How is this possible, Keyword Difficulty tool has some problems

[Askalexis]

Hello guys,

I have some concerns or misunderstanding. If I am about to look for [software development] using Google first, it shows that the Exact match for the keyword is 16,574, then I choose Bing and I had the same number 16,574. Yahoo is the showing the same figure. Do I miss something in here or this tool doesn't work?

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[KempRugeLawGroup]

Hi,

The tool is designed to tell you the difficulty of the keyword across different engines, so in your case, a 62% in bing and a 74% in google. However, it is not designed to tell you the search volume across the different engines. As you can see in your screenshot, all the numbers are based on "Bing Search Volume (Exact Match)," so all the numbers will be the same, because they are coming from the same place. The only difference will be the difficulty.

I hope this helps,

Ruben