Keyword Overview Tool

The Keyword Research tab finds keyword ideas and shows the metrics that matter - search volume, difficulty, CPC, competition, and search intent - so you can decide what to create content for and what to track. It's the starting point for building a keyword list in NitroShock.

Finding Keywords

Open your project and go to the Keywords tab, then the Keyword Research view. To run a search:

1. Enter a Seed Keyword - your main topic or term.
2. Choose a Research Type: All Types (Comprehensive), Google Suggestions, Question Keywords, Related Terms, or Long-tail Keywords.
3. Optionally open Advanced Options to set location, language, minimum volume, or maximum difficulty.
4. Click Research.

NitroShock returns a table of related keywords with their metrics. Real volume, difficulty, and CPC data require a connected data source; basic suggestions are available without one.

Reading the Columns

Each result row shows:

• Keyword - the suggested term
• Type - suggestion, question, related, or long-tail
• Search Volume - estimated monthly searches
• Difficulty - a 0-100 score for how hard it is to rank
• CPC - average advertiser cost-per-click (a proxy for commercial value)
• Competition - Low, Medium, or High (paid-search competition)
• Intent - informational, commercial, transactional, or navigational

Use intent to match content format to what searchers want, and difficulty to gauge whether a term is realistic for your site today.

Saving & Exporting Results

Select the keywords you want, then:

• Add to Project - sends the selected keywords into your project so you can start tracking them in the Rank Tracker.
• Export CSV - downloads the results (keyword, type, volume, difficulty, CPC, competition) for analysis elsewhere.

Use Select All / Deselect All to manage large result sets, and the results-per-page control (20, 50, 100, or All) to page through them.

Next Steps

• Track your keywords - add them to the Rank Tracker to monitor positions over time.
• Find competitor keywords you're missing - use the Prospects tab to scan competitors for keyword and content gaps.