200 Top SEO Ranking Factors August 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-08 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.3	1063	238	71 %	82 %
2	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.29	762	40	33 %	94 %
3	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.28	147697	1890	33 %	94 %
4	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.28	123617	1432	29 %	94 %
5	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.27	50	35	84 %	91 %
6	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.27	47	20	60 %	91 %
7	Number of P Tags Size	-0.27	147	38	59 %	91 %
8	Number of Images Size	-0.26	79	23	59 %	92 %
9	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.26	1	1	60 %	92 %
10	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.26	35381	551	21 %	91 %
11	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.26	70	12	59 %	94 %
12	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.26	3	1	55 %	92 %
13	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.26	62	16	54 %	90 %
14	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	38	26	84 %	92 %
15	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.26	15	7	54 %	92 %
16	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.25	16	11	83 %	89 %
17	Word Count Size	-0.25	7427	1459	74 %	93 %
18	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.25	8335	1794	74 %	94 %
19	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	304	9	46 %	85 %
20	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.24	5058	56	46 %	88 %
21	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	254	8	46 %	86 %
22	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	91	5	44 %	86 %
23	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.23	1	1	5 %	82 %
24	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.23	331	114	68 %	92 %
25	Number of Links Authority	-0.23	331	115	68 %	92 %
26	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.23	4829	637	53 %	95 %
27	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.23	331	115	68 %	92 %
28	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.23	232	30	64 %	91 %
29	Number of External Links Authority	-0.23	70	12	63 %	94 %
30	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.23	1	1	42 %	86 %
31	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.23	48	11	62 %	94 %
32	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.23	1	1	5 %	82 %
33	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.23	320	104	66 %	91 %
34	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.22	9	2	41 %	88 %
35	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.22	8	1	35 %	89 %
36	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.22	25	8	46 %	88 %
37	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.22	44	12	67 %	64 %
38	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.22	29355	2410	74 %	88 %
39	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	5	1	39 %	83 %
40	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.22	589	119	51 %	96 %
41	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.22	2790	925	74 %	92 %
42	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	84	18	43 %	93 %
43	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.22	857	28	45 %	86 %
44	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	6	2	33 %	83 %
45	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.22	599	49	57 %	90 %
46	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	8	2	34 %	83 %
47	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.21	4973	45	48 %	81 %
48	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.21	32	7	38 %	95 %
49	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.21	26573	305	55 %	88 %
50	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.21	44	8	42 %	92 %
51	Number of Includes Technology	-0.21	63	24	65 %	83 %
52	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.21	8	1	37 %	87 %
53	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.21	592	123	56 %	96 %
54	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	319	175	84 %	87 %
55	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	82	4	35 %	84 %
56	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.21	3	2	66 %	80 %
57	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.21	3224	45	46 %	83 %
58	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.2	12	2	32 %	89 %
59	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.2	3	1	21 %	92 %
60	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	38 %	91 %
61	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.2	6	2	38 %	92 %
62	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.2	15	2	42 %	82 %
63	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.2	11644	117	27 %	85 %
64	Number of Forms Technology	-0.2	7	2	37 %	89 %
65	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	40 %	93 %
66	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.2	4	2	29 %	87 %
67	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.2	25	9	58 %	78 %
68	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.2	148	15	45 %	87 %
69	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	13	4	43 %	91 %
70	Is Home Page Other	-0.2	1	1	13 %	59 %
71	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.19	107116	763	62 %	82 %
72	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.19	1	1	29 %	83 %
73	Has Form Technology	-0.19	1	1	35 %	87 %
74	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.19	2	1	18 %	86 %
75	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.19	7	2	30 %	87 %
76	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.19	6	2	81 %	85 %
77	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.19	1	1	44 %	82 %
78	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.19	107116	737	60 %	85 %
79	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.19	1155	16	29 %	86 %
80	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.19	517	13	36 %	91 %
81	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.19	31	6	31 %	95 %
82	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.19	387	7	32 %	81 %
83	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.19	1	1	40 %	80 %
84	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	111	19	36 %	91 %
85	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.19	5857	62	34 %	79 %
86	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.18	21	4	49 %	90 %
87	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	22 %	82 %
88	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	163	4	27 %	81 %
89	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.18	153	146	83 %	77 %
90	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.18	28	12	61 %	84 %
91	Headings Has Question Other	-0.18	1	1	30 %	85 %
92	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.18	87	63	83 %	55 %
93	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	61 %	76 %
94	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	61 %	76 %
95	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.18	2	1	13 %	88 %
96	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.18	1	1	48 %	71 %
97	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.18	82	24	59 %	93 %
98	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.18	1	1	39 %	81 %
99	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	2456	54	54 %	85 %
100	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.17	6	3	60 %	81 %
101	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.17	1	1	28 %	75 %
102	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.17	1	1	29 %	75 %
103	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.17	24	17	73 %	77 %
104	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.17	24	17	73 %	77 %
105	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	43	2	36 %	84 %
106	Is Article Page Other	-0.17	1	1	34 %	76 %
107	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	1226	45	41 %	90 %
108	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1335	26	27 %	88 %
109	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.17	1	1	34 %	78 %
110	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	835	28	41 %	91 %
111	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	31 %	89 %
112	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.17	21	3	26 %	87 %
113	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.17	99	82	68 %	76 %
114	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.17	1	1	52 %	62 %
115	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	13	2	49 %	74 %
116	Uses Schema website Other	-0.17	1	1	28 %	73 %
117	Number of Sentences Size	-0.16	860	152	72 %	79 %
118	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.16	1	1	27 %	80 %
119	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.16	1	1	26 %	76 %
120	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	152	9	21 %	79 %
121	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.16	5	1	15 %	80 %
122	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.16	28	2	19 %	83 %
123	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.16	1	1	20 %	82 %
124	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.16	11	2	43 %	66 %
125	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.16	2	1	26 %	71 %
126	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.16	4	1	19 %	87 %
127	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.16	1	1	25 %	82 %
128	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.16	1	1	25 %	74 %
129	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	41	2	43 %	73 %
130	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	18 %	82 %
131	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.16	1	1	25 %	71 %
132	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	25 %	82 %
133	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.16	88	71	67 %	69 %
134	Uses JSON-LD dateModified Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	74 %
135	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.16	1	1	24 %	65 %
136	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.16	4826	35	28 %	82 %
137	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	9	1	15 %	84 %
138	Uses JSON-LD WebSite Other	-0.16	1	1	25 %	76 %
139	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	77 %
140	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.15	274	60	57 %	84 %
141	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	12 %	79 %
142	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	8	3	50 %	85 %
143	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.15	186	7	48 %	79 %
144	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.15	432	50	46 %	89 %
145	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	11	2	13 %	79 %
146	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	72 %
147	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject	-0.15	1	1	24 %	80 %
148	Uses JSON-LD SearchAction Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	74 %
149	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	38	2	39 %	69 %
150	Uses JSON-LD mainEntity Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	14 %
151	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	11 %	81 %
152	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.15	43	3	61 %	61 %
153	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	73 %	81 %
154	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.15	1	1	35 %	44 %
155	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	25 %	69 %
156	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.15	1	1	36 %	44 %
157	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	25 %	70 %
158	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	61	17	69 %	80 %
159	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	1057	253	73 %	61 %
160	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.14	1	1	19 %	69 %
161	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1871	84	49 %	74 %
162	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	864	299	73 %	47 %
163	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.14	192	5	52 %	62 %
164	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	51 %	57 %
165	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.14	1	1	71 %	73 %
166	Uses Schema image Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	75 %
167	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	71 %
168	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.14	1	1	14 %	77 %
169	Number of HREF Lang Tags Size	-0.14	29	2	9 %	80 %
170	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	10	1	22 %	81 %
171	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	96	3	19 %	84 %
172	Has HREF Lang Technology	-0.14	1	1	10 %	77 %
173	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.14	1	1	32 %	60 %
174	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.14	26	5	37 %	79 %
175	LSI Words in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	52	5	19 %	88 %
176	Number of Questions Size	-0.14	72	14	60 %	59 %
177	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	8	3	43 %	79 %
178	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.14	371	4	15 %	78 %
179	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.14	300	5	47 %	67 %
180	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.14	41	2	16 %	81 %
181	Is Store Page Other	-0.14	1	1	36 %	65 %
182	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	72 %
183	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	77 %
184	Uses Schema entrypoint Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	72 %
185	Variations in Button Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2482	16	10 %	84 %
186	Uses JSON-LD EntryPoint Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	74 %
187	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	24	9	47 %	82 %
188	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	42 %	80 %
189	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1272	16	16 %	78 %
190	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	19 %	80 %
191	Uses JSON-LD urlTemplate Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	73 %
192	Has RSS Link Authority	-0.14	1	1	21 %	64 %
193	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	70 %
194	Uses Schema urltemplate Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	72 %
195	Uses Schema url Other	-0.14	1	1	46 %	56 %
196	Uses Schema readaction Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	68 %
197	Uses JSON-LD postalCode Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	74 %
198	Uses Schema caption Other	-0.14	1	1	18 %	67 %
199	Uses JSON-LD caption Other	-0.14	1	1	18 %	66 %
200	Has Email Trust	-0.14	1	1	36 %	72 %

Measures 154040 SEO Factors

152318 Built-In SEO Factors

143093 On-page SEO Factors

9225 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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