Get search volume, CPC and competition data
Search volume and CPC tell you how many people search for a keyword and what advertisers pay for it. Competition shows how many pages target the exact phrase in their title (inTitle) and URL (inURL). With both, Project Planner can work out the TR and UR ratios.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”- You need enough Xags for the keywords you send. See What it costs.
- Lookups are refused while an account is suspended.
Get volume and CPC
Section titled “Get volume and CPC”- Open a project.
- Choose what to look up:
- Every keyword in the project: Keywords > Get Volume & CPC.
- One group: the group’s Actions menu, then Get Volume & CPC.
- In Retrieve Volume & CPC, choose the Language and Country. WorldWide and All Languages are available.
- Check the cost line. If some keywords already have values, it reads “You have N keywords with Volume/CPC values and N without.”
- Select Retrieve VOL & CPC.
Values show a spinner while they are processed. For larger batches, you see “You have successfully queued selected keywords for analysis. You will receive an e-mail when the analysis is completed, or you can simply just check back later for results.”
Get competition
Section titled “Get competition”- Select Keywords > Get Competition, or Get Competition in a group’s Actions menu.
- Choose the Language and Country.
- Select Get Competition.
inTitle and inURL fill in when the batch finishes. A warning icon means the check did not complete for that keyword: run Get Competition again for it.
Refresh existing values
Section titled “Refresh existing values”By default, only keywords with empty values are sent. To update keywords that already have data, turn on Refresh existing values? in the window before you submit. Refreshed keywords are charged like new ones: 0.03 Xags per keyword.
What it costs
Section titled “What it costs”- Volume and CPC: 0.03 Xags per keyword.
- Competition (inTitle/inURL): 0.02 Xags per keyword.
Both are charged when you submit. The window shows the total before you confirm. See the full Xag price list.
Troubleshooting
Section titled “Troubleshooting”- “All keywords have Volume and CPC. Click on refresh button to refresh values.”: turn on Refresh existing values? to look them up again.
- “All keywords have Competition value. Please click on refresh keywords to refresh values.”: same fix, in the competition window.
- “You don’t have enough XAGS to continue with this operation.” or “You do not have enough XAGS.”: buy more Xags or send fewer keywords.
- “Please select a language!”: choose a language before you submit.
- “Your account is suspended. Please contact support.”: contact support.
- Keywords with special characters are cleaned before lookup, so a keyword’s text can change slightly.