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    • MattNW
      MattNW last edited by

      Hi,

      I'm trying to figure out what the significance of the colors are in the Keyword Difficulty tool. When I do a search some of the boxes are light green, some dark green and some of them have ticks - any ideas?

      Thanks,

      Matt

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      • crackingmedia
        crackingmedia last edited by

        Hi Matthew

        The darker the green the higher the value of that metric. Lighter green are mid-range, white are low-range.

        The ticked metrics show you the top-rated metric for the column.

        A screenshot is attached as an example.

        I hope that helps,
        Peter

        iSVFqM7.png

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        • MattNW
          MattNW @crackingmedia last edited by

          Peter,

          Thank you, it all makes sense now 🙂

          Thanks again,

          Matt

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