Controllo della Keyword Difficulty

Metrica di difficoltà delle parole chiave di Ahrefs

Google says that links and content relevance are the top ranking metrics for your site's placement in search results. The results of our own study of two million keywords confirm this statement. We see a strong correlation between the number of referring domains a web page has and its position in Google search results.‘Competition’ only refers to paid search results while ‘Keyword Difficulty’ applies to organic search results.

That is why, to calculate Keyword Difficulty, we analyze the search results for a keyword and look at the number of referring domains the top 10 ranking pages have. In simple terms, the more referring domains across the top ranking pages, the higher the Keyword Difficulty.

Our metric is widely considered the most accurate one. Keyword Difficulty doesn't take into account any on-page factors.

Keyword Difficulty evaluates the chances of getting into top 10 of search results (not top 3 or top 1). Apart from backlink profiles and content relevancy, many additional ranking factors come into play among the results of the first page of any search.

Scala di difficoltà Keyword Difficulty

Misuriamo la difficoltà delle parole chiave su una scala da 0 a 100, dove quest’ultima è la più difficile.

La scala non è lineare. Ogni valore su di esso corrisponde al numero stimato di domini di riferimento (RD) di cui una pagina ha bisogno per arrivare alla prima pagina dei risultati di ricerca.

Ecco la relazione tra Keyword Difficulty e il numero di RD necessari:

If you’re aiming for a keyword with KD 40, you’re likely to need approximately 56 RDs to get into the top 10 search results.

Find easy-to-rank keywords from millions of ideas

Il database delle parole chiave di Ahrefs ha 19,2 miliardi di parole chiave in 243 paesi. È già il più grande database sul web e sta crescendo costantemente.

Whether you are analyzing your own list of keywords or looking at the suggestions in Keywords Explorer, our Keyword Difficulty metric shows you the opportunities you can easily rank for.

In combinazione con il volume di ricerca, questa metrica ti aiuterà a trovare parole chiave che possono portarti un ottimo traffico organico ma che non richiedono molto sforzo per il posizionamento.

However, despite its value, Keyword Difficulty should not be the only factor affecting your keyword choice. We recommend that you use it as the first filter to sort through the massive number of possible keywords.

The further choice of keywords must be based on a complete and detailed SERP analysis. No SEO tool can do this work for you, because every case is unique. But you will find all the necessary data for analysis in the SERP overview Ahrefs provides.