Ambiguities In The MozBar Keyword Difficulty Checker
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Hi,
This is more of an observation rather than a real issue. But I noticed that when I check a keyword difficulty in Google by pressing the button that appears I get a different % result to the same keyword placed in the campaign.
I suspect that it is something to do with being in the UK, however, If for instance I go to google.co.uk and place in the search bar IT support company Portsmouth I get the result 44% appear but in the keyword difficulty tool I get the result 34%.
It seems to do this on all the keywords I have checked. I also checked both US and UK results in the campaign but neither of these came up within the 10% difference of the toolbar.
Like I mentioned though, not a criticism, just an observation, its still a very handy little tool.
EDIT 06/18/14: I thought I would just add that I am now getting some seriously odd results.
For instance, if I put in the keyword 'hairy blue widgets for sale in Outer Mongolia' it returns a difficulty level of 71% ???
Thanks
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Hi There,
Thanks for writing us! After checking into this issue myself and a colleague were not able to discover where you found the 44% number for IT support company Portsmouth. A screen shot is usually the best way for us to track down these issues. With a bit of clarification we should be able to help you out. If you would like to discuss specific examples of this outside of the forum I would encourage for you to reach out at help@moz.com.
In the meantime if you have any other questions or concerns please feel free to ask.
Have a great day!
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