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	-0.31	1063	226	71 %	83 %
2	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.29	762	45	31 %	92 %
3	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.29	147697	1974	31 %	92 %
4	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.28	1	1	58 %	92 %
5	Number of Images Size	-0.28	63	22	56 %	90 %
6	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.28	123617	1536	28 %	92 %
7	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.28	47	19	58 %	93 %
8	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.27	3	1	54 %	95 %
9	Number of P Tags Size	-0.27	128	35	58 %	92 %
10	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.27	48	15	52 %	89 %
11	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.27	24081	454	21 %	88 %
12	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.27	49	35	84 %	93 %
13	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.26	70	11	57 %	95 %
14	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	16	11	83 %	90 %
15	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.26	14	7	52 %	93 %
16	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.25	37	26	84 %	94 %
17	Word Count Size	-0.25	7427	1279	73 %	95 %
18	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.25	8335	1576	73 %	96 %
19	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.24	2858	582	55 %	96 %
20	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.24	1	1	5 %	84 %
21	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	71	5	44 %	86 %
22	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	170	9	46 %	84 %
23	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.24	5058	61	46 %	90 %
24	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.24	103	30	62 %	91 %
25	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	143	8	45 %	86 %
26	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.24	1	1	5 %	84 %
27	Number of External Links Authority	-0.23	44	11	61 %	95 %
28	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	5	1	38 %	83 %
29	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.23	44	10	60 %	94 %
30	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.23	21680	2110	73 %	86 %
31	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	84	18	43 %	95 %
32	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.23	1	1	41 %	85 %
33	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.23	431	47	55 %	92 %
34	Number of Links Authority	-0.23	331	115	66 %	93 %
35	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.23	331	114	66 %	93 %
36	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.23	4973	66	48 %	82 %
37	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.23	331	112	66 %	94 %
38	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.22	857	28	45 %	85 %
39	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.22	3	1	35 %	86 %
40	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	8	2	34 %	82 %
41	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.22	572	115	51 %	98 %
42	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	6	2	33 %	82 %
43	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.22	43	13	72 %	58 %
44	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.22	320	104	65 %	93 %
45	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.22	44	8	41 %	93 %
46	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.22	25	8	43 %	89 %
47	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.22	2790	910	73 %	92 %
48	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.21	32	7	37 %	97 %
49	Number of Forms Technology	-0.21	7	2	36 %	90 %
50	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.21	577	118	57 %	98 %
51	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	38 %	96 %
52	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.21	1	1	31 %	84 %
53	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	38 %	94 %
54	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	13	4	44 %	95 %
55	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.21	5	2	36 %	94 %
56	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.21	4	2	40 %	89 %
57	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	288	172	84 %	88 %
58	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.21	3	2	64 %	78 %
59	Has Form Technology	-0.21	1	1	35 %	89 %
60	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.21	26573	359	54 %	87 %
61	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.21	4	1	36 %	86 %
62	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	63	4	35 %	83 %
63	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.2	2679	47	45 %	84 %
64	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.2	1155	17	30 %	86 %
65	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.2	3	1	20 %	92 %
66	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.2	55	15	43 %	88 %
67	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.2	1	1	39 %	86 %
68	Is Home Page Other	-0.2	1	1	13 %	62 %
69	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.2	1	1	43 %	84 %
70	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.2	6	1	79 %	85 %
71	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.2	153	146	82 %	77 %
72	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	95	17	35 %	91 %
73	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.19	4	2	43 %	81 %
74	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.19	4	1	27 %	86 %
75	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.19	387	8	32 %	80 %
76	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.19	8579	105	27 %	84 %
77	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.19	87	62	82 %	55 %
78	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.19	1	1	45 %	71 %
79	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.19	1	1	32 %	83 %
80	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.19	107116	1268	63 %	79 %
81	Number of Includes Technology	-0.19	47	24	65 %	84 %
82	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.19	5857	73	33 %	79 %
83	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.19	28	11	59 %	86 %
84	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.19	501	13	35 %	91 %
85	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.19	11	2	31 %	86 %
86	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.19	21	9	57 %	76 %
87	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.19	23	17	72 %	81 %
88	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.19	23	17	72 %	81 %
89	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.18	15	5	48 %	91 %
90	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	22 %	82 %
91	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	61 %	74 %
92	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	61 %	74 %
93	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.18	31	6	29 %	96 %
94	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.18	99	80	66 %	75 %
95	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1335	26	26 %	91 %
96	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	1021	46	41 %	88 %
97	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.18	7	2	27 %	89 %
98	Is Article Page Other	-0.18	1	1	32 %	81 %
99	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.18	1	1	52 %	56 %
100	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.18	1	1	28 %	77 %
101	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.18	107116	1197	59 %	84 %
102	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	726	28	41 %	88 %
103	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.18	82	24	59 %	92 %
104	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.18	1	1	27 %	76 %
105	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	72	4	26 %	79 %
106	Uses Schema website Other	-0.18	1	1	27 %	81 %
107	Headings Has Question Other	-0.18	1	1	27 %	84 %
108	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.18	21	3	25 %	88 %
109	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	4	1	36 %	83 %
110	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	11	2	43 %	64 %
111	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.17	1	1	38 %	81 %
112	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.17	1	1	18 %	84 %
113	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.17	21	2	17 %	85 %
114	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	13	2	48 %	75 %
115	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	619	139	71 %	75 %
116	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	30 %	90 %
117	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.17	2	1	16 %	88 %
118	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.17	1	1	25 %	85 %
119	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.17	6	3	59 %	80 %
120	Uses JSON-LD WebSite Other	-0.17	1	1	25 %	84 %
121	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.17	2	1	13 %	85 %
122	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.17	87	70	65 %	66 %
123	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	1261	49	53 %	87 %
124	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2893	30	27 %	84 %
125	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.16	1	1	25 %	81 %
126	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	86 %
127	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	152	8	20 %	77 %
128	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.16	2	1	26 %	75 %
129	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	79 %
130	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	19 %	80 %
131	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.16	1	1	23 %	82 %
132	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.16	4	1	18 %	87 %
133	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	8	3	50 %	84 %
134	Uses JSON-LD dateModified Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	78 %
135	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.16	23	5	35 %	80 %
136	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.16	1	1	15 %	72 %
137	Uses Schema name Other	-0.16	1	1	50 %	58 %
138	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.16	181	63	58 %	86 %
139	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.16	1	1	69 %	69 %
140	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.16	1	1	72 %	79 %
141	Title Word Count Size	-0.16	17	8	72 %	52 %
142	Uses JSON-LD mainEntity Other	-0.16	1	1	1 %	13 %
143	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	77 %
144	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.15	174	7	49 %	80 %
145	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.15	1	1	24 %	69 %
146	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.15	1	1	19 %	74 %
147	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	6	1	13 %	82 %
148	Uses Schema image Other	-0.15	1	1	16 %	74 %
149	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.15	1	1	13 %	75 %
150	Uses JSON-LD SearchAction Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	81 %
151	Uses Schema description Other	-0.15	1	1	40 %	51 %
152	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	1057	258	72 %	58 %
153	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.15	432	53	46 %	89 %
154	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.15	5	1	13 %	80 %
155	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	47 %	46 %
156	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.15	1	1	14 %	80 %
157	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.15	4	2	42 %	72 %
158	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	864	297	71 %	44 %
159	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	79 %
160	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	13 %	78 %
161	Uses Schema url Other	-0.15	1	1	45 %	59 %
162	Uses Schema medicalprocedure Other	-0.15	1	1	4 %	12 %
163	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.15	1	1	22 %	86 %
164	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	7	2	39 %	69 %
165	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	24 %	82 %
166	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.15	1	1	14 %	69 %
167	Uses JSON-LD MedicalProcedure Other	-0.15	1	1	4 %	12 %
168	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.15	1	1	14 %	74 %
169	LSI Words in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	52	5	19 %	88 %
170	Title Length Size	-0.15	118	53	72 %	55 %
171	Has Email Trust	-0.15	1	1	34 %	74 %
172	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	11	1	12 %	79 %
173	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.15	1	1	35 %	45 %
174	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.15	63	19	57 %	55 %
175	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.15	495	117	66 %	37 %
176	Uses JSON-LD MedicalOrganization Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	12 %
177	Uses JSON-LD addressRegion Other	-0.15	1	1	13 %	70 %
178	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.15	1	1	47 %	42 %
179	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.15	1	1	35 %	46 %
180	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	24 %	77 %
181	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	23 %	75 %
182	Meta Description Length Size	-0.15	354	118	56 %	59 %
183	Is Pagination Page Other	-0.15	1	1	15 %	66 %
184	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	12 %	79 %
185	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	54 %	53 %
186	Uses Schema medicalorganization Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	12 %
187	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	95	3	18 %	89 %
188	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	72 %
189	Uses JSON-LD telePhone	-0.14	1	1	12 %	79 %
190	Uses Schema streetaddress Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	75 %
191	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.14	965	80	49 %	71 %
192	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	74 %
193	Uses JSON-LD postalCode Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	77 %
194	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.14	1	1	28 %	58 %
195	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	74 %
196	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	24	10	47 %	79 %
197	Has RSS Link Authority	-0.14	1	1	20 %	68 %
198	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	53 %	49 %
199	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	74 %
200	Uses JSON-LD streetAddress Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	77 %

Measures 154014 SEO Factors

152292 Built-In SEO Factors

143068 On-page SEO Factors

9224 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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