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	-0.31	1063	227	71 %	84 %
2	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.28	762	40	32 %	92 %
3	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.28	1	1	58 %	92 %
4	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.28	147697	1832	31 %	92 %
5	Number of Images Size	-0.27	79	23	58 %	91 %
6	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.27	47	19	59 %	94 %
7	Number of P Tags Size	-0.27	128	37	58 %	92 %
8	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.27	49	36	84 %	93 %
9	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.27	123617	1430	28 %	92 %
10	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.27	3	1	54 %	94 %
11	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.27	62	15	53 %	90 %
12	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.26	70	12	58 %	95 %
13	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	16	11	83 %	90 %
14	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.26	30725	526	21 %	90 %
15	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.26	15	7	53 %	94 %
16	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	38	27	84 %	93 %
17	Word Count Size	-0.25	7427	1378	73 %	95 %
18	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.25	8335	1699	73 %	96 %
19	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.25	304	10	46 %	86 %
20	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.25	91	5	45 %	87 %
21	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.25	5058	63	47 %	89 %
22	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.25	254	9	46 %	87 %
23	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.24	4829	613	54 %	97 %
24	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.24	1	1	5 %	82 %
25	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	5	1	39 %	84 %
26	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.24	232	31	63 %	91 %
27	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.24	8	1	36 %	88 %
28	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.23	1	1	5 %	82 %
29	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.23	1	1	42 %	86 %
30	Number of Links Authority	-0.23	331	116	67 %	93 %
31	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.23	331	114	67 %	93 %
32	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.23	331	115	67 %	93 %
33	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.23	43	13	70 %	61 %
34	Number of External Links Authority	-0.23	49	11	62 %	94 %
35	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.23	431	48	56 %	91 %
36	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.23	589	120	52 %	98 %
37	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	84	18	42 %	95 %
38	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.23	48	11	61 %	94 %
39	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.23	857	30	46 %	87 %
40	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.23	4973	53	49 %	81 %
41	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.22	25	8	44 %	89 %
42	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.22	320	105	66 %	92 %
43	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.22	32	7	38 %	97 %
44	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	8	2	35 %	85 %
45	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.22	29355	2217	74 %	87 %
46	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.22	8	1	38 %	87 %
47	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	6	2	34 %	85 %
48	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.22	44	8	42 %	92 %
49	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.22	6	2	38 %	94 %
50	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.22	592	124	58 %	97 %
51	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.22	15	2	44 %	81 %
52	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.22	2790	926	74 %	92 %
53	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	82	4	35 %	84 %
54	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.22	26573	370	56 %	88 %
55	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.22	319	176	84 %	87 %
56	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	40 %	96 %
57	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	39 %	93 %
58	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.21	9	2	40 %	89 %
59	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	13	4	43 %	94 %
60	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.21	3224	52	46 %	83 %
61	Number of Forms Technology	-0.21	7	2	37 %	90 %
62	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.21	1	1	29 %	82 %
63	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.2	148	15	44 %	87 %
64	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.2	3	2	65 %	81 %
65	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.2	3	1	20 %	92 %
66	Has Form Technology	-0.2	1	1	36 %	88 %
67	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.2	11644	138	28 %	84 %
68	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.2	1	1	44 %	83 %
69	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.2	1155	16	29 %	84 %
70	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	95	18	35 %	92 %
71	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.2	107116	936	63 %	81 %
72	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.2	153	146	82 %	78 %
73	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.2	4	2	28 %	88 %
74	Is Home Page Other	-0.2	1	1	13 %	60 %
75	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.19	387	8	33 %	81 %
76	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.19	1	1	39 %	82 %
77	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.19	517	14	36 %	92 %
78	Number of Includes Technology	-0.19	63	24	65 %	85 %
79	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.19	6	1	80 %	85 %
80	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.19	87	62	83 %	56 %
81	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.19	12	2	30 %	88 %
82	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.19	5857	73	34 %	81 %
83	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	22 %	83 %
84	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.19	31	6	31 %	96 %
85	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.19	7	2	28 %	89 %
86	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.19	107116	900	61 %	84 %
87	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.19	9	2	63 %	75 %
88	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.19	9	2	63 %	75 %
89	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.19	21	9	58 %	78 %
90	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.19	82	24	60 %	93 %
91	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.19	43	2	37 %	83 %
92	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.18	1	1	46 %	71 %
93	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	163	4	27 %	81 %
94	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.18	21	4	49 %	90 %
95	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.18	28	11	60 %	83 %
96	Headings Has Question Other	-0.18	1	1	28 %	85 %
97	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.18	1	1	33 %	81 %
98	Is Article Page Other	-0.18	1	1	32 %	79 %
99	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.18	1	1	28 %	76 %
100	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.18	1	1	29 %	78 %
101	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	1226	50	43 %	90 %
102	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1335	28	28 %	90 %
103	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.18	2	1	17 %	86 %
104	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.18	1	1	39 %	82 %
105	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	835	31	43 %	90 %
106	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.18	23	17	73 %	80 %
107	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.18	23	17	73 %	80 %
108	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	2456	55	55 %	86 %
109	Uses Schema website Other	-0.18	1	1	27 %	78 %
110	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	31 %	90 %
111	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	13	2	50 %	75 %
112	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.17	99	82	68 %	75 %
113	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.17	2	1	13 %	87 %
114	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.17	6	3	61 %	82 %
115	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.17	21	3	25 %	89 %
116	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.17	1	1	51 %	60 %
117	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.17	2	1	26 %	72 %
118	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.17	152	7	20 %	79 %
119	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.17	11	2	44 %	66 %
120	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.17	1	1	25 %	82 %
121	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.17	186	8	51 %	80 %
122	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.17	1	1	25 %	77 %
123	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.17	87	71	66 %	69 %
124	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	3	1	19 %	82 %
125	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	619	141	71 %	78 %
126	Uses JSON-LD WebSite	-0.17	1	1	25 %	80 %
127	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.17	1	1	19 %	85 %
128	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	8	3	51 %	85 %
129	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	75 %
130	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	83 %
131	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.16	4	1	18 %	85 %
132	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.16	28	2	18 %	85 %
133	Uses JSON-LD dateModified Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	75 %
134	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	74 %
135	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.16	4826	41	27 %	86 %
136	Uses Schema name Other	-0.16	1	1	50 %	57 %
137	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	432	54	47 %	89 %
138	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	9	1	13 %	84 %
139	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.16	1	1	24 %	66 %
140	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	41	2	44 %	74 %
141	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.16	274	63	57 %	86 %
142	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	79 %
143	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.16	11	1	12 %	80 %
144	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.16	5	1	14 %	82 %
145	Uses JSON-LD SearchAction Other	-0.16	1	1	18 %	76 %
146	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.16	1	1	18 %	74 %
147	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	26 %	83 %
148	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	13 %	79 %
149	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.16	1	1	35 %	46 %
150	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.15	43	3	62 %	61 %
151	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	38	2	40 %	71 %
152	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.15	1	1	36 %	46 %
153	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.15	1	1	23 %	82 %
154	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.15	1	1	19 %	71 %
155	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	25 %	73 %
156	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	24 %	72 %
157	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	73 %	80 %
158	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	1057	252	73 %	60 %
159	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	96	3	19 %	85 %
160	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	12 %	81 %
161	LSI Words in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	52	5	19 %	89 %
162	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.15	1	1	14 %	78 %
163	Uses JSON-LD mainEntity Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	14 %
164	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.15	965	79	50 %	72 %
165	Uses Schema image Other	-0.15	1	1	15 %	75 %
166	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.15	192	6	54 %	64 %
167	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.15	26	5	36 %	82 %
168	Number of Questions Size	-0.15	53	13	60 %	58 %
169	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	70 %	72 %
170	Uses Schema url Other	-0.15	1	1	46 %	60 %
171	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.15	1	1	16 %	71 %
172	Has RSS Link Authority	-0.15	1	1	20 %	67 %
173	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	55 %	52 %
174	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.14	300	6	49 %	69 %
175	Uses Schema description Other	-0.14	1	1	40 %	51 %
176	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	8	3	44 %	80 %
177	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.14	61	17	68 %	82 %
178	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	76 %
179	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.14	864	295	73 %	46 %
180	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.14	371	5	16 %	80 %
181	Is Store Page Other	-0.14	1	1	35 %	66 %
182	Has Terms of Service Trust	-0.14	1	1	29 %	58 %
183	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	24	9	47 %	82 %
184	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	44 %	81 %
185	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	10	1	22 %	84 %
186	Has Email Trust	-0.14	1	1	36 %	75 %
187	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	73 %
188	Is Pagination Page Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	66 %
189	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.14	12	2	17 %	81 %
190	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1272	16	16 %	80 %
191	Has HREF Lang Technology	-0.14	1	1	9 %	79 %
192	Uses JSON-LD caption Other	-0.14	1	1	18 %	69 %
193	Uses JSON-LD EntryPoint Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	77 %
194	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	69 %
195	Uses Schema caption Other	-0.14	1	1	18 %	69 %
196	Variations in Button Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2482	21	9 %	83 %
197	Title Word Count Size	-0.14	23	9	73 %	55 %
198	Uses Schema datepublished Other	-0.14	1	1	32 %	45 %
199	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.14	495	115	69 %	39 %
200	Uses JSON-LD ReadAction Other	-0.14	1	1	15 %	72 %

Measures 154035 SEO Factors

152313 Built-In SEO Factors

143088 On-page SEO Factors

9225 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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