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 Variations Used Diversity	-0.23	30	7	80 %	88 %
2	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.22	997	302	82 %	70 %
3	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	17	12	97 %	94 %
4	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	39	29	98 %	94 %
5	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	52	38	98 %	93 %
6	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.21	22536	1528	85 %	92 %
7	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.21	1	1	4 %	77 %
8	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	144	8	63 %	91 %
9	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	91	7	62 %	91 %
10	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.21	8	3	64 %	94 %
11	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.2	68	26	74 %	96 %
12	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.2	1	1	4 %	77 %
13	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	46	4	60 %	91 %
14	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.2	56182	271	79 %	92 %
15	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.2	18920	144	73 %	93 %
16	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	1628	41	71 %	93 %
17	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.19	1502	33	66 %	92 %
18	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.19	56182	267	78 %	93 %
19	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.19	285	178	98 %	91 %
20	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.19	500	21	64 %	90 %
21	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	36	3	48 %	89 %
22	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.19	6	3	78 %	92 %
23	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.18	36	7	50 %	94 %
24	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.18	8	2	51 %	92 %
25	Uses Microdata OpeningHoursSpecification	-0.18	1	1	10 %	12 %
26	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.18	867	139	68 %	97 %
27	Uses Microdata opens Other	-0.18	1	1	9 %	12 %
28	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	11	1	52 %	83 %
29	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	762	136	64 %	97 %
30	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.18	4	1	43 %	82 %
31	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.18	178	7	65 %	87 %
32	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	11	2	64 %	87 %
33	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1941	24	64 %	88 %
34	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	4142	26	66 %	88 %
35	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.17	46360	2029	84 %	89 %
36	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.17	46287	329	48 %	77 %
37	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.17	35	2	55 %	86 %
38	Word Count Size	-0.17	10039	1520	84 %	90 %
39	Number of Includes Technology	-0.17	57	27	80 %	83 %
40	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	290	3	62 %	82 %
41	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	29	2	44 %	87 %
42	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.17	4	1	45 %	82 %
43	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.17	9	2	79 %	83 %
44	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.17	9	2	79 %	83 %
45	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.17	232	13	75 %	88 %
46	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.17	4324061	34766	48 %	78 %
47	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	16	2	42 %	86 %
48	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	181	4	70 %	83 %
49	Number of P Tags Size	-0.17	1653	42	74 %	89 %
50	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	15	3	56 %	90 %
51	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	54 %	80 %
52	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.17	30	2	51 %	82 %
53	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	937	38	59 %	90 %
54	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	8	1	54 %	82 %
55	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.17	8552	996	84 %	90 %
56	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	91	7	46 %	88 %
57	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.16	27	7	43 %	94 %
58	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.16	35	2	49 %	84 %
59	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.16	610	24	59 %	91 %
60	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.16	26	10	73 %	81 %
61	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	2612753	22830	44 %	78 %
62	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.16	3077537	12517	37 %	73 %
63	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1207	60	63 %	88 %
64	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.16	133	22	75 %	90 %
65	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	6	2	58 %	83 %
66	Number of Images Size	-0.16	239	30	76 %	89 %
67	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.16	24	7	68 %	89 %
68	Number of Sentences Size	-0.16	836	132	82 %	88 %
69	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	58 %	87 %
70	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	46	3	36 %	86 %
71	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	5095	63	61 %	90 %
72	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.16	91	72	79 %	88 %
73	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.16	359	9	50 %	90 %
74	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.16	5292	64	36 %	87 %
75	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.16	122	20	71 %	90 %
76	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.15	72	14	56 %	86 %
77	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	17	5	60 %	95 %
78	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.15	389	117	79 %	86 %
79	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.15	4	1	69 %	86 %
80	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	100	82	80 %	90 %
81	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.15	4	2	54 %	79 %
82	Number of Links Authority	-0.15	397	131	79 %	86 %
83	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	396	127	79 %	86 %
84	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	51	9	60 %	86 %
85	Number of Questions Size	-0.15	257	13	67 %	84 %
86	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.15	396	129	79 %	87 %
87	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	3	2	73 %	75 %
88	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2493	27	46 %	87 %
89	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.15	11	3	38 %	87 %
90	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.15	7	2	94 %	89 %
91	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	51 %	89 %
92	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	3199	651	58 %	96 %
93	Uses Microdata priceRange Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	18 %
94	Uses Microdata latitude Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	18 %
95	Uses Microdata longitude Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	18 %
96	Uses Microdata GeoCoordinates Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	18 %
97	Uses Microdata geo Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	18 %
98	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	28 %	82 %
99	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.15	19	2	45 %	79 %
100	Uses Schema geo Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	18 %
101	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	24 %	79 %
102	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	64 %	88 %
103	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.14	25	17	84 %	80 %
104	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.14	25	17	84 %	80 %
105	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.14	951	265	83 %	83 %
106	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	825	19	36 %	86 %
107	Uses Microdata email Other	-0.14	1	1	7 %	18 %
108	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	31	4	49 %	93 %
109	Meta Description Length Size	-0.14	203	118	67 %	81 %
110	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.14	3	1	31 %	76 %
111	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.14	516	45	71 %	86 %
112	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	50	3	27 %	83 %
113	Uses Microdata addressCountry Other	-0.14	1	1	6 %	20 %
114	Number of External Links Authority	-0.14	55	14	75 %	84 %
115	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	71 %	81 %
116	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.14	1	1	54 %	79 %
117	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.14	49	18	81 %	81 %
118	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.14	4	1	25 %	82 %
119	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.14	54	13	74 %	83 %
120	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.14	58	19	67 %	81 %
121	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	138	19	49 %	94 %
122	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	15	1	22 %	82 %
123	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	66 %	79 %
124	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2461	13	38 %	87 %
125	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	84 %	86 %
126	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	22	9	49 %	93 %
127	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.14	1	1	55 %	74 %
128	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.14	1	1	81 %	83 %
129	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	51 %	88 %
130	Is Home Page Other	-0.14	1	1	19 %	51 %
131	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.14	275	15	25 %	81 %
132	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.14	218	11	57 %	83 %
133	Uses Schema name Other	-0.13	1	1	60 %	73 %
134	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.13	175	63	65 %	84 %
135	Title Length Size	-0.13	175	51	82 %	78 %
136	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.13	25	1	28 %	80 %
137	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.13	3	1	27 %	78 %
138	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.13	816	307	83 %	80 %
139	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.13	21	5	65 %	81 %
140	Has OpenGraph Image Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	55 %	76 %
141	Number of Forms Technology	-0.13	11	2	51 %	79 %
142	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	75 %	80 %
143	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.13	183	4	49 %	85 %
144	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	62 %	75 %
145	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.13	213	8	26 %	89 %
146	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	64 %	77 %
147	Variations in Meta Twitter Description Relevancy	-0.13	15	1	25 %	77 %
148	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.13	1	1	46 %	78 %
149	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.13	139	28	78 %	80 %
150	Headings Has Question Other	-0.13	1	1	38 %	82 %
151	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.13	1	1	73 %	80 %
152	Uses Microdata LocalBusiness Other	-0.13	1	1	5 %	26 %
153	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	26	11	73 %	75 %
154	Title Word Count Size	-0.13	20	8	82 %	77 %
155	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.13	7	2	18 %	84 %
156	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.13	492	121	80 %	74 %
157	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.13	15	1	19 %	84 %
158	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.13	4	1	26 %	78 %
159	Uses Schema url Other	-0.13	1	1	57 %	71 %
160	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	55 %	84 %
161	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.13	1	1	37 %	73 %
162	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	50 %	72 %
163	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	43 %	88 %
164	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	13 %	78 %
165	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	15	1	17 %	81 %
166	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	15	1	15 %	80 %
167	Uses JSON-LD dayOfWeek Other	-0.13	1	1	6 %	31 %
168	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.13	1	1	33 %	75 %
169	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.13	1	1	18 %	70 %
170	Uses Schema image Other	-0.13	1	1	23 %	65 %
171	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.12	4	1	24 %	80 %
172	Variations in Button Tags Relevancy	-0.12	337	3	10 %	82 %
173	Uses Schema dayofweek Other	-0.12	1	1	6 %	31 %
174	Uses Schema faqpage Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	70 %
175	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	103	20	43 %	93 %
176	Has Email Trust	-0.12	1	1	44 %	75 %
177	Number of Prices Size	-0.12	2363	78	68 %	81 %
178	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.12	1	1	22 %	65 %
179	Uses JSON-LD FAQPage Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	72 %
180	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.12	190	5	44 %	81 %
181	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.12	1	1	38 %	71 %
182	Uses Schema pricerange Other	-0.12	1	1	11 %	52 %
183	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.12	1220	20	38 %	77 %
184	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	138	5	37 %	83 %
185	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.12	1	1	62 %	75 %
186	Uses Microdata streetAddress Other	-0.12	1	1	5 %	29 %
187	Uses Schema question Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	71 %
188	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	45 %	67 %
189	Uses Schema answer Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	71 %
190	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	54 %	74 %
191	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.12	1	1	42 %	72 %
192	Uses Microdata telephone Other	-0.12	1	1	5 %	31 %
193	Uses JSON-LD priceRange Other	-0.12	1	1	10 %	54 %
194	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.12	48	4	23 %	76 %
195	Uses Schema text Other	-0.12	1	1	14 %	70 %
196	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.12	9	2	42 %	78 %
197	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.12	4	1	24 %	71 %
198	Uses Microdata address Other	-0.12	1	1	5 %	32 %
199	Uses JSON-LD Question Other	-0.12	1	1	9 %	74 %
200	Uses Schema localbusiness Other	-0.12	1	1	12 %	54 %

Measures 147974 SEO Factors

146252 Built-In SEO Factors

137084 On-page SEO Factors

9168 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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