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	-0.3	1063	242	72 %	82 %
2	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.29	762	39	33 %	94 %
3	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.28	147697	1776	33 %	94 %
4	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.28	123617	1367	30 %	93 %
5	Number of P Tags Size	-0.27	147	39	59 %	91 %
6	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.27	47	20	60 %	90 %
7	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.27	50	36	84 %	91 %
8	Number of Images Size	-0.26	87	23	60 %	92 %
9	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.26	35381	504	21 %	91 %
10	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.26	1	1	60 %	92 %
11	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.26	70	12	59 %	94 %
12	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.26	3	1	56 %	93 %
13	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.26	68	16	55 %	90 %
14	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.26	15	7	55 %	92 %
15	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	38	27	84 %	92 %
16	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.25	16	11	84 %	89 %
17	Word Count Size	-0.25	7427	1462	74 %	93 %
18	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.25	8335	1795	74 %	94 %
19	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	304	9	47 %	86 %
20	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.24	5058	55	47 %	89 %
21	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	254	8	47 %	86 %
22	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	91	5	46 %	87 %
23	Number of Links Authority	-0.23	331	116	68 %	92 %
24	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.23	331	114	68 %	93 %
25	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.23	331	115	68 %	93 %
26	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.23	4829	647	54 %	95 %
27	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.23	1	1	5 %	82 %
28	Number of External Links Authority	-0.23	70	12	63 %	94 %
29	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.23	48	11	62 %	94 %
30	Average Words Per Sentence Size	-0.23	232	30	64 %	90 %
31	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.23	1	1	43 %	86 %
32	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.23	1	1	5 %	82 %
33	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.23	320	104	67 %	91 %
34	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.23	29355	2345	75 %	89 %
35	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.23	589	123	53 %	96 %
36	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.22	2790	931	75 %	92 %
37	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.22	25	8	46 %	87 %
38	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.22	8	1	35 %	88 %
39	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.22	9	2	42 %	88 %
40	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.22	44	12	68 %	66 %
41	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.22	32	7	40 %	94 %
42	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.22	857	28	46 %	86 %
43	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	84	18	43 %	93 %
44	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.22	599	50	57 %	90 %
45	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	5	1	40 %	85 %
46	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.22	26573	292	56 %	88 %
47	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	6	2	34 %	84 %
48	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	8	2	35 %	84 %
49	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.22	44	8	43 %	93 %
50	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.21	592	126	58 %	95 %
51	Number of Includes Technology	-0.21	63	24	66 %	82 %
52	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.21	4973	43	50 %	82 %
53	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.21	8	1	37 %	86 %
54	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.21	3	2	66 %	79 %
55	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	82	4	37 %	85 %
56	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.21	6	2	40 %	92 %
57	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.21	319	177	84 %	86 %
58	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	1	1	40 %	90 %
59	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.21	3224	44	47 %	82 %
60	Number of Forms Technology	-0.21	7	2	37 %	88 %
61	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	41 %	93 %
62	Number of Instagram Pages Authority	-0.2	12	2	33 %	89 %
63	Is Home Page Other	-0.2	1	1	13 %	59 %
64	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.2	11644	114	28 %	86 %
65	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.2	3	1	21 %	91 %
66	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	13	4	44 %	91 %
67	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.2	15	2	42 %	80 %
68	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.2	148	15	46 %	86 %
69	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.2	25	9	59 %	78 %
70	Number of Social Accounts Authority	-0.2	4	2	30 %	87 %
71	Has Form Technology	-0.2	1	1	36 %	86 %
72	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.2	107116	725	63 %	82 %
73	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.19	1	1	45 %	81 %
74	Number of Facebook Accounts Authority	-0.19	2	1	18 %	85 %
75	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.19	107116	702	61 %	85 %
76	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.19	31	7	32 %	95 %
77	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.19	1	1	30 %	83 %
78	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.19	6	2	81 %	86 %
79	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.19	7	2	30 %	87 %
80	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.19	387	8	33 %	82 %
81	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.19	517	13	37 %	90 %
82	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.19	82	24	61 %	92 %
83	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.19	21	4	50 %	89 %
84	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.19	5857	59	35 %	80 %
85	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	111	19	36 %	90 %
86	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.18	1155	15	29 %	85 %
87	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.18	1	1	40 %	81 %
88	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	163	4	28 %	82 %
89	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	22 %	82 %
90	Search Result URL Length Size	-0.18	87	62	84 %	56 %
91	Percentage of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.18	28	12	62 %	85 %
92	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	63 %	76 %
93	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.18	9	2	63 %	76 %
94	Headings Has Question Other	-0.18	1	1	30 %	84 %
95	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	2456	54	55 %	85 %
96	Search Result Summary Length Size	-0.18	153	146	83 %	76 %
97	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.18	6	3	61 %	80 %
98	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.18	1	1	40 %	81 %
99	Number of Twitter Accounts Authority	-0.18	2	1	13 %	87 %
100	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	32 %	88 %
101	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.18	1226	46	42 %	90 %
102	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.18	43	2	36 %	83 %
103	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.17	1335	26	28 %	88 %
104	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.17	24	17	74 %	77 %
105	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.17	24	17	74 %	77 %
106	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	835	29	42 %	91 %
107	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.17	1	1	29 %	75 %
108	Has Privacy Policy Trust	-0.17	1	1	48 %	70 %
109	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.17	1	1	29 %	75 %
110	Is Article Page Other	-0.17	1	1	34 %	75 %
111	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.17	1	1	34 %	77 %
112	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.17	21	3	26 %	87 %
113	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.17	99	82	69 %	76 %
114	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.17	13	2	50 %	74 %
115	Number of Sentences Size	-0.17	860	152	72 %	79 %
116	Uses Schema website Other	-0.17	1	1	28 %	72 %
117	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.16	162	9	22 %	79 %
118	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.16	1	1	52 %	61 %
119	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.16	11	2	44 %	65 %
120	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.16	1	1	27 %	80 %
121	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.16	1	1	26 %	76 %
122	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.16	41	2	44 %	74 %
123	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.16	2	1	26 %	71 %
124	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	3	1	19 %	82 %
125	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.16	28	2	19 %	83 %
126	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.16	1	1	26 %	74 %
127	Has Meta Robots Other	-0.16	1	1	20 %	82 %
128	Number of Questions In H3 Tags Size	-0.16	5	1	15 %	80 %
129	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.16	88	71	67 %	70 %
130	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	8	3	52 %	84 %
131	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.16	4	1	19 %	86 %
132	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.16	4826	33	29 %	82 %
133	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.16	1	1	25 %	71 %
134	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	26 %	81 %
135	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.16	1	1	25 %	81 %
136	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.16	533	53	46 %	89 %
137	Uses JSON-LD dateModified Other	-0.16	1	1	24 %	73 %
138	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.16	274	61	58 %	84 %
139	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.16	1	1	25 %	76 %
140	Uses JSON-LD WebSite	-0.16	1	1	25 %	75 %
141	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.16	186	7	48 %	80 %
142	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.16	1	1	24 %	64 %
143	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	12 %	79 %
144	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	9	1	15 %	85 %
145	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.15	38	2	40 %	70 %
146	Uses Schema searchaction Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	72 %
147	Uses JSON-LD SearchAction Other	-0.15	1	1	18 %	74 %
148	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.15	1057	257	74 %	63 %
149	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.15	1	1	24 %	79 %
150	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.15	11	2	14 %	79 %
151	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	61	17	69 %	80 %
152	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.15	1	1	74 %	82 %
153	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	2	1	11 %	82 %
154	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.15	864	304	74 %	48 %
155	Uses Schema name Other	-0.15	1	1	51 %	56 %
156	Has Google Verify Technology	-0.15	1	1	14 %	78 %
157	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	25 %	69 %
158	Uses JSON-LD mainEntity Other	-0.15	1	1	1 %	15 %
159	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.15	1	1	25 %	70 %
160	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.14	192	5	54 %	62 %
161	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1871	87	50 %	75 %
162	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	8	3	45 %	80 %
163	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.14	1	1	36 %	44 %
164	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.14	43	3	61 %	60 %
165	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.14	1	1	36 %	44 %
166	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.14	96	3	20 %	84 %
167	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.14	1	1	71 %	73 %
168	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.14	26	5	37 %	80 %
169	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.14	300	5	48 %	68 %
170	Is Store Page Other	-0.14	1	1	36 %	65 %
171	Uses Schema image Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	75 %
172	Has HREF Lang Technology	-0.14	1	1	10 %	77 %
173	Number of HREF Lang Tags Size	-0.14	29	2	10 %	81 %
174	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.14	10	1	23 %	81 %
175	Number of Nofollow Links Authority	-0.14	41	2	17 %	80 %
176	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	72 %
177	Number of Questions Size	-0.14	72	14	60 %	60 %
178	Has Email Trust	-0.14	1	1	36 %	73 %
179	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	20 %	79 %
180	LSI Words in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	52	5	20 %	88 %
181	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.14	24	10	48 %	82 %
182	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.14	371	4	15 %	79 %
183	Uses Schema entrypoint Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	72 %
184	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.14	63	19	61 %	59 %
185	Variations in Button Tags Relevancy	-0.14	2482	15	10 %	84 %
186	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.14	1	1	20 %	71 %
187	Uses JSON-LD EntryPoint Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	74 %
188	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	56 %	55 %
189	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	43 %	79 %
190	Uses JSON-LD urlTemplate Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	74 %
191	Uses Schema urltemplate Other	-0.14	1	1	16 %	72 %
192	Uses JSON-LD caption Other	-0.14	1	1	18 %	66 %
193	Uses Schema caption Other	-0.14	1	1	18 %	66 %
194	Uses Schema description Other	-0.14	1	1	40 %	47 %
195	Uses Schema url Other	-0.14	1	1	47 %	54 %
196	Uses Schema postalcode Other	-0.14	1	1	14 %	71 %
197	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.14	495	122	69 %	41 %
198	Number of H5 Tags Size	-0.14	11	2	11 %	83 %
199	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	77 %
200	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.14	1272	15	17 %	79 %

Measures 154046 SEO Factors

152324 Built-In SEO Factors

143099 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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