84 %
112	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.14	951	264	82 %	84 %
113	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.14	516	43	71 %	88 %
114	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	25	17	84 %	83 %
115	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	25	17	84 %	83 %
116	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.14	58	19	67 %	83 %
117	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.14	3	1	31 %	77 %
118	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	65 %	79 %
119	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.14	49	18	80 %	82 %
120	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	825	21	37 %	83 %
121	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.14	218	11	57 %	82 %
122	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	83 %	87 %
123	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	53 %	78 %
124	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	50	3	27 %	82 %
125	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	71 %	83 %
126	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2461	16	40 %	86 %
127	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	47 %	89 %
128	Number of External Links Authority	-0.14	55	14	74 %	85 %
129	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	53	13	73 %	83 %
130	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.14	2	1	27 %	79 %
131	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.14	1	1	56 %	78 %
132	Title Length Size	-0.14	135	51	82 %	80 %
133	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	23 %	81 %
134	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	25	2	30 %	81 %
135	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	59 %	74 %
136	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.14	1	1	81 %	85 %
137	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	63 %	77 %
138	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	103	22	45 %	93 %
139	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.14	15	1	25 %	79 %
140	Is Home Page Other	-0.14	1	1	19 %	51 %
141	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	770	293	83 %	82 %
142	Number of Forms Technology	-0.14	11	2	51 %	78 %
143	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	18	8	82 %	79 %
144	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	61 %	77 %
145	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.13	13	4	64 %	80 %
146	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.13	175	62	65 %	82 %
147	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	183	4	50 %	84 %
148	Uses Microdata LocalBusiness Other	-0.13	1	1	6 %	28 %
149	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	15 %	77 %
150	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	74 %	81 %
151	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	17 %	78 %
152	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	45 %	78 %
153	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	54 %	79 %
154	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	56 %	72 %
155	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.13	139	28	78 %	82 %
156	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.13	7	2	17 %	83 %
157	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.13	4	1	26 %	79 %
158	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	7	1	20 %	81 %
159	Headings Has Question Other	-0.13	1	1	38 %	83 %
160	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.13	213	8	24 %	87 %
161	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.13	1	1	40 %	72 %
162	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	50 %	71 %
163	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.13	1	1	18 %	68 %
164	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.13	1	1	73 %	79 %
165	Uses Schema pricerange Other	-0.13	1	1	12 %	55 %
166	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	37 %	72 %
167	Uses Schema image Other	-0.13	1	1	22 %	66 %
168	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.13	9	2	21 %	87 %
169	Uses JSON-LD dayOfWeek Other	-0.13	1	1	6 %	36 %
170	Uses Schema faqpage Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	71 %
171	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.13	1	1	23 %	67 %
172	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.13	275	16	25 %	81 %
173	Uses JSON-LD FAQPage Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	73 %
174	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.13	492	106	79 %	78 %
175	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	63 %	76 %
176	Uses Schema dayofweek Other	-0.13	1	1	6 %	36 %
177	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.13	159	5	44 %	81 %
178	Uses Schema question Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	72 %
179	Uses Microdata telephone Other	-0.13	1	1	6 %	32 %
180	Uses Schema answer Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	71 %
181	Uses JSON-LD priceRange Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	57 %
182	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	7	1	17 %	80 %
183	Uses Schema localbusiness Other	-0.13	1	1	12 %	58 %
184	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.13	1	1	20 %	65 %
185	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	26	11	72 %	76 %
186	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.13	1	1	21 %	66 %
187	Uses JSON-LD Question Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	74 %
188	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.13	1220	21	41 %	76 %
189	Variations in Button Tags Relevancy	-0.13	337	3	10 %	83 %
190	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	44 %	74 %
191	Uses JSON-LD addressRegion Other	-0.13	1	1	19 %	66 %
192	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.13	1	1	21 %	66 %
193	Uses JSON-LD Answer Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	74 %
194	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	76 %
195	Number of Prices Size	-0.12	2363	79	67 %	82 %
196	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.12	4	1	25 %	80 %
197	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.12	13	4	37 %	81 %
198	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.12	1	1	19 %	68 %
199	Uses JSON-LD LocalBusiness Other	-0.12	1	1	11 %	61 %
200	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.12	4	1	24 %	74 %

Measures 147941 SEO Factors

146219 Built-In SEO Factors

137051 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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