Keyword Difficulty Checker... Is this tool BS?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by lv211, Dec 28, 2006.

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    I stumbled across this tool today.
    http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/keyword-difficulty/

    It's called the keyword difficulty tracker. It is supposed to be able to tell you how hard it is to rank for a keyword. The closer you get to 100 the harder it is to rank for that term.

    Here are some terms I checked out(all spammy terms):

    poker = 77%
    buy cell phones = 75%
    online poker = 72%
    paris hilton = 71%
    buy ringtones = 61%
    buy cheap viagra = 52%

    I think it's pretty cool idea , but I don't understand how it works (is it looking at the number of searches/the number of competing websites,etc).
     
    lv211, Dec 28, 2006 IP
  2. KC TAN

    KC TAN Well-Known Member

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    I think it uses the following attributes to gauge the difficulty:

    1) Number of results returned.
    2) Inbound links for the No. 1 site.
     
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  3. Optimus Crime

    Optimus Crime Well-Known Member

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    Their other tool is also pretty nice. Page Strength.
     
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    This is nice tool for keyword density.
     
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    aletheides Banned

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    Awesome tool - I have been looking for this for a while now.
     
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    I started trying it today, it works very slow though...
     
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    Yea I just tested a term that people spend 50-100k a year on buying links for and its the same "difficulty" as a term that I just built a site on that is already ranked high on.

    I would say its a crock of shite, dont get to get too cought up in the accuracy of this tool.
     
    manageyourlinks, Jan 5, 2007 IP