200 Top SEO Ranking Factors February 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-02 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.26	1	1	5 %	44 %
2	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.25	5	3	76 %	94 %
3	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.25	1	1	4 %	44 %
4	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.23	10	6	83 %	84 %
5	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.22	2	1	47 %	81 %
6	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.22	3	2	63 %	88 %
7	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	35	31	99 %	84 %
8	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	47	41	99 %	88 %
9	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	213	125	78 %	91 %
10	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.2	2	1	51 %	88 %
11	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.2	217	128	82 %	91 %
12	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.2	552	330	86 %	91 %
13	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.19	40	28	85 %	97 %
14	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	9	7	83 %	91 %
15	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.19	2	2	61 %	81 %
16	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.19	2	2	59 %	84 %
17	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.18	20608	1666	38 %	72 %
18	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	218	184	99 %	81 %
19	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	10	6	70 %	88 %
20	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.18	6	3	63 %	81 %
21	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	15	13	99 %	84 %
22	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	1223	779	80 %	88 %
23	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.18	3922	1339	86 %	81 %
24	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.18	78	5	19 %	88 %
25	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.18	46	29	71 %	84 %
26	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	65 %	81 %
27	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	17	13	66 %	81 %
28	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.17	12	7	47 %	94 %
29	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.17	20802	1729	42 %	72 %
30	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	6	4	67 %	75 %
31	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	10	6	68 %	81 %
32	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	14	7	76 %	78 %
33	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.17	10	6	59 %	84 %
34	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	77 %	84 %
35	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	2	1	60 %	84 %
36	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.17	19	11	75 %	72 %
37	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	3	2	42 %	84 %
38	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	11	6	69 %	81 %
39	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	28 %	84 %
40	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.16	1261	103	41 %	78 %
41	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	52	35	78 %	94 %
42	Number of P Tags Size	-0.16	73	38	76 %	78 %
43	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	93	83	81 %	84 %
44	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	3	2	75 %	88 %
45	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.16	356	56	65 %	94 %
46	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.16	3	2	73 %	84 %
47	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	39 %	84 %
48	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	2	2	72 %	81 %
49	Number of External Links Authority	-0.16	21	12	75 %	88 %
50	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	128	50	71 %	81 %
51	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	37	18	69 %	97 %
52	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	10	2	13 %	81 %
53	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	3	2	61 %	78 %
54	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.16	77	65	99 %	75 %
55	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.16	50	19	70 %	91 %
56	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.16	225	95	78 %	91 %
57	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	5	3	53 %	69 %
58	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.16	2798	1708	86 %	88 %
59	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	2	2	59 %	78 %
60	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.16	4	3	82 %	91 %
61	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.15	22	18	67 %	72 %
62	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	19	10	73 %	78 %
63	Uses Schema identifier Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	25 %
64	Uses Microdata description Other	-0.15	1	1	8 %	28 %
65	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	20	11	74 %	91 %
66	Uses Microdata genre Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	25 %
67	Uses Microdata regionsAllowed Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	25 %
68	Uses Microdata requiresSubscription Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	25 %
69	Uses Schema regionsallowed Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	25 %
70	Uses Schema requiressubscription Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	25 %
71	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.15	50	20	67 %	88 %
72	Uses Microdata identifier Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	25 %
73	Uses Microdata playerType Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	25 %
74	Uses Schema playertype Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	25 %
75	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.15	3	1	96 %	81 %
76	Has Form Technology	-0.15	1	1	50 %	75 %
77	Uses Microdata thumbnail Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	25 %
78	Uses Schema thumbnail Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	25 %
79	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	3	1	11 %	81 %
80	Uses JSON-LD table Other	-0.15	1	1	2 %	19 %
81	Uses JSON-LD temporalCoverage Other	-0.15	1	1	2 %	19 %
82	Uses Schema table Other	-0.15	1	1	2 %	19 %
83	Uses Schema temporalcoverage Other	-0.15	1	1	2 %	19 %
84	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.15	474	174	82 %	94 %
85	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.15	474	174	82 %	94 %
86	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.15	17	11	77 %	88 %
87	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.15	12	5	47 %	91 %
88	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	2	2	57 %	75 %
89	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.15	29	15	72 %	81 %
90	Uses Microdata sameAs Other	-0.15	1	1	3 %	16 %
91	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	14 %	81 %
92	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	5	4	76 %	81 %
93	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	84 %	78 %
94	Uses JSON-LD totalTime Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	13 %
95	Uses Schema totaltime Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	13 %
96	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	24 %	84 %
97	Uses Microdata height Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	25 %
98	Uses Microdata width Other	-0.15	1	1	5 %	25 %
99	Title Length Size	-0.15	61	52	86 %	75 %
100	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.15	1	1	44 %	50 %
101	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.15	398	49	73 %	78 %
102	Number of Includes Technology	-0.14	41	29	84 %	78 %
103	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	6 %	94 %
104	Uses Schema mpn Other	-0.14	1	1	1 %	25 %
105	Number of Questions Size	-0.14	25	11	73 %	91 %
106	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.14	2	2	88 %	94 %
107	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.14	2	2	88 %	94 %
108	Word Count Size	-0.14	2313	1236	86 %	88 %
109	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.14	260	124	81 %	84 %
110	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.14	263	122	81 %	84 %
111	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	5	2	30 %	84 %
112	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.14	99	28	64 %	88 %
113	Variations in Figure Tags Relevancy	-0.14	12	4	12 %	59 %
114	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	66 %	84 %
115	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.14	6	1	11 %	81 %
116	Number of Links Authority	-0.14	271	125	81 %	84 %
117	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.14	1	1	41 %	69 %
118	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.14	258	115	81 %	81 %
119	Meta Description Length Size	-0.14	130	111	67 %	72 %
120	Uses Microdata duration Other	-0.14	1	1	5 %	25 %
121	Uses Microdata isFamilyFriendly Other	-0.14	1	1	5 %	28 %
122	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.14	1	1	75 %	75 %
123	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.14	3	2	66 %	81 %
124	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.14	7	4	49 %	78 %
125	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.14	2	2	62 %	81 %
126	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.14	9	3	43 %	75 %
127	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	17	7	51 %	78 %
128	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	8 %	78 %
129	Uses Schema genre Other	-0.14	1	1	5 %	28 %
130	Search Result Not .com .net or .org Other	-0.14	1	1	95 %	50 %
131	Number of Sentences Size	-0.14	196	122	85 %	88 %
132	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.14	8	4	65 %	81 %
133	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	49 %	78 %
134	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.14	213	118	83 %	88 %
135	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	397	295	85 %	75 %
136	Uses JSON-LD disambiguatingDescription	-0.14	1	1	2 %	25 %
137	Uses Schema disambiguatingdescription Other	-0.14	1	1	2 %	25 %
138	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.13	46	16	35 %	75 %
139	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	64 %	72 %
140	Number of Images Size	-0.13	45	24	77 %	84 %
141	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.13	87	74	81 %	88 %
142	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.13	1	1	22 %	75 %
143	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.13	33	19	78 %	78 %
144	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	15 %	88 %
145	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	121	39	64 %	91 %
146	Uses Schema homeandconstructionbusiness Other	-0.13	1	1	2 %	28 %
147	Is Article Page Other	-0.13	1	1	50 %	72 %
148	Uses JSON-LD InteractionCounter Other	-0.13	1	1	3 %	16 %
149	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	41	22	70 %	78 %
150	Uses Microdata VideoObject Other	-0.13	1	1	4 %	44 %
151	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	1	1	29 %	84 %
152	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.13	1	1	17 %	56 %
153	Uses JSON-LD headline Other	-0.13	1	1	16 %	53 %
154	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.13	1	1	55 %	81 %
155	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.13	1659	887	87 %	88 %
156	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	11	8	85 %	78 %
157	Variations in Em Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	6 %	84 %
158	Uses Microdata uploadDate Other	-0.13	1	1	5 %	31 %
159	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	18 %	69 %
160	Uses Microdata LocalBusiness Other	-0.13	1	1	4 %	19 %
161	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	67 %	75 %
162	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	78 %	75 %
163	Uses JSON-LD cssSelector Other	-0.13	1	1	1 %	22 %
164	Uses Schema cssselector Other	-0.13	1	1	1 %	22 %
165	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	2	2	41 %	88 %
166	Uses Microdata thumbnailUrl Other	-0.13	1	1	4 %	44 %
167	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.13	1	1	87 %	78 %
168	Uses JSON-LD Dataset Other	-0.13	1	1	2 %	22 %
169	Uses Schema dataset Other	-0.13	1	1	2 %	22 %
170	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.13	372	64	30 %	75 %
171	Exact Matches in A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	7	1	9 %	81 %
172	Uses JSON-LD PropertyValueSpecification Other	-0.13	1	1	20 %	53 %
173	Uses JSON-LD valueName Other	-0.13	1	1	20 %	53 %
174	Uses Schema propertyvaluespecification Other	-0.13	1	1	20 %	53 %
175	Uses Schema valuename Other	-0.13	1	1	20 %	53 %
176	Uses Microdata InteractionCounter Other	-0.13	1	1	7 %	34 %
177	Uses Microdata interactionStatistic Other	-0.13	1	1	7 %	34 %
178	Uses Microdata interactionType Other	-0.13	1	1	7 %	34 %
179	Uses Microdata userInteractionCount Other	-0.13	1	1	7 %	34 %
180	Uses Schema interactionstatistic Other	-0.13	1	1	7 %	34 %
181	Uses Schema videoobject Other	-0.13	1	1	4 %	59 %
182	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	29 %	81 %
183	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	59 %	72 %
184	Uses JSON-LD price Other	-0.13	1	1	4 %	47 %
185	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	8 %	81 %
186	Uses JSON-LD itemCondition Other	-0.13	1	1	2 %	19 %
187	Uses JSON-LD priceValidUntil Other	-0.13	1	1	2 %	19 %
188	Uses Microdata video Other	-0.13	1	1	1 %	19 %
189	Uses Schema itemcondition Other	-0.13	1	1	2 %	19 %
190	Uses Schema pricevaliduntil Other	-0.13	1	1	2 %	19 %
191	Uses Schema video Other	-0.13	1	1	1 %	19 %
192	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	24 %	66 %
193	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.13	24	19	83 %	81 %
194	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	52	24	58 %	91 %
195	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.13	159	154	98 %	78 %
196	Uses Schema uploaddate Other	-0.13	1	1	4 %	56 %
197	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	67 %	78 %
198	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.13	1	1	74 %	81 %
199	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	5	3	37 %	91 %
200	Uses Microdata acceptedAnswer Other	-0.13	1	1	2 %	19 %

Measures 149338 SEO Factors

147616 Built-In SEO Factors

138444 On-page SEO Factors

9172 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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