200 Top SEO Ranking Factors July 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-07 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.29	938	255	64 %	76 %
2	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	52	36	77 %	89 %
3	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.26	984	52	30 %	88 %
4	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	39	27	77 %	89 %
5	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.25	197596	2620	30 %	88 %
6	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.25	26541	2213	66 %	87 %
7	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.25	16	11	77 %	90 %
8	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.25	188984	2418	28 %	87 %
9	Number of P Tags Size	-0.25	218	36	53 %	88 %
10	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.25	59	20	54 %	87 %
11	Word Count Size	-0.25	12278	1422	66 %	87 %
12	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.25	284	13	53 %	85 %
13	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.25	292	10	43 %	82 %
14	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.25	954	145	51 %	93 %
15	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.25	56122	1939	66 %	87 %
16	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	259	9	42 %	83 %
17	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.24	1050	149	56 %	93 %
18	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.24	29	7	48 %	87 %
19	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.24	54	7	37 %	92 %
20	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	123	5	41 %	83 %
21	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.24	4014	67	42 %	86 %
22	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.24	1	1	54 %	82 %
23	Number of Images Size	-0.24	165	24	54 %	87 %
24	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.24	59	11	59 %	77 %
25	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.24	26281	236	20 %	83 %
26	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.23	7	1	33 %	81 %
27	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.23	35864	476	51 %	86 %
28	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.23	68	28	60 %	91 %
29	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.23	11	1	50 %	87 %
30	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.23	2534	41	42 %	84 %
31	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.23	4172	979	66 %	88 %
32	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.23	5422	69	44 %	80 %
33	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.23	125	16	50 %	87 %
34	Number of Links Authority	-0.23	452	124	60 %	87 %
35	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.23	419	123	60 %	87 %
36	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.23	419	122	60 %	88 %
37	Number of External Links Authority	-0.23	135	13	56 %	88 %
38	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.23	5478	82	46 %	80 %
39	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.22	390	111	59 %	87 %
40	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	1	1	39 %	84 %
41	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	1	1	38 %	86 %
42	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.22	17	2	39 %	88 %
43	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	296	171	77 %	83 %
44	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.22	134	12	55 %	89 %
45	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.22	94781	1008	57 %	83 %
46	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.22	3	2	60 %	80 %
47	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	6 %	80 %
48	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	11	1	36 %	78 %
49	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.22	1	1	6 %	79 %
50	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.22	287	30	57 %	86 %
51	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.22	10	3	51 %	88 %
52	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	117	4	31 %	82 %
53	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.22	51	9	30 %	92 %
54	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.22	4466	622	46 %	91 %
55	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.21	8	2	35 %	81 %
56	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.21	94781	976	56 %	85 %
57	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	37 %	76 %
58	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	18	2	31 %	80 %
59	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	13	2	29 %	80 %
60	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.21	113	9	39 %	84 %
61	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.21	1529	43	40 %	84 %
62	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.21	2254	67	39 %	84 %
63	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.21	37	8	41 %	87 %
64	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.21	6	1	72 %	86 %
65	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.21	682	52	52 %	84 %
66	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.21	4126	78	49 %	85 %
67	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.2	151	14	39 %	80 %
68	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.2	5	2	39 %	85 %
69	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.2	6	3	55 %	82 %
70	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.2	834	19	34 %	86 %
71	Number of Includes Technology	-0.2	60	25	61 %	79 %
72	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.2	20308	224	26 %	83 %
73	Number of Forms Technology	-0.2	15	2	35 %	78 %
74	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.2	247	8	30 %	78 %
75	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	193	18	37 %	90 %
76	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.2	99	80	60 %	81 %
77	Number of Sentences Size	-0.2	1175	148	63 %	81 %
78	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.19	23	5	45 %	84 %
79	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.19	32	12	54 %	83 %
80	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.19	46	2	35 %	81 %
81	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.19	9196	115	42 %	83 %
82	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.19	11816	107	32 %	81 %
83	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.19	195	7	49 %	70 %
84	Has Form Technology	-0.19	1	1	34 %	76 %
85	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	30 %	85 %
86	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.19	8	2	25 %	81 %
87	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.19	23	2	42 %	77 %
88	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.19	23	16	65 %	74 %
89	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	195	5	24 %	82 %
90	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.19	4	1	20 %	81 %
91	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.19	23	16	65 %	74 %
92	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.19	92	69	59 %	73 %
93	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.19	1	1	37 %	76 %
94	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.19	174	8	46 %	80 %
95	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.19	1606	35	25 %	86 %
96	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.19	6	2	27 %	84 %
97	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.19	1	1	65 %	74 %
98	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.19	21	3	30 %	81 %
99	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.19	25	9	54 %	72 %
100	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	33	4	38 %	88 %
101	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.18	3	1	18 %	80 %
102	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.18	19	3	43 %	82 %
103	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.18	1	1	62 %	76 %
104	Headings Has Question Other	-0.18	1	1	25 %	78 %
105	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.18	994	326	64 %	63 %
106	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.18	1	1	33 %	73 %
107	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.18	39	2	39 %	74 %
108	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.18	4896	52	26 %	79 %
109	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.18	48	17	62 %	81 %
110	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.18	224	60	50 %	80 %
111	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	50 %	76 %
112	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.18	43	2	36 %	72 %
113	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	18 %	76 %
114	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	336	7	45 %	72 %
115	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	12	2	46 %	75 %
116	Is Article Page Other	-0.18	1	1	29 %	68 %
117	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.18	1	1	54 %	64 %
118	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.18	10	2	39 %	70 %
119	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.17	21986	236	47 %	80 %
120	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.17	1	1	34 %	74 %
121	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.17	100	65	77 %	61 %
122	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	170	20	31 %	90 %
123	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.17	1	1	24 %	73 %
124	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	40 %	80 %
125	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	14	2	59 %	70 %
126	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	14	2	59 %	70 %
127	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.17	1	1	29 %	70 %
128	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.17	1	1	42 %	72 %
129	Number of Questions Size	-0.17	81	13	49 %	71 %
130	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.17	1	1	46 %	66 %
131	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.17	1948	254	64 %	71 %
132	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.17	31	3	24 %	81 %
133	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.17	1	1	19 %	72 %
134	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.17	1	1	55 %	69 %
135	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.17	161	147	75 %	74 %
136	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.17	1	1	23 %	75 %
137	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.17	690	138	61 %	63 %
138	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.17	1	1	24 %	72 %
139	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.17	6	1	15 %	80 %
140	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.17	99	19	50 %	70 %
141	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.16	25	2	20 %	78 %
142	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.16	4	1	17 %	80 %
143	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	49 %	62 %
144	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.16	7	1	18 %	76 %
145	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.16	1	1	23 %	73 %
146	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	24	5	48 %	83 %
147	Meta Description Length Size	-0.16	649	115	50 %	70 %
148	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	47 %	60 %
149	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.16	485	9	28 %	83 %
150	Uses Schema name Other	-0.16	1	1	43 %	61 %
151	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	21 %	77 %
152	Title Word Count Size	-0.16	28	8	64 %	67 %
153	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.16	1	1	27 %	76 %
154	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	6	1	16 %	78 %
155	Is Store Page Other	-0.16	1	1	34 %	65 %
156	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.16	2	1	13 %	78 %
157	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	10 %	77 %
158	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.16	62	9	40 %	86 %
159	Number of Prices Size	-0.16	3738	126	53 %	78 %
160	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	12 %	77 %
161	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.16	1	1	22 %	68 %
162	Title Length Size	-0.16	170	53	64 %	68 %
163	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	41 %	70 %
164	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.16	1	1	21 %	67 %
165	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.16	129	3	17 %	83 %
166	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	46 %	61 %
167	Uses JSON-LD dateModified Other	-0.16	1	1	20 %	68 %
168	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	41 %	62 %
169	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.16	6	2	13 %	81 %
170	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.15	1	1	20 %	64 %
171	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.15	40	4	31 %	78 %
172	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.15	1	1	21 %	72 %
173	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.15	1	1	22 %	68 %
174	Uses Schema url Other	-0.15	1	1	40 %	58 %
175	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.15	1	1	30 %	63 %
176	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.15	1	1	13 %	72 %
177	Is Purchase Page Other	-0.15	1	1	35 %	54 %
178	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.15	12	2	14 %	86 %
179	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	372	12	21 %	85 %
180	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.15	4726	26	16 %	76 %
181	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.15	1	1	21 %	69 %
182	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.15	48	3	59 %	64 %
183	Variations in Button Tags Relevancy	-0.15	3312	27	11 %	78 %
184	Uses Schema description Other	-0.15	1	1	34 %	55 %
185	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	11	1	15 %	81 %
186	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.15	179	6	36 %	73 %
187	Has DocType Tag Technology	-0.15	1	1	57 %	53 %
188	Uses Schema product Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	48 %
189	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.15	72	2	16 %	75 %
190	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.15	91	4	16 %	74 %
191	Uses Schema website Other	-0.15	1	1	23 %	65 %
192	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.15	1	1	41 %	58 %
193	Uses Schema headline Other	-0.15	1	1	14 %	62 %
194	Uses JSON-LD item	-0.15	1	1	17 %	69 %
195	Has Copyright Trust	-0.14	1	1	45 %	56 %
196	Uses JSON-LD headline	-0.14	1	1	13 %	63 %
197	Variations in Class Attributes Relevancy	-0.14	9704	102	17 %	80 %
198	Has Email Trust	-0.14	1	1	31 %	69 %
199	Number of HREF Lang Tags Size	-0.14	19	2	9 %	82 %
200	Uses Schema datepublished Other	-0.14	1	1	26 %	51 %

Measures 153958 SEO Factors

152236 Built-In SEO Factors

143016 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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