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The RankGear factor catalog

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RankGear catalogs 928 factors in 24 families, each with a stable Factor ID, and tests the ones a given field supports for correlation with ranking position[1][2] . The largest family is JSON-LD structured data with 269 factors, 29.0% of the catalog[1] . RankGear states that family size is "a measurement-density figure, not an importance ranking" and that the factors are not confirmed Google ranking signals[1] .

Key facts. RankGear's catalog holds 928 factors in 24 families, counted on November 1, 2026; structured data families make up 370 factors (39.9%) and 57.4% of factors are binary presence checks[1] .

Overview

RankGear's catalog page says headline factor counts "are easy to claim and hard to verify," and sets out what the 928 factors are, how they group and how they are measured[1] . Each factor has its own reference page stating what it measures, how it is measured, how to read the value and its caveats, and the counts are the row count of that reference set grouped by Factor ID prefix[1] . In the app, a report called "What RankGear measures" writes the complete factor reference[3] . How factors are used in a run is described in How RankGear works.

Factors by family

The table below reproduces RankGear's count by family, derived from the 928 published factor references on November 1, 2026[1] .

FamilyFactor ID prefixFactorsShare
Structured data — JSON-LDRG-SCJ26929.0%
Keyword usage & densityRG-KWD10110.9%
Search result (SERP)RG-SRP515.5%
HeadingsRG-HDG515.5%
Structured data — MicrodataRG-SCM495.3%
AI access & extractabilityRG-AIX444.7%
Social links & signalsRG-SOC394.2%
Tech & platformRG-TEC343.7%
Affiliate & adsRG-AFF313.3%
Schema.orgRG-SCH283.0%
Size & lengthRG-SIZ252.7%
Structured data — MicroFormatRG-SCF242.6%
Metadata & meta tagsRG-MET242.6%
Links on the pageRG-LNK242.6%
Backlinks & authorityRG-BLK232.5%
TitleRG-TTL212.3%
EntitiesRG-ENT192.0%
Readability & questionsRG-RDB161.7%
Helpful content evidenceRG-HLP141.5%
Related terms (LSI)RG-LSI111.2%
Trust & contact signalsRG-TRS101.1%
Page structureRG-STR91.0%
Media & embedsRG-MED80.9%
URL & domainRG-URL30.3%
24 families928100%

The four largest families account for 472 of the 928 factors (50.9%)[1] . Four families measure structured data, JSON-LD, Microdata, Schema.org and MicroFormat, for a total of 370 factors or 39.9% of the catalog[1] . RankGear explains this weighting by measurability: a declared schema type "is either present in the rendered HTML or it is not," so the catalog is "densest where the evidence is cleanest"[1] . RankGear's glossary describes the three-letter family code as "a filing category, not as a value to move up or down"[4] .

Measured and runtime-minted factors

Sorted by how they return a value, 533 factors (57.4%) are binary presence checks that return 1 or 0, 331 (35.7%) are counts and occurrences, and 64 (6.9%) are rates, sizes and derived values such as densities and lengths[1] . RankGear says presence and counts together make up 93.1% of the catalog by design, because such measurements are stable enough to compare across weeks[1] .

The catalog is not what a single run measures[1] . A factor counts as measured when it returns a value for the page and its comparison set, so the number moves with the field[2] . Some factors are minted at runtime and only materialize when the field contains what they measure, and a Skip Off-Page Factors setting turns off backlink, entity and domain lookups for a whole run[1] . The media room accordingly describes the product as "928 factors catalogued; a run measures the ones the field supports"[5] .

Stable Factor IDs

Every factor keeps a stable Factor ID across runs so that Diff and Trends compare the same measurement[2] . The catalog page gives the form as RG-XXX-NNN, where the three-letter prefix is the family, and says RG-SCJ-001 "refers to the same measurement next quarter as it does today"[1] . RankGear's glossary entry describes the form as RG-FAMILY-NNN and uses RG-CONTENT-014 as an illustrative example[6] . How IDs are used to compare runs is covered in Diff, Trends and Volatility.

Changes in the published count

RankGear's home page headline states "928 factors across 24 families," but the family list shown beneath it names 22 families whose counts add up to 870[7] . The knowledge base page "What RankGear measures" carries the same 22-family list[3] . The dated catalog page of November 1, 2026 includes two families not in that list, AI access and extractability (44) and helpful content evidence (14), which account for the difference and bring the total to 928[1] . The catalog page states that its totals reconcile with the methodology page[1] .

What the catalog does not show

RankGear states that counting factors by family "says nothing about what Google weights"[1] . JSON-LD holding 29.0% of the catalog does not mean structured data is 29.0% of ranking; a signal such as topical authority "may be enormously influential and still occupy a handful of factor slots because it resists decomposition"[1] . The knowledge base adds that measuring 928 factors "doesn't mean maximizing all of them," since most matter for some queries and not others[3] . Why correlation with position is not proof of effect is covered in Correlation and causation in SEO.

Common questions

How many factors does RankGear measure?

RankGear catalogs 928 factors across 24 families[1] . How many a single run measures depends on the result set, and some are minted at runtime from the field[1] .

What are factor families?

A factor family is the three-letter group inside a Factor ID that marks which broad measurement area a factor belongs to[4] . Examples include JSON-LD structured data (RG-SCJ) and headings (RG-HDG)[1] .

Does every run measure all factors?

No. A factor counts as measured only when it returns a value for the page and its comparison set, and off-page lookups can be switched off[1] .

Are RankGear's factors Google ranking factors?

No. RankGear describes them as page and result-set properties it measures and tests for correlation with position, not confirmed Google ranking signals[1] .

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 26 27 28 29 "Factor catalog by family". RankGear (rankgear.com). Retrieved November 2026.
  2. ^ a b c "Methodology: What RankGear measures". RankGear (rankgear.com). Retrieved November 2026.
  3. ^ a b c "What RankGear measures". RankGear (rankgear.com). Retrieved November 2026.
  4. ^ a b "Factor family". RankGear knowledge base. Retrieved November 2026.
  5. ^ "Media room: RankGear brand assets, boilerplate and facts". RankGear (rankgear.com). Retrieved November 2026.
  6. ^ "Factor ID". RankGear knowledge base. Retrieved November 2026.
  7. ^ "RankGear: Evidence-Led SEO Software for Mac & Windows". RankGear (rankgear.com). Retrieved November 2026.