200 Top SEO Ranking Factors January 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-01 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.25	948	318	80 %	82 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.24	24	7	78 %	87 %
3	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.24	6	3	69 %	95 %
4	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.24	51	30	78 %	99 %
5	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.22	867	173	74 %	95 %
6	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	5 %	77 %
7	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.22	762	168	71 %	95 %
8	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	38	30	96 %	92 %
9	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.22	108	36	69 %	91 %
10	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	51	39	96 %	91 %
11	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.21	1	1	5 %	75 %
12	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.21	8	2	57 %	94 %
13	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.21	36	8	54 %	95 %
14	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.21	689	216	77 %	88 %
15	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	16	12	96 %	92 %
16	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.21	22536	1666	82 %	93 %
17	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	36	7	63 %	89 %
18	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	41	8	63 %	88 %
19	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.2	110	30	64 %	89 %
20	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	274	180	96 %	89 %
21	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.2	689	211	75 %	90 %
22	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.2	394	114	71 %	89 %
23	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	27	5	61 %	89 %
24	Uses Microdata OpeningHoursSpecification	-0.2	1	1	12 %	11 %
25	Uses Microdata opens Other	-0.2	1	1	12 %	11 %
26	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.19	15	4	61 %	94 %
27	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	78	22	65 %	84 %
28	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	13	6	67 %	92 %
29	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.19	3199	767	66 %	95 %
30	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.19	46360	2262	81 %	88 %
31	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.19	3	1	46 %	81 %
32	Word Count Size	-0.19	10039	1458	81 %	88 %
33	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.19	19294	231	45 %	78 %
34	Number of Sentences Size	-0.19	379	121	79 %	87 %
35	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.19	4	3	75 %	88 %
36	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	23	4	49 %	88 %
37	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	5	1	54 %	81 %
38	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	64 %	84 %
39	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.19	1161104	15015	45 %	79 %
40	Number of P Tags Size	-0.19	300	38	72 %	89 %
41	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.18	232	14	73 %	88 %
42	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.18	3	2	58 %	82 %
43	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.18	3	1	48 %	78 %
44	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.18	27	8	45 %	97 %
45	Number of Includes Technology	-0.18	49	26	77 %	78 %
46	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	31	5	57 %	91 %
47	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	68	21	65 %	83 %
48	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	6	2	63 %	81 %
49	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.18	18	7	68 %	87 %
50	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.18	78	22	73 %	86 %
51	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.18	266	56	62 %	87 %
52	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.18	309466	3915	36 %	70 %
53	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.18	4	2	54 %	77 %
54	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.18	966345	11152	40 %	79 %
55	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	138	25	56 %	94 %
56	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	21	11	57 %	92 %
57	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	6	4	70 %	78 %
58	Number of Images Size	-0.17	138	33	73 %	88 %
59	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	5	2	43 %	88 %
60	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	141	43	62 %	83 %
61	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	56 %	88 %
62	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	85	22	67 %	82 %
63	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	2	2	80 %	82 %
64	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	2	2	80 %	82 %
65	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.17	153	56	63 %	87 %
66	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.17	89	72	76 %	86 %
67	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	5	2	45 %	89 %
68	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.17	24	8	66 %	85 %
69	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	2	1	55 %	82 %
70	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	3653	1009	82 %	89 %
71	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	91	8	48 %	89 %
72	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	87	27	62 %	85 %
73	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	69 %	87 %
74	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.17	72	17	56 %	88 %
75	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.17	4	1	68 %	82 %
76	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	53 %	79 %
77	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	25 %	81 %
78	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.16	107	22	68 %	89 %
79	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	6	1	92 %	84 %
80	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.16	7	2	52 %	80 %
81	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.16	24	17	81 %	78 %
82	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.16	24	17	81 %	78 %
83	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.16	516	45	69 %	85 %
84	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	29 %	81 %
85	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	9	3	38 %	86 %
86	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	25	8	51 %	89 %
87	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	98	81	77 %	85 %
88	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	54 %	88 %
89	Number of Links Authority	-0.16	360	137	77 %	84 %
90	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.16	359	135	77 %	84 %
91	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.16	3	2	52 %	85 %
92	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.16	340	125	77 %	84 %
93	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	327	133	77 %	84 %
94	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	59 %	84 %
95	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	59 %	82 %
96	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.16	38	17	77 %	77 %
97	Number of Questions Size	-0.16	32	11	64 %	85 %
98	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.16	274	55	34 %	84 %
99	Uses Microdata GeoCoordinates Other	-0.16	1	1	7 %	20 %
100	Uses Microdata latitude Other	-0.16	1	1	7 %	20 %
101	Uses Microdata longitude Other	-0.16	1	1	7 %	20 %
102	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	68	11	56 %	81 %
103	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	770	297	80 %	76 %
104	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	32	9	58 %	88 %
105	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	167	25	47 %	81 %
106	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.15	3	2	57 %	74 %
107	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.15	22	10	69 %	80 %
108	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	103	24	49 %	92 %
109	Meta Description Length Size	-0.15	190	117	66 %	80 %
110	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	64 %	76 %
111	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	78 %	81 %
112	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	951	271	80 %	83 %
113	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.15	66	18	37 %	78 %
114	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.15	58	19	65 %	79 %
115	Uses Microdata geo Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	24 %
116	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	81 %	82 %
117	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.15	1	1	68 %	80 %
118	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.15	1	1	71 %	78 %
119	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	3	2	69 %	72 %
120	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	213	10	27 %	82 %
121	Is Home Page Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	55 %
122	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.15	1	1	19 %	73 %
123	Uses Schema geo Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	23 %
124	Number of Forms Technology	-0.15	11	2	51 %	76 %
125	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.15	371	106	77 %	79 %
126	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	11	3	35 %	89 %
127	Has Form Technology	-0.15	1	1	50 %	73 %
128	Uses Microdata addressCountry Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	21 %
129	Uses Microdata email Other	-0.15	1	1	8 %	17 %
130	Number of External Links Authority	-0.14	46	13	71 %	80 %
131	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	45	12	70 %	77 %
132	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.14	175	61	65 %	80 %
133	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.14	11	4	51 %	81 %
134	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.14	86	12	49 %	76 %
135	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	53 %	82 %
136	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.14	13	4	61 %	82 %
137	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.14	1	1	72 %	80 %
138	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	23 %	82 %
139	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.14	139	28	75 %	76 %
140	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.14	1	1	54 %	77 %
141	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.14	1	1	46 %	81 %
142	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.14	4	1	25 %	82 %
143	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	50	8	41 %	81 %
144	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	58 %	75 %
145	Uses Schema localbusiness Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	59 %
146	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.14	10	2	41 %	77 %
147	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.14	1	1	51 %	65 %
148	Uses Microdata priceRange Other	-0.14	1	1	8 %	21 %
149	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.14	2	1	26 %	77 %
150	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	14	3	27 %	84 %
151	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	46 %	92 %
152	Uses Schema name Other	-0.14	1	1	58 %	73 %
153	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	62 %	77 %
154	Title Length Size	-0.14	100	50	79 %	77 %
155	Uses Schema pricerange Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	56 %
156	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	15 %	80 %
157	Title Word Count Size	-0.14	17	8	79 %	75 %
158	Uses JSON-LD LocalBusiness Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	63 %
159	Uses Schema image Other	-0.14	1	1	23 %	68 %
160	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.14	14	4	25 %	80 %
161	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	16 %	78 %
162	Number of Prices Size	-0.13	1963	93	66 %	79 %
163	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	55 %	74 %
164	Uses Schema faqpage Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	73 %
165	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.13	55	4	42 %	75 %
166	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	26 %	74 %
167	Uses Microdata LocalBusiness Other	-0.13	1	1	6 %	25 %
168	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.13	1	1	62 %	74 %
169	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	21 %	81 %
170	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.13	1	1	24 %	65 %
171	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	8 %	75 %
172	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	51 %	77 %
173	Uses JSON-LD priceRange Other	-0.13	1	1	12 %	59 %
174	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.13	7	2	16 %	83 %
175	Uses JSON-LD OpeningHoursSpecification Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	56 %
176	Uses JSON-LD FAQPage Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	74 %
177	Uses JSON-LD opens Other	-0.13	1	1	10 %	56 %
178	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	4	2	41 %	79 %
179	Uses JSON-LD addressLocality Other	-0.13	1	1	23 %	67 %
180	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.13	3	1	28 %	81 %
181	Uses JSON-LD dayOfWeek Other	-0.13	1	1	5 %	40 %
182	Variations in OpenGraph Site Name Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	21 %	70 %
183	Uses JSON-LD addressRegion Other	-0.13	1	1	22 %	68 %
184	Headings Has Question Other	-0.13	1	1	36 %	81 %
185	Uses Schema openinghoursspecification Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	56 %
186	Uses Schema opens Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	56 %
187	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.13	11	1	17 %	77 %
188	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	6	2	31 %	78 %
189	Has Email Trust	-0.13	1	1	43 %	72 %
190	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.13	9	2	20 %	88 %
191	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.13	1	1	38 %	74 %
192	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	26	10	69 %	78 %
193	Uses JSON-LD PostalAddress Other	-0.13	1	1	23 %	69 %
194	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	36 %	77 %
195	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.13	1	1	22 %	66 %
196	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.13	1	1	24 %	64 %
197	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.13	19	3	25 %	77 %
198	Uses Schema question Other	-0.13	1	1	11 %	75 %
199	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.13	1	1	53 %	73 %
200	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	27 %	74 %

Measures 147896 SEO Factors

146174 Built-In SEO Factors

137008 On-page SEO Factors

9166 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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