Colors in keyword Difficulty Report

[DRTBA]

Hi Everyone

Two quick questions today

1. How can I find out hat the different colors within the keyword Difficulty Report represent and how can I see examples of how this information can help us with our data analysis?

2. The second question I have is regarding the Term Extractor. Seems when I ran a domain it provided the wrong data. For example, it stated that a certain keyword exists certain number of times within the description and title of the page but when I looked at the source this was not the case so it made studying the competition harder.
Any suggestions or has anyone else noticed this?

Thanks in advance for all your help.

[GCSMasone]

Hi,

In regards to the keyword difficulty report. The colors are green and red. Green represent the page level metrics with the darker the color the higher the authority. The red represent the domain level metrics with deeper color representing higher authority.

In terms of questions 2. I would have to try it out again as I haven't used the Term extractor in a bit. If you send me a note or message with domain I might be able to help you out.

Hope this helps.

[Cyrus-Shepard]

1. The different colors provide simple visual aids to help you identify metric strength. For example, the colors are divided into the types of data they represent.

• URL Metrics - Green
• On-Page Optimization - Blue
• Domain Name-KW Match - Yellow
• URL Anchor Text Metrics - Purple
• Domain Wide Link Metrics - Red
• Social Signals - Green (again)

Within each metric, darker colors indicate which URL has achieved the highest level within each category - the "winner" of the metric, so to speak.

The best way to use this tool is using it to see how the top positions are winning, and compare yourself to them. Perhaps you are winning on social signals, but need better on-page optimization. There's no right answer, but the tool provides a wealth of information to see how you compare to the competition, how they are succeeding, and what you can do to improve.

2. The Term Extractor, unfortunately, can be a little temperamental. This is a known issue and our engineers have plans to improve this feature down the line. This is a really helpful tool when fully functional, and it still provides pretty good results for most users.

Hope this helps! Best of luck with your SEO.