Keywords and intent

Keyword difficulty

Also known as: KD · keyword difficulty

A tool's proprietary estimate of how difficult it is to gain visibility for a keyword.

A practical example

Two tools rate the same keyword's competitiveness differently.

What should I know?

It is not an official Google metric or a guarantee of time to results.

Keywords and intent in practice

Look at the task behind the user's words. Learning, comparing offers, and buying require different information. Match the page to that task, not just search volume.

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Related terms

Search competitorsPages and brands competing for attention around the same questions, even with different business models.MetricA numerical measure calculated under a defined rule.Search volumeAn estimate of how often a phrase is searched over a period, in a country, according to a tool.

Documentation and further reading

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