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	-0.32	1063	267	73 %	81 %
2	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.28	1	1	61 %	93 %
3	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.27	762	45	33 %	95 %
4	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.27	19099	434	22 %	88 %
5	Number of Images Size	-0.27	54	22	60 %	95 %
6	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.27	39	19	62 %	96 %
7	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.27	33485	1212	33 %	95 %
8	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.27	2	1	58 %	96 %
9	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.27	16	12	85 %	95 %
10	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.26	3	1	43 %	81 %
11	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.26	42	16	56 %	95 %
12	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	49	39	86 %	95 %
13	Number of P Tags Size	-0.26	92	34	61 %	97 %
14	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.26	14387	807	29 %	95 %
15	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.26	44	11	60 %	97 %
16	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.25	37	29	86 %	93 %
17	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.25	5058	109	53 %	95 %
18	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.25	14	7	56 %	99 %
19	Word Count Size	-0.25	3552	1269	75 %	96 %
20	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	170	12	53 %	91 %
21	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	71	6	52 %	92 %
22	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.24	572	142	60 %	97 %
23	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	1	1	46 %	96 %
24	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.24	4278	1561	75 %	99 %
25	Number of External Links Authority	-0.24	30	11	64 %	97 %
26	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	1	1	47 %	97 %
27	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	143	11	53 %	91 %
28	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.24	32	9	45 %	99 %
29	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.24	103	30	64 %	91 %
30	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.24	30	10	63 %	97 %
31	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.24	4	2	44 %	80 %
32	Is Home Page Other	-0.24	1	1	15 %	57 %
33	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.23	2858	611	54 %	99 %
34	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	6	2	40 %	84 %
35	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.23	30	13	74 %	66 %
36	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.23	4	2	52 %	73 %
37	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.23	5	2	45 %	95 %
38	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.23	331	115	69 %	96 %
39	Number of Links Authority	-0.23	331	116	69 %	96 %
40	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.23	577	146	66 %	97 %
41	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.23	331	113	69 %	97 %
42	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.23	857	38	53 %	89 %
43	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	5	1	45 %	86 %
44	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	8	2	41 %	89 %
45	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.23	320	105	67 %	93 %
46	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.23	4973	137	58 %	86 %
47	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.22	12588	1792	77 %	82 %
48	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.22	147	36	58 %	89 %
49	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.22	26573	742	62 %	92 %
50	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.22	2679	85	55 %	86 %
51	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.22	1	1	4 %	76 %
52	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.22	1698	892	75 %	93 %
53	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.22	3	2	66 %	73 %
54	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.21	17	8	45 %	88 %
55	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.21	1	1	4 %	76 %
56	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.21	387	12	39 %	88 %
57	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	288	188	86 %	91 %
58	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.21	1	1	28 %	86 %
59	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	63	5	42 %	91 %
60	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.21	21	7	43 %	92 %
61	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.21	55	15	47 %	86 %
62	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	45 %	86 %
63	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.21	1021	57	51 %	92 %
64	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	84	20	44 %	100 %
65	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.2	726	37	51 %	92 %
66	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.2	1	1	42 %	84 %
67	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.2	58	28	69 %	93 %
68	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.2	21	11	63 %	89 %
69	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.2	31	7	34 %	95 %
70	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.2	5857	140	38 %	86 %
71	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.2	84	61	84 %	53 %
72	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	13	4	45 %	95 %
73	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.2	8579	178	32 %	86 %
74	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.2	1	1	46 %	85 %
75	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.2	6	2	83 %	88 %
76	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.2	153	146	83 %	73 %
77	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.2	1	1	47 %	80 %
78	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.19	3	1	28 %	88 %
79	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.19	4	2	46 %	86 %
80	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.19	45	7	28 %	89 %
81	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.19	501	20	43 %	92 %
82	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.19	2	1	21 %	93 %
83	Number of Forms Technology	-0.19	7	2	39 %	89 %
84	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.19	99	82	70 %	77 %
85	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	36 %	88 %
86	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.19	1	1	35 %	84 %
87	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.19	2893	66	35 %	86 %
88	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1335	40	32 %	95 %
89	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.18	21	2	21 %	89 %
90	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	8	3	62 %	84 %
91	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.18	4	2	42 %	89 %
92	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.18	11	2	54 %	59 %
93	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.18	86	72	69 %	61 %
94	Has Form Technology	-0.18	1	1	39 %	88 %
95	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.18	1	1	20 %	80 %
96	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.18	107116	2725	71 %	86 %
97	Number of Sentences Size	-0.18	296	133	73 %	74 %
98	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.18	372	62	56 %	89 %
99	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.18	1	1	58 %	59 %
100	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.18	1	1	72 %	65 %
101	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	3	1	23 %	86 %
102	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.18	107116	2649	69 %	89 %
103	Uses JSON-LD MedicalProcedure Other	-0.18	1	1	6 %	12 %
104	Uses Schema medicalprocedure Other	-0.18	1	1	6 %	12 %
105	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	9	2	72 %	70 %
106	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	9	2	72 %	70 %
107	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	84	17	34 %	91 %
108	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.17	14	5	51 %	93 %
109	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	174	10	62 %	81 %
110	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	1261	60	61 %	88 %
111	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.17	11	3	33 %	89 %
112	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.17	1	1	31 %	81 %
113	Uses Schema website Other	-0.17	1	1	31 %	81 %
114	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.17	23	17	76 %	81 %
115	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.17	23	17	76 %	81 %
116	Uses Schema url Other	-0.17	1	1	50 %	62 %
117	Uses JSON-LD MedicalOrganization Other	-0.17	1	1	5 %	16 %
118	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	54 %	80 %
119	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	56 %	47 %
120	Uses Schema description Other	-0.17	1	1	44 %	55 %
121	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.17	4	2	52 %	72 %
122	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.17	6	3	69 %	84 %
123	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.17	7	2	30 %	86 %
124	Uses Schema name Other	-0.17	1	1	54 %	62 %
125	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.17	1	1	30 %	81 %
126	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	8	4	54 %	77 %
127	Uses Schema medicalorganization Other	-0.16	1	1	5 %	16 %
128	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.16	1	1	14 %	89 %
129	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.16	1	1	77 %	74 %
130	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	13	2	60 %	73 %
131	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	72	5	30 %	80 %
132	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	43	25	68 %	76 %
133	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.16	1	1	29 %	80 %
134	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	27 %	89 %
135	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.16	1	1	28 %	89 %
136	Uses JSON-LD mainEntity Other	-0.16	1	1	1 %	15 %
137	Uses JSON-LD articleBody Other	-0.16	1	1	4 %	19 %
138	Search Result Has Rewritten Page Title Other	-0.16	1	1	42 %	53 %
139	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	69	7	21 %	81 %
140	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.16	1	1	27 %	78 %
141	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.16	1	1	41 %	78 %
142	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.16	1	1	17 %	78 %
143	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.16	17	9	61 %	68 %
144	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.16	1	1	50 %	43 %
145	Headings Has Question Other	-0.16	1	1	30 %	85 %
146	Is Article Page Other	-0.16	1	1	38 %	76 %
147	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.16	1	1	29 %	81 %
148	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.16	648	252	75 %	61 %
149	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.16	2	1	16 %	88 %
150	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.16	24	10	48 %	77 %
151	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.16	11	4	38 %	80 %
152	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.16	34	4	19 %	84 %
153	Uses JSON-LD dateModified Other	-0.16	1	1	28 %	78 %
154	Uses JSON-LD WebSite Other	-0.16	1	1	27 %	82 %
155	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.16	95	4	23 %	88 %
156	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.16	181	60	59 %	84 %
157	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.16	1	1	16 %	82 %
158	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	284	12	61 %	76 %
159	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.15	1	1	29 %	80 %
160	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.15	1	1	26 %	86 %
161	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	7	2	49 %	70 %
162	Uses JSON-LD embedUrl Other	-0.15	1	1	2 %	18 %
163	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	58 %	57 %
164	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.15	1	1	21 %	73 %
165	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.15	2	1	30 %	77 %
166	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.15	7	3	26 %	88 %
167	Meta Description Length Size	-0.15	214	123	62 %	64 %
168	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	53 %	62 %
169	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.15	1	1	15 %	77 %
170	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	49 %	54 %
171	Uses Schema medicalspecialty Other	-0.15	1	1	6 %	15 %
172	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	61 %	69 %
173	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.15	3	1	23 %	78 %
174	Uses JSON-LD telePhone	-0.15	1	1	14 %	84 %
175	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	15 %	85 %
176	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	6	1	12 %	78 %
177	Is Pagination Page Other	-0.15	1	1	15 %	68 %
178	Uses JSON-LD addressRegion Other	-0.15	1	1	14 %	78 %
179	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.15	1	1	38 %	54 %
180	Uses Schema addresslocality Other	-0.15	1	1	16 %	82 %
181	Title Length Size	-0.15	118	56	75 %	58 %
182	Uses Schema copyrightyear Other	-0.15	1	1	2 %	26 %
183	Uses Schema datepublished Other	-0.14	1	1	36 %	54 %
184	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	81 %
185	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.14	269	73	57 %	74 %
186	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.14	10	1	12 %	82 %
187	Uses JSON-LD postalCode Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	86 %
188	Uses JSON-LD SearchAction Other	-0.14	1	1	20 %	81 %
189	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.14	1	1	39 %	55 %
190	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.14	34	19	62 %	64 %
191	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	15 %	74 %
192	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.14	43	4	74 %	64 %
193	Number of Questions Size	-0.14	31	12	62 %	61 %
194	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.14	1	1	28 %	66 %
195	Title Word Count Size	-0.14	17	8	76 %	57 %
196	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	59 %	57 %
197	Uses Schema articlebody Other	-0.14	1	1	4 %	26 %
198	Uses Schema image Other	-0.14	1	1	17 %	82 %
199	Uses Schema postaladdress Other	-0.14	1	1	17 %	85 %
200	Uses JSON-LD copyrightYear Other	-0.14	1	1	2 %	24 %

Measures 153998 SEO Factors

152276 Built-In SEO Factors

143056 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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