200 Top SEO Ranking Factors February 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-02 previous

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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 %	58 %
2	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.21	1	1	6 %	57 %
3	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.21	7	3	69 %	96 %
4	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.2	3	1	46 %	74 %
5	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	16	13	94 %	90 %
6	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.2	24	7	82 %	82 %
7	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.2	978	334	84 %	76 %
8	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.19	7535	1613	85 %	87 %
9	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.19	4	2	59 %	70 %
10	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.18	4	2	50 %	75 %
11	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	39	30	94 %	88 %
12	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	51	40	94 %	90 %
13	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	12	4	64 %	78 %
14	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.18	6	2	57 %	89 %
15	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.18	54	29	78 %	92 %
16	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.18	566	33	69 %	78 %
17	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	17	7	66 %	79 %
18	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	16	6	66 %	82 %
19	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	4	2	54 %	79 %
20	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.17	278	185	96 %	81 %
21	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	450	141	74 %	87 %
22	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.17	1578	123	47 %	72 %
23	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	445	138	71 %	88 %
24	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.17	141583	4871	47 %	72 %
25	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.17	339517	6570	42 %	72 %
26	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	8	3	59 %	86 %
27	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.17	28	7	55 %	88 %
28	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	84 %	83 %
29	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	84 %	83 %
30	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	11	3	51 %	76 %
31	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	6	2	44 %	81 %
32	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	60 %	81 %
33	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2222	121	76 %	88 %
34	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	57 %	79 %
35	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	197	38	75 %	83 %
36	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.16	4364	242	80 %	88 %
37	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.16	15	7	72 %	79 %
38	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.16	4364	240	79 %	88 %
39	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	6	2	41 %	83 %
40	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	5	2	57 %	76 %
41	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	226	59	67 %	84 %
42	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	112	27	63 %	83 %
43	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	70 %	79 %
44	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.16	31	7	45 %	94 %
45	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	9861	549	36 %	70 %
46	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	116	19	68 %	83 %
47	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.16	53	12	75 %	81 %
48	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	160	40	63 %	85 %
49	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	3	2	74 %	76 %
50	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.15	862	24	67 %	89 %
51	Number of P Tags Size	-0.15	135	40	73 %	79 %
52	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.15	4	3	79 %	85 %
53	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.15	83	7	47 %	74 %
54	Number of Images Size	-0.15	312	30	76 %	82 %
55	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.15	6243	1855	85 %	82 %
56	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.15	143	21	67 %	87 %
57	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.15	305	21	71 %	80 %
58	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.15	787	68	66 %	82 %
59	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.15	19	11	74 %	69 %
60	Word Count Size	-0.15	4962	1453	84 %	82 %
61	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	7065	744	61 %	88 %
62	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	9	4	74 %	74 %
63	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.15	46	17	38 %	75 %
64	Number of Includes Technology	-0.15	46	27	81 %	75 %
65	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	25 %	78 %
66	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.15	3	2	70 %	82 %
67	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	29 %	81 %
68	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.14	79	62	97 %	63 %
69	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.14	398	49	71 %	84 %
70	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.14	57	22	75 %	78 %
71	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.14	3	2	55 %	76 %
72	Number of Links Authority	-0.14	314	128	79 %	77 %
73	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	29	9	52 %	80 %
74	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.14	4	2	65 %	76 %
75	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.14	302	125	79 %	78 %
76	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.14	314	127	79 %	78 %
77	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.14	14	6	64 %	91 %
78	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.14	1	1	74 %	74 %
79	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.14	298	115	79 %	78 %
80	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	63 %	79 %
81	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.14	34	14	57 %	81 %
82	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	18	5	54 %	89 %
83	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.14	36	9	57 %	78 %
84	Is Home Page Other	-0.14	1	1	20 %	40 %
85	Number of Sentences Size	-0.14	458	133	83 %	79 %
86	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.14	2272	961	85 %	83 %
87	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.14	3	2	60 %	77 %
88	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.14	99	84	81 %	85 %
89	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	56 %	81 %
90	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	15 %	75 %
91	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	21 %	76 %
92	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	69 %	85 %
93	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	19 %	70 %
94	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	29 %	76 %
95	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.14	89	74	81 %	81 %
96	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.14	14	7	68 %	74 %
97	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	3	38 %	83 %
98	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.14	84	7	25 %	84 %
99	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	53 %	75 %
100	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.13	25	9	59 %	81 %
101	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	13 %	75 %
102	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	68 %	73 %
103	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.13	313	23	48 %	86 %
104	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.13	20	10	52 %	83 %
105	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	25	5	41 %	77 %
106	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.13	823	16	49 %	78 %
107	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	49 %	71 %
108	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	2	1	28 %	74 %
109	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.13	7	2	29 %	76 %
110	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.13	155	29	78 %	81 %
111	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.13	549	12	40 %	81 %
112	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.13	1	1	51 %	64 %
113	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.13	1	1	73 %	74 %
114	Number of Questions Size	-0.13	68	12	70 %	74 %
115	Number of Forms Technology	-0.13	6	2	48 %	74 %
116	Uses Schema aggregaterating Other	-0.13	1	1	12 %	59 %
117	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.13	6	2	93 %	84 %
118	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.13	7	2	39 %	78 %
119	Meta Description Length Size	-0.13	339	123	69 %	73 %
120	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.13	1	1	82 %	74 %
121	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.13	24	18	85 %	74 %
122	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.13	24	18	85 %	74 %
123	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	30	12	75 %	75 %
124	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.13	145	66	69 %	81 %
125	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	25 %	74 %
126	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.13	16	2	16 %	83 %
127	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.12	160	154	96 %	69 %
128	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.12	5	1	32 %	75 %
129	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.12	55	20	69 %	78 %
130	Uses Schema product Other	-0.12	1	1	7 %	49 %
131	Number of External Links Authority	-0.12	37	14	75 %	78 %
132	Uses JSON-LD DiscussionForumPosting Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	12 %
133	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	47 %	66 %
134	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	7	1	14 %	79 %
135	Uses Schema bestrating Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	45 %
136	Uses JSON-LD AggregateRating Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	62 %
137	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	6 %	81 %
138	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.12	1	1	84 %	74 %
139	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.12	1	1	38 %	61 %
140	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.12	4	1	25 %	78 %
141	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.12	510	59	38 %	83 %
142	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.12	23	5	64 %	74 %
143	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	63	19	52 %	86 %
144	Search Result Not .com .net or .org Other	-0.12	1	1	92 %	26 %
145	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.12	31	18	82 %	74 %
146	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.12	1	1	65 %	69 %
147	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.12	98	5	43 %	74 %
148	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.12	19	2	44 %	69 %
149	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.12	3	1	17 %	75 %
150	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.12	24	11	75 %	69 %
151	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.12	11	4	56 %	78 %
152	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	4	1	16 %	76 %
153	Uses Schema localbusiness Other	-0.12	1	1	12 %	51 %
154	Uses Microdata FAQPage Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	22 %
155	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.12	8	2	20 %	83 %
156	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.12	16	4	36 %	74 %
157	Uses JSON-LD Review Other	-0.12	1	1	6 %	46 %
158	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.12	11	1	14 %	77 %
159	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.12	1	1	57 %	72 %
160	Number of Prices Size	-0.12	422	67	70 %	78 %
161	Uses JSON-LD bestRating Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	46 %
162	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	45 %	81 %
163	Uses Schema ratingvalue Other	-0.12	1	1	12 %	56 %
164	Uses Microdata contentUrl	-0.12	1	1	2 %	26 %
165	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.12	13	4	24 %	73 %
166	Uses Schema review Other	-0.12	1	1	6 %	44 %
167	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	56 %	60 %
168	Variations in Style Tags Relevancy	-0.12	514	7	11 %	79 %
169	Title Length Size	-0.12	80	53	85 %	76 %
170	Uses JSON-LD worstRating Other	-0.12	1	1	6 %	40 %
171	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	13 %	74 %
172	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.12	4	2	43 %	79 %
173	Uses JSON-LD Product Other	-0.12	1	1	6 %	52 %
174	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	63 %	69 %
175	Variations in ID Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	7	1	12 %	78 %
176	Has HREF Lang Technology	-0.12	1	1	9 %	66 %
177	Headings Has Question Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	70 %
178	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	54 %	81 %
179	Uses Schema worstrating Other	-0.12	1	1	6 %	42 %
180	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.12	421	113	82 %	69 %
181	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	58 %	78 %
182	Variations in Class Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	1314	13	17 %	74 %
183	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.12	2	1	40 %	58 %
184	Uses Schema image Other	-0.12	1	1	23 %	63 %
185	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.12	1	1	55 %	72 %
186	Uses JSON-LD interactionType Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	17 %
187	Uses JSON-LD InteractionCounter Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	19 %
188	Variations in Aside Tags Relevancy	-0.12	33	4	10 %	72 %
189	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.12	579	281	84 %	81 %
190	Variations in OpenGraph Site Name Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	18 %	67 %
191	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.11	1	1	35 %	66 %
192	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.11	1	1	21 %	58 %
193	Percentage of NoFollow Links Authority	-0.11	7	2	22 %	66 %
194	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.11	782	309	85 %	72 %
195	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.11	12	4	26 %	72 %
196	Uses JSON-LD category Other	-0.11	1	1	2 %	23 %
197	Uses Schema rating Other	-0.11	1	1	7 %	44 %
198	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.11	2	1	26 %	63 %
199	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.11	76	21	45 %	88 %
200	Uses Schema category Other	-0.11	1	1	2 %	24 %

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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