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Keyword portfolio

How to use it

  1. Build your keyword list — import from GSC, add your own, or accept AI suggestions. (SEO → Keywords)
  2. Review intent, difficulty, and opportunity scores per keyword.
  3. Focus on the ranked shortlist and track it over time.

⏱ ~15 min · 💳 Starter+ · 🎯 One prioritized keyword list

Why this matters for your business

SEO success is mostly about picking the right keywords to target. Most stores either:

  • Track too many (hundreds of keywords; can't focus)
  • Track too few (10 keywords; missing the long tail that actually drives volume)
  • Track the wrong ones (high-volume vanity terms with no intent vs. lower-volume but high-converting terms)

Keyword portfolio is the structured way to manage this. Add keywords from GSC, manual research, or AI suggestions. Each gets intent (informational, commercial, transactional), difficulty score, current rank, and opportunity rating. Focus on the few that matter; ignore the rest.

What you actually get

CapabilityDescription
Add from GSCPull keywords already driving traffic
Manual addSpecific terms you want to track
AI-suggested (Pro+)Based on competitors + product catalog
Intent classifierInformational / commercial / transactional
Difficulty score0-100 (how hard to rank)
Opportunity ratingHigh volume + low difficulty + ranking near top
Trend tracking6-month rank trend per keyword
TaggingGroup keywords by topic/category

How teams use it

Scenario A — Brand focuses on 30 keywords from 300

Setup. Brand was tracking 300 keywords, none well.

Approach: Filtered to top 30 by opportunity score (high volume × low difficulty × close to ranking).

Why it helps: 300 tracked terms produce 300 possible actions, and effort spread across all of them moves none. The opportunity score exists to make that list short enough to act on — terms where you are already close and the difficulty is within reach.

Scenario B — Long-tail capture

Setup. AI-suggested keywords surfaced 80 long-tail terms brand wasn't targeting.

Action: Created blog posts targeting top 20 long-tail terms.

Why long-tail first: individually these terms carry little volume, but they are far easier to rank for than the head term and they convert better because the intent is specific. Track them as a group rather than one by one — the portfolio view is where a set of small wins becomes visible.

Plan tiers

CapabilityFreeStarterProAgencyEnterprise
Add from Search Console
Manual add
Keywords per research job550200300500
AI-suggested keywords
Intent classifier
Difficulty + opportunity score
Tagging
Multi-shop portfolio

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