Domain Research helps you discover keyword opportunities by analyzing what keywords websites in your niche are ranking for. Perfect for competitive intelligence and finding content gaps in your market.
What is Domain Research?
Research Mode Overview
Domain Research discovers what keywords are associated with any domain through comprehensive analysis. This helps you understand the keyword landscape in your niche and find opportunities you might have missed.
What You Get
- • Keywords associated with the domain's niche
- • Search volume and CPC data
- • Keyword difficulty scores
- • Search intent classification
- • Results sorted by relevance
What You Don't Get
- • Specific ranking positions
- • SERP weakness detection
- • Domain scores or competitive analysis
- • Individual SERP result data
- • KeywordScore calculation
How Domain Research Works
Research Process
Domain Analysis
The system analyzes the domain's content, structure, and niche classification
Keyword Discovery
Finds keywords thematically related to the domain's content and market
Relevance Sorting
Results are automatically sorted by relevance to the domain's niche
Data Enrichment
Each keyword includes volume, CPC, difficulty, and intent data
Domain Input Requirements
Supported Domain Formats
ClearSERP accepts various domain formats and automatically normalizes them for analysis.
Accepted Formats:
example.com→ Normalized to example.comwww.example.com→ Normalized to example.comhttps://example.com→ Normalized to example.comhttps://www.example.com/path→ Normalized to example.com
Result Limits and Credit Costs
Available Result Limits
Credit Refunds: If fewer results are found than your limit, you'll automatically receive a proportional credit refund.
Sorting by Relevance
Automatic Relevance Sorting
Unlike other research modes, Domain Research results are automatically sorted by relevance to the target domain's niche. This cannot be changed as relevance sorting provides the most meaningful insights.
Why Relevance Sorting?
- • Shows most thematically related keywords first
- • Helps identify core niche opportunities
- • Reveals content themes you might have missed
- • Optimizes discovery of related market segments
Location & Language Settings
Geographic & Language Targeting
Language Selection
Choose the language for keyword discovery. This affects the keyword discovery process and ensures culturally relevant keyword variations are found.
Impact: Different languages may reveal different keyword opportunities even for the same domain, based on regional search patterns.
Location Targeting
Select the target country for search volume and CPC data. This affects the commercial value and search patterns associated with discovered keywords.
Example: A fitness domain might show "gym membership" keywords with higher volume in certain countries compared to others.
Available Filtering Options
Domain Research Filters
Domain Research supports most of the same filters as Keyword Research, helping you refine the discovered keywords to match your specific needs.
Content-Based Filters
Contains Filters
Include only keywords that contain specific terms, with "ANY" or "ALL" logic options.
Example: For a fitness domain, filter for keywords containing "workout" OR "exercise" to focus on activity-related opportunities.
Doesn't Contain Filters
Exclude keywords that contain specific terms you want to avoid.
Use case: Filter out brand names or competitor terms to focus on generic opportunities in the niche.
Metric-Based Filters
Search Volume
Filter by monthly search volume to find keywords with your desired traffic potential within the domain's niche.
Cost Per Click
Filter by estimated CPC to identify high-value commercial opportunities within the market.
Keyword Difficulty
Filter by difficulty score (0-100) to find keywords matching your competitive capability.
Search Intent Filters
Filter discovered keywords by search intent to align with your content strategy goals.
Intent Applications:
- • Informational: Blog content opportunities
- • Commercial: Product comparison pages
- • Transactional: Direct sales opportunities
- • Navigational: Brand awareness gaps
Strategy Benefits:
- • Align content with user intent
- • Identify content type opportunities
- • Discover conversion-focused keywords
- • Plan content funnel strategies
Understanding Your Results
What the Results Tell You
Included Data:
What's Missing:
Strategic Use Cases
Competitive Intelligence
Analyze Competitors:
- • Research competitor domains in your niche
- • Discover keyword themes they target
- • Find content gaps in their strategy
- • Identify shared market opportunities
Market Expansion:
- • Analyze successful domains in adjacent niches
- • Find crossover keyword opportunities
- • Discover new audience segments
- • Plan content diversification
Content Strategy Development
Niche Analysis Example:
Research authoritative domains in your space (like industry publications or leading competitors) to discover keyword themes that define your market, then create comprehensive content around high-relevance opportunities you're not yet targeting.
Partnership & Collaboration Research
Analyze potential partner domains to understand their keyword focus and find collaboration opportunities in shared market segments.
Tip: Look for domains with complementary (not competing) keyword themes to identify potential cross-promotion or content collaboration opportunities.
Research History & Data Preservation
Automatic Research Preservation
Every domain research session is automatically saved to your Research History, preserving all discovered keyword opportunities for future reference.
What's Automatically Saved:
- • All keywords found for the analyzed domain
- • Relevance-sorted results with complete data
- • Domain target and research parameters
- • Filter settings and location/language choices
- • Session timestamps and result counts
Research History Features:
- • Search across all past domain research
- • Filter by research type and date ranges
- • Compare domain research from different periods
- • Rename sessions for better organization
- • Quick access to revisit any domain analysis
Ready to Explore Domain Opportunities?
Start discovering keyword opportunities by analyzing domains in your niche and uncovering market insights you might have missed.