Keyword Difficulty Tool --------- Do I Need Any Other Kw Research Tool

[helpwanted]

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Lost on how to use this keyword difficulty tool, what is the objective of this tool - I am using micro niche finder which tells me how difficult a kw will be to rank for based on backlinks to that kw phrase ( ANY TRAINING VIDEOS ON SEOMOZ FOR THIS TOOL ) Need what is the quick takeaway of the use and benefit of this tool

1. Is this kw research tool on seomoz Similar or Differeent to  market samari  or google free kw research adwords tool ?

2. If it is similar to wordtracker or google free adwords  research tool then how is it similar and then how does it differ ?

3. I guess what I am trying to gather where does it get its data from wordtrakcer have their own unique data it pulls from different data centers from the various different search engines if I remember correctly ...

4. Just ran the report offered at keyword difficulty and was asked compare these 10 top to a website address so I put mine the box there hope I did the right thing if not then what i did wrong !!!!!

[caseyhen]

Hi there,

1. I'm not familiar with Market Samari so I can only speak to Google's KW Tool. The SEOmoz tool compares the PA, DA, and other metrics of the top 10 results for your keyword and give you a score.  The Google tool is most likely looking a true search volumes and not at the actually sites in the top 10.  I get little to no value from Google's tools as it doesn't help me determine how hard it will be to rank.
2. Once again, I feel that the SEOmoz tool is much different than the tools you mention as it compares the current 10 ten results to your site and lets you know what site has the best metrics.
3. The tools scrapes the 10 results from the keyword you enter and calculates the score and data from that.
4. It seems you ran it correctly and you should be able to compare your site to the top 10 results for that keyword.

A thing to remember is that for Niche Keywords the data can be deceiving since there can be strong competition for keywords with low value.