200 Top SEO Ranking Factors December 2025

TOP SEO Factors for 2025-12 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.23	2319	186	51 %	71 %
2	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.22	770312	16624	51 %	73 %
3	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.21	7	3	79 %	96 %
4	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.21	715834	14865	47 %	74 %
5	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.21	54478	1742	40 %	70 %
6	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.21	7	3	67 %	93 %
7	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	39	29	98 %	86 %
8	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.21	18	6	76 %	80 %
9	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.21	957	332	86 %	84 %
10	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	16	12	97 %	89 %
11	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.2	52	39	98 %	89 %
12	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.2	1	1	4 %	54 %
13	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.2	62	34	86 %	96 %
14	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.19	4070	1147	86 %	86 %
15	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.19	461	161	80 %	91 %
16	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.19	466	167	83 %	91 %
17	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.18	5	1	45 %	61 %
18	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.18	11	2	71 %	73 %
19	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	11	2	71 %	73 %
20	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	47	6	60 %	79 %
21	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	41	5	60 %	81 %
22	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	29	4	57 %	79 %
23	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.18	154	12	34 %	74 %
24	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.18	30	8	62 %	94 %
25	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.18	270	176	98 %	83 %
26	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.17	987	32	64 %	79 %
27	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	8	4	67 %	91 %
28	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	12	5	66 %	93 %
29	Is Home Page Other	-0.17	1	1	23 %	44 %
30	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	3986	43	64 %	83 %
31	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.17	79058	714	76 %	81 %
32	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.17	79058	714	76 %	81 %
33	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.17	15309	190	71 %	79 %
34	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.17	3410	54	70 %	80 %
35	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.17	21	7	52 %	90 %
36	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.17	59	18	63 %	79 %
37	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	9	2	61 %	78 %
38	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	68 %	89 %
39	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.17	5	3	75 %	83 %
40	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	11	6	76 %	93 %
41	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.17	43	2	51 %	78 %
42	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.17	1	1	4 %	52 %
43	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	7	1	52 %	86 %
44	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.16	2328	796	73 %	89 %
45	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	5	2	40 %	79 %
46	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.16	3	2	74 %	88 %
47	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.16	3	2	75 %	71 %
48	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	79 %	85 %
49	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	99	85	83 %	88 %
50	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	16	2	22 %	73 %
51	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	6	2	42 %	79 %
52	Word Count Size	-0.16	2719	1413	86 %	81 %
53	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.16	3297	1793	86 %	82 %
54	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	6	1	24 %	75 %
55	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	22	3	44 %	77 %
56	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	147	4	67 %	69 %
57	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.15	496	11	48 %	78 %
58	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.15	19	3	24 %	71 %
59	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.15	6	1	48 %	72 %
60	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	38	2	45 %	71 %
61	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.15	23	12	79 %	81 %
62	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.15	342	7	40 %	72 %
63	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	90	75	82 %	84 %
64	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.15	6	1	40 %	79 %
65	Uses Schema medicalwebpage Other	-0.15	1	1	8 %	19 %
66	Uses JSON-LD MedicalWebPage Other	-0.15	1	1	7 %	20 %
67	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	53 %	74 %
68	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	62 %	86 %
69	Number of Images Size	-0.15	128	28	79 %	82 %
70	Number of P Tags Size	-0.15	78	36	78 %	85 %
71	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.15	13	7	72 %	88 %
72	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	30 %	74 %
73	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.15	38	13	79 %	86 %
74	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.15	1	1	77 %	82 %
75	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.15	27	12	63 %	89 %
76	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1880	31	63 %	78 %
77	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.14	35	21	79 %	83 %
78	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	26 %	80 %
79	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1560	27	34 %	74 %
80	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.14	2661	1028	87 %	82 %
81	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	54 %	63 %
82	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.14	81	31	81 %	78 %
83	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.14	105	19	75 %	84 %
84	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	22 %	69 %
85	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	67 %	73 %
86	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.14	219	41	75 %	88 %
87	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	44 %	74 %
88	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.14	247	4	58 %	71 %
89	Number of External Links Authority	-0.14	46	15	80 %	85 %
90	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.14	8994	96	35 %	83 %
91	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	79	21	63 %	91 %
92	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.14	311	153	84 %	83 %
93	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.14	320	154	83 %	83 %
94	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	16 %	77 %
95	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.14	283	141	83 %	83 %
96	Number of Sentences Size	-0.14	288	121	84 %	74 %
97	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.14	6	2	94 %	87 %
98	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	17	1	26 %	71 %
99	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.14	1	1	74 %	70 %
100	Number of Includes Technology	-0.13	40	26	84 %	70 %
101	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.13	46323	372	59 %	82 %
102	Number of Links Authority	-0.13	321	156	83 %	84 %
103	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.13	1	1	35 %	44 %
104	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.13	1	1	84 %	81 %
105	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.13	23	8	63 %	80 %
106	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	13	2	33 %	76 %
107	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.13	28	17	84 %	73 %
108	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.13	37	12	57 %	65 %
109	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.13	5	2	63 %	69 %
110	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	16 %	78 %
111	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.13	1	1	55 %	63 %
112	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	20	11	78 %	85 %
113	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.13	1	1	86 %	81 %
114	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	17 %	76 %
115	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	67	21	54 %	86 %
116	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.13	78	62	99 %	56 %
117	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	53 %	79 %
118	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.13	1	1	78 %	79 %
119	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.13	102	5	55 %	78 %
120	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	65 %	64 %
121	Uses JSON-LD publisher Other	-0.13	1	1	2 %	11 %
122	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	9 %	75 %
123	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.13	26	18	87 %	77 %
124	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.13	26	18	87 %	77 %
125	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.13	3	2	44 %	80 %
126	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.13	21	1	42 %	73 %
127	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.13	6	2	39 %	73 %
128	Has Form Technology	-0.13	1	1	53 %	71 %
129	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.13	145	58	65 %	65 %
130	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.13	3	1	31 %	68 %
131	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.13	1	1	61 %	59 %
132	Uses Schema description Other	-0.13	1	1	52 %	44 %
133	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.13	48	20	69 %	78 %
134	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.13	10	3	24 %	76 %
135	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.13	37	10	59 %	77 %
136	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	805	26	53 %	83 %
137	Title Word Count Size	-0.12	12	8	84 %	71 %
138	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.12	1	1	46 %	55 %
139	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	1009	38	52 %	81 %
140	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.12	1	1	37 %	61 %
141	Number of Forms Technology	-0.12	9	2	55 %	74 %
142	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	69 %	76 %
143	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.12	1	1	62 %	67 %
144	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.12	1253	30	44 %	78 %
145	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.12	7049	89	52 %	79 %
146	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.12	1	1	39 %	62 %
147	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.12	1	1	67 %	67 %
148	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.12	1	1	54 %	58 %
149	Number of YouTube Accounts Technology	-0.12	1	1	10 %	69 %
150	Uses Schema website Other	-0.12	1	1	41 %	51 %
151	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.12	1	1	35 %	62 %
152	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.12	3	1	22 %	71 %
153	Meta Description Length Size	-0.12	280	120	70 %	78 %
154	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.12	532	253	85 %	73 %
155	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.12	1	1	46 %	65 %
156	Search Result Summary Has Year Other	-0.12	1	1	18 %	53 %
157	Uses Schema cssselector Other	-0.12	1	1	1 %	13 %
158	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.12	3	1	19 %	80 %
159	Uses Schema name Other	-0.12	1	1	63 %	58 %
160	Title Length Size	-0.12	67	49	84 %	72 %
161	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.12	16	4	25 %	74 %
162	Exact Matches in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.12	2	1	13 %	74 %
163	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.12	14	4	67 %	74 %
164	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.12	1	1	38 %	53 %
165	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.12	3	1	18 %	76 %
166	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.12	3	1	30 %	78 %
167	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.12	2	1	39 %	54 %
168	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.12	17	10	77 %	74 %
169	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.12	1	1	32 %	67 %
170	Variations in TITLE Attributes Relevancy	-0.12	22	5	34 %	75 %
171	Uses JSON-LD author Other	-0.12	1	1	1 %	27 %
172	Is Article Page Other	-0.12	1	1	44 %	63 %
173	Has XMLRPC Technology	-0.12	1	1	34 %	48 %
174	Uses Schema webpageelement Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	19 %
175	Uses Microdata reviewRating Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	19 %
176	Uses Schema reviewrating Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	19 %
177	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.12	1	1	38 %	54 %
178	Uses JSON-LD WebPageElement Other	-0.12	1	1	2 %	18 %
179	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.11	3	1	17 %	71 %
180	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.11	1	1	34 %	60 %
181	Percentage of NoFollow Links Authority	-0.11	4	2	22 %	68 %
182	Number of Questions Size	-0.11	25	10	71 %	69 %
183	Has RSS Link Authority	-0.11	1	1	33 %	50 %
184	Exact Matches in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.11	3	1	13 %	73 %
185	Uses JSON-LD cssSelector Other	-0.11	1	1	1 %	13 %
186	Has HREF Lang Technology	-0.11	1	1	12 %	66 %
187	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.11	4	1	24 %	76 %
188	Uses RDFa stylesheet Other	-0.11	1	1	2 %	19 %
189	Uses Schema stylesheet Other	-0.11	1	1	2 %	19 %
190	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.11	160	152	98 %	63 %
191	Uses Microdata Rating Other	-0.11	1	1	2 %	21 %
192	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.11	52	9	38 %	71 %
193	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.11	8	2	23 %	71 %
194	Uses Schema image Other	-0.11	1	1	22 %	52 %
195	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.11	1	1	46 %	53 %
196	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.11	1	1	31 %	49 %
197	Exact Matches in A Tags Relevancy	-0.11	23	2	18 %	72 %
198	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.11	1	1	24 %	50 %
199	Headings Has Question Other	-0.11	1	1	38 %	68 %
200	Uses Schema sku Other	-0.11	1	1	4 %	31 %

Measures 146908 SEO Factors

145186 Built-In SEO Factors

136037 On-page SEO Factors

9149 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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