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	237	71 %	81 %
2	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.29	762	36	33 %	92 %
3	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.28	147697	1581	33 %	93 %
4	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.28	123617	1252	30 %	92 %
5	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.27	48	20	60 %	91 %
6	Number of P Tags Size	-0.27	147	39	59 %	91 %
7	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	50	36	84 %	91 %
8	Number of Images Size	-0.26	106	25	59 %	93 %
9	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.26	35381	406	21 %	89 %
10	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.26	1	1	60 %	92 %
11	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.26	70	12	59 %	93 %
12	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.26	3	1	55 %	93 %
13	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.25	70	17	55 %	91 %
14	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.25	15	7	54 %	92 %
15	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.25	38	27	84 %	92 %
16	Word Count Size	-0.25	7427	1434	74 %	93 %
17	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.25	8335	1765	74 %	93 %
18	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.25	16	11	84 %	90 %
19	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.24	1	1	5 %	80 %
20	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	304	9	47 %	87 %
21	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.24	29355	2231	74 %	89 %
22	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.24	5058	49	47 %	90 %
23	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	254	8	47 %	87 %
24	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.23	1	1	5 %	80 %
25	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.23	502	115	68 %	92 %
26	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.23	505	116	68 %	92 %
27	Number of Links Authority	-0.23	505	117	68 %	92 %
28	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	91	5	45 %	87 %
29	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.23	232	30	64 %	89 %
30	Number of External Links Authority	-0.23	70	12	63 %	94 %
31	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.23	48	11	62 %	94 %
32	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.23	494	105	67 %	91 %
33	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.23	4829	596	52 %	95 %
34	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.22	2801	938	74 %	92 %
35	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.22	1	1	42 %	84 %
36	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.22	589	119	52 %	96 %
37	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.22	18	2	43 %	88 %
38	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.22	8	1	36 %	88 %
39	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.22	857	26	46 %	87 %
40	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.22	44	12	67 %	69 %
41	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.22	27	8	46 %	88 %
42	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.22	599	57	56 %	91 %
43	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.22	44	8	43 %	93 %
44	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.21	32	6	38 %	95 %
45	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.21	26573	245	57 %	89 %
46	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.21	592	122	57 %	95 %
47	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	5	1	40 %	86 %
48	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	8	2	35 %	85 %
49	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.21	3	2	66 %	81 %
50	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	6	2	33 %	85 %
51	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	84	16	41 %	94 %
52	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.21	8	1	37 %	87 %
53	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	82	4	36 %	85 %
54	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.21	4973	38	50 %	82 %
55	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.21	3224	38	47 %	83 %
56	Number of Forms Technology	-0.21	7	2	37 %	88 %
57	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	319	176	85 %	86 %
58	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.2	6	2	39 %	92 %
59	Number of Includes Technology	-0.2	63	25	67 %	82 %
60	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	39 %	91 %
61	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	40 %	93 %
62	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.2	15	2	44 %	82 %
63	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.2	3	1	21 %	90 %
64	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.2	148	15	45 %	86 %
65	Has Form Technology	-0.2	1	1	36 %	85 %
66	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.2	11644	101	28 %	87 %
67	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.2	15	2	34 %	89 %
68	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	13	4	41 %	92 %
69	Is Home Page Other	-0.19	1	1	12 %	56 %
70	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.19	9	2	30 %	88 %
71	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.19	25	9	60 %	77 %
72	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.19	1	1	44 %	82 %
73	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.19	107116	604	63 %	84 %
74	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.19	9	2	30 %	86 %
75	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.19	31	5	50 %	89 %
76	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.19	31	6	31 %	95 %
77	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.19	517	12	37 %	91 %
78	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.19	8	1	19 %	85 %
79	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.19	6	1	81 %	86 %
80	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.19	107116	586	61 %	87 %
81	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.19	1	1	29 %	82 %
82	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	387	7	33 %	84 %
83	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.18	5857	50	35 %	81 %
84	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.18	82	24	60 %	93 %
85	Uses JSON-LD url	-0.18	1	1	39 %	81 %
86	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.18	1155	13	29 %	85 %
87	Headings Has Question Other	-0.18	1	1	30 %	82 %
88	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	22 %	82 %
89	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.18	154	146	83 %	76 %
90	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	63 %	76 %
91	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	63 %	76 %
92	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	163	4	28 %	82 %
93	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.18	87	62	84 %	59 %
94	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	111	18	34 %	91 %
95	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	1226	43	42 %	90 %
96	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	2456	51	56 %	86 %
97	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.18	24	17	73 %	76 %
98	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.18	24	17	73 %	76 %
99	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.18	28	12	62 %	84 %
100	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	31 %	89 %
101	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.17	1	1	39 %	81 %
102	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	835	27	42 %	91 %
103	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.17	6	3	61 %	81 %
104	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1335	24	28 %	89 %
105	Is Article Page Other	-0.17	1	1	33 %	75 %
106	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.17	43	2	37 %	84 %
107	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.17	2	1	13 %	87 %
108	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.17	1	1	33 %	78 %
109	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.17	1	1	28 %	76 %
110	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.17	21	3	26 %	86 %
111	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.17	1	1	29 %	76 %
112	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.17	99	81	68 %	75 %
113	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.17	1	1	48 %	67 %
114	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.17	1	1	27 %	80 %
115	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.17	1	1	20 %	82 %
116	Number of Sentences Size	-0.16	860	150	71 %	80 %
117	Uses Schema website Other	-0.16	1	1	27 %	71 %
118	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	13	2	50 %	73 %
119	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	162	8	22 %	80 %
120	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.16	1	1	25 %	81 %
121	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.16	4	1	19 %	85 %
122	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.16	11	2	44 %	64 %
123	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.16	1	1	52 %	59 %
124	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.16	2	1	26 %	70 %
125	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	18 %	83 %
126	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.16	1	1	25 %	76 %
127	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.16	88	70	67 %	68 %
128	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.16	5	1	15 %	80 %
129	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	41	2	44 %	74 %
130	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	533	53	46 %	89 %
131	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	25 %	80 %
132	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.16	28	2	19 %	85 %
133	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	70 %
134	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.16	61	17	69 %	80 %
135	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	8	3	51 %	84 %
136	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	9	1	15 %	83 %
137	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.15	1	1	25 %	73 %
138	Uses JSON-LD WebSite Other	-0.15	1	1	24 %	74 %
139	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	3	1	12 %	81 %
140	Uses JSON-LD dateModified Other	-0.15	1	1	23 %	73 %
141	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.15	274	59	58 %	84 %
142	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.15	1	1	24 %	64 %
143	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.15	4826	27	29 %	84 %
144	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.15	1	1	24 %	75 %
145	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	1057	260	73 %	62 %
146	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.15	1	1	24 %	78 %
147	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.15	186	7	49 %	80 %
148	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	11	2	13 %	78 %
149	Uses JSON-LD SearchAction Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	73 %
150	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	71 %
151	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	73 %	80 %
152	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	38	2	40 %	70 %
153	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	11 %	82 %
154	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.15	26	5	37 %	81 %
155	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.15	1	1	14 %	78 %
156	Has Email Trust	-0.15	1	1	35 %	74 %
157	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	864	304	73 %	48 %
158	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	96	3	19 %	85 %
159	Is Store Page Other	-0.15	1	1	37 %	65 %
160	Uses JSON-LD mainEntity Other	-0.14	1	1	1 %	13 %
161	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.14	1	1	24 %	68 %
162	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.14	1	1	24 %	70 %
163	Number of Questions Size	-0.14	72	13	59 %	60 %
164	Number of HREF Lang Tags Size	-0.14	29	2	10 %	82 %
165	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	50 %	55 %
166	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.14	1	1	35 %	44 %
167	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	9	3	44 %	81 %
168	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.14	1	1	36 %	44 %
169	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.14	41	2	16 %	81 %
170	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1871	85	50 %	75 %
171	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.14	43	3	61 %	62 %
172	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.14	300	5	49 %	66 %
173	Has HREF Lang Technology	-0.14	1	1	10 %	78 %
174	Uses Schema image Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	74 %
175	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.14	1	1	71 %	73 %
176	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	19 %	80 %
177	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	76 %
178	Is Pagination Page Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	68 %
179	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	10	1	23 %	83 %
180	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.14	192	5	54 %	63 %
181	Uses JSON-LD item	-0.14	1	1	19 %	71 %
182	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	55 %	53 %
183	Uses Schema description Other	-0.14	1	1	40 %	46 %
184	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.14	495	122	69 %	40 %
185	Variations in Button Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2482	12	10 %	84 %
186	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.14	371	4	16 %	79 %
187	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	73 %
188	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.14	1	1	47 %	41 %
189	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1272	15	17 %	79 %
190	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.14	22	2	13 %	89 %
191	Number of H5 Tags Size	-0.14	11	2	12 %	84 %
192	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	16 %	87 %
193	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.14	63	19	60 %	59 %
194	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	46 %	53 %
195	LSI Words in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	52	5	19 %	87 %
196	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	43 %	79 %
197	Uses Schema entrypoint Other	-0.13	1	1	16 %	71 %
198	Uses JSON-LD EntryPoint Other	-0.13	1	1	16 %	73 %
199	Uses Schema caption Other	-0.13	1	1	18 %	65 %
200	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.13	1	1	62 %	57 %

Measures 154085 SEO Factors

152363 Built-In SEO Factors

143138 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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