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	450	75 %	73 %
2	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.28	255	37	35 %	96 %
3	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.27	1965	169	25 %	88 %
4	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.27	8681	1641	77 %	77 %
5	Number of Images Size	-0.27	54	24	65 %	88 %
6	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.27	15	13	86 %	96 %
7	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.27	12235	1141	35 %	96 %
8	Word Count Size	-0.26	3111	1440	77 %	92 %
9	Is Home Page Other	-0.26	1	1	16 %	46 %
10	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.26	24	12	66 %	96 %
11	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.25	12104	985	30 %	96 %
12	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.25	49	42	86 %	96 %
13	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.25	572	178	69 %	96 %
14	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.25	1	1	66 %	92 %
15	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.24	38	17	61 %	92 %
16	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.24	32	11	54 %	96 %
17	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.24	5	3	55 %	88 %
18	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.24	37	31	86 %	96 %
19	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.24	2	1	62 %	96 %
20	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.24	4278	1836	76 %	100 %
21	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.24	577	183	74 %	96 %
22	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	1	1	56 %	96 %
23	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.23	52	28	68 %	92 %
24	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.23	17	8	50 %	85 %
25	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.23	38	20	66 %	100 %
26	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	71	9	61 %	92 %
27	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.23	3	2	47 %	92 %
28	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.23	58	35	76 %	96 %
29	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	1	1	58 %	100 %
30	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	170	17	62 %	88 %
31	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.23	30	13	71 %	81 %
32	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.23	4	2	48 %	88 %
33	Number of P Tags Size	-0.23	83	40	66 %	100 %
34	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.23	130	38	63 %	77 %
35	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.23	210	104	73 %	88 %
36	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.23	23	8	41 %	88 %
37	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.22	236	117	74 %	96 %
38	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	143	15	62 %	88 %
39	Number of Links Authority	-0.22	239	118	74 %	96 %
40	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	288	209	86 %	92 %
41	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.22	5058	227	59 %	100 %
42	Uses JSON-LD articleBody Other	-0.22	1	1	9 %	19 %
43	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	6	2	48 %	85 %
44	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	3	2	52 %	85 %
45	Number of External Links Authority	-0.21	30	13	70 %	100 %
46	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.21	30	13	69 %	100 %
47	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.21	21	3	25 %	96 %
48	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.21	14	8	61 %	100 %
49	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.21	18	7	44 %	88 %
50	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	8	3	49 %	92 %
51	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.21	54	15	54 %	85 %
52	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.21	237	114	74 %	100 %
53	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.21	2679	141	61 %	85 %
54	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.2	857	63	61 %	88 %
55	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	42 %	92 %
56	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.2	1	1	4 %	88 %
57	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.2	20716	906	65 %	96 %
58	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.2	84	76	73 %	62 %
59	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.2	3	1	32 %	88 %
60	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.2	1561	906	77 %	92 %
61	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.2	6	2	83 %	100 %
62	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.2	2	1	24 %	100 %
63	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.2	1	1	48 %	85 %
64	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.2	1	1	54 %	85 %
65	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.2	3	2	69 %	77 %
66	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	63	7	50 %	92 %
67	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	64 %	54 %
68	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.2	189	70	37 %	85 %
69	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	53 %	85 %
70	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.2	1	1	40 %	92 %
71	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.19	4973	244	65 %	85 %
72	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.19	1	1	29 %	88 %
73	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.19	1	1	76 %	81 %
74	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.19	1	1	3 %	88 %
75	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.19	4	2	58 %	81 %
76	Uses Schema attorney Other	-0.19	1	1	7 %	12 %
77	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.19	11	2	60 %	69 %
78	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.19	84	63	84 %	46 %
79	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.19	3	2	46 %	92 %
80	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	8	4	71 %	85 %
81	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.19	4	2	50 %	85 %
82	Uses Schema website Other	-0.19	1	1	32 %	81 %
83	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.19	21	7	47 %	96 %
84	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.19	224	49	57 %	88 %
85	Uses Schema articlebody Other	-0.19	1	1	7 %	27 %
86	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	13	2	64 %	73 %
87	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.18	8	4	55 %	100 %
88	Uses Schema legalservice Other	-0.18	1	1	32 %	19 %
89	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.18	20	12	68 %	88 %
90	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	2858	773	48 %	100 %
91	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.18	1	1	74 %	69 %
92	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	135	31	57 %	88 %
93	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.18	276	66	61 %	88 %
94	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.18	2893	136	42 %	85 %
95	Uses JSON-LD Attorney Other	-0.18	1	1	6 %	12 %
96	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.18	93	62	61 %	81 %
97	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	61 %	54 %
98	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.18	5857	278	44 %	85 %
99	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.18	1	1	55 %	62 %
100	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.18	96	85	73 %	81 %
101	Uses JSON-LD LegalService	-0.18	1	1	32 %	19 %
102	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1335	75	35 %	96 %
103	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.18	501	33	48 %	85 %
104	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	58	6	25 %	85 %
105	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	78 %	54 %
106	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	78 %	54 %
107	Number of Forms Technology	-0.17	7	2	45 %	96 %
108	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.17	18	6	29 %	88 %
109	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.17	1	1	53 %	73 %
110	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.17	7	4	42 %	73 %
111	Uses Schema name Other	-0.17	1	1	60 %	73 %
112	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.17	1	1	33 %	88 %
113	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	163	50	64 %	88 %
114	Is Article Page Other	-0.17	1	1	41 %	77 %
115	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	255	146	75 %	77 %
116	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.17	7	3	29 %	81 %
117	Uses JSON-LD representativeOfPage Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	12 %
118	Uses Schema representativeofpage Other	-0.17	1	1	1 %	12 %
119	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.17	1	1	67 %	54 %
120	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	9	4	40 %	88 %
121	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.17	1	1	35 %	81 %
122	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	8	4	64 %	77 %
123	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.17	1	1	36 %	85 %
124	Uses Schema url Other	-0.16	1	1	52 %	73 %
125	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.16	1	1	18 %	85 %
126	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.16	1	1	36 %	85 %
127	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.16	1	1	35 %	69 %
128	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	57 %	85 %
129	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	72 %	65 %
130	Uses JSON-LD dateModified Other	-0.16	1	1	33 %	73 %
131	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.16	1	1	47 %	77 %
132	Uses JSON-LD email Other	-0.16	1	1	10 %	77 %
133	Uses Schema email Other	-0.16	1	1	10 %	77 %
134	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.16	1	1	33 %	73 %
135	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.16	1	1	18 %	85 %
136	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	84	24	41 %	100 %
137	Meta Description Length Size	-0.16	214	133	65 %	69 %
138	Headings Has Question Other	-0.16	1	1	35 %	77 %
139	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.16	416	226	77 %	62 %
140	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.16	2	1	18 %	85 %
141	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.16	6	3	69 %	88 %
142	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.16	7	2	17 %	92 %
143	Uses Schema copyrightyear Other	-0.16	1	1	2 %	27 %
144	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.16	1	1	30 %	88 %
145	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.16	1	1	32 %	88 %
146	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.16	95	7	30 %	96 %
147	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.16	1	1	14 %	77 %
148	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	4	2	57 %	65 %
149	Uses JSON-LD priceRange Other	-0.16	1	1	12 %	65 %
150	Uses Schema pricerange Other	-0.16	1	1	12 %	65 %
151	Uses JSON-LD query Other	-0.16	1	1	1 %	12 %
152	Uses Schema commentcount Other	-0.16	1	1	1 %	12 %
153	Uses Schema query Other	-0.16	1	1	1 %	12 %
154	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	29 %	88 %
155	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	72	7	36 %	77 %
156	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	21 %	65 %
157	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.16	174	16	65 %	85 %
158	Uses JSON-LD addressRegion Other	-0.16	1	1	18 %	88 %
159	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.16	1	1	54 %	58 %
160	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.16	2	1	35 %	77 %
161	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.16	6	2	34 %	96 %
162	Has Form Technology	-0.16	1	1	44 %	92 %
163	Has Email Trust	-0.16	1	1	42 %	65 %
164	Uses Schema description Other	-0.15	1	1	45 %	73 %
165	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.15	153	146	85 %	81 %
166	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.15	21	17	78 %	92 %
167	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.15	21	17	78 %	92 %
168	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.15	1	1	16 %	92 %
169	Uses JSON-LD postalCode Other	-0.15	1	1	17 %	88 %
170	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.15	17	9	67 %	69 %
171	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	17 %	88 %
172	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.15	1	1	17 %	88 %
173	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.15	1	1	69 %	58 %
174	Uses JSON-LD headline Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	62 %
175	Uses JSON-LD WebSite	-0.15	1	1	24 %	85 %
176	Has Entities in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	18 %	85 %
177	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	493	269	77 %	58 %
178	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.15	1	1	21 %	81 %
179	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.15	1	1	32 %	85 %
180	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	7	2	34 %	81 %
181	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	85 %
182	Uses JSON-LD embedUrl Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	15 %
183	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.15	1	1	20 %	85 %
184	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.15	1	1	24 %	81 %
185	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	7	3	52 %	69 %
186	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.15	34	21	65 %	69 %
187	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.15	67316	2935	72 %	92 %
188	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	32 %	92 %
189	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	88 %
190	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.15	1	1	19 %	88 %
191	Uses Schema streetaddress Other	-0.15	1	1	19 %	88 %
192	Uses Schema image Other	-0.15	1	1	19 %	81 %
193	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	63 %	62 %
194	Uses JSON-LD telePhone Other	-0.15	1	1	15 %	88 %
195	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	62 %	58 %
196	Uses JSON-LD copyrightYear Other	-0.15	1	1	2 %	23 %
197	Uses JSON-LD SearchAction Other	-0.15	1	1	22 %	92 %
198	Uses JSON-LD SpeakableSpecification Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	19 %
199	Uses Schema speakablespecification Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	19 %
200	Uses Schema headline Other	-0.15	1	1	19 %	65 %

Measures 153994 SEO Factors

152272 Built-In SEO Factors

143052 On-page SEO Factors

9220 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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