Keyword Research is ClearSERP's most powerful feature for discovering new keyword opportunities. Generate thousands of related keywords from a single seed term, with advanced filtering options to find exactly what you're looking for.
What is Keyword Research?
Research Mode Overview
Keyword Research finds related keywords based on your seed term, generating thousands of suggestions to help you discover new opportunities. Unlike full analysis, this mode gives you basic keyword data to help you identify opportunities before investing credits in comprehensive SERP analysis.
What You Get
- • Keyword suggestions and variations
- • Search volume data
- • Cost-per-click (CPC) estimates
- • Keyword difficulty scores
- • Search intent classification
What You Don't Get
- • SERP weakness detection
- • Domain scores or competitive analysis
- • Individual SERP result data
- • KeywordScore calculation
- • Page speed or content analysis
Getting Started with Keyword Research
Basic Workflow
Enter Your Seed Keyword
Type your main topic or keyword phrase
Configure Settings (Optional)
Set result limit, location, language, and sorting options
Apply Filters (Optional)
Narrow down results with search volume, difficulty, or content filters
Start Research
Click "Research" to begin keyword discovery
Seed Keyword Options
Wildcard Support
Use asterisks (*) as wildcards to discover keyword variations. Perfect for finding different ways people search for your topic.
Examples:
best * for dogs→ "best food for dogs", "best toys for dogs", etc.how to * weight→ "how to lose weight", "how to gain weight", etc.* marketing tools→ "email marketing tools", "social marketing tools", etc.
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. For example, if you select 1,000 results but only 500 are found, you'll be charged 5 credits instead of 10.
Advanced Settings
Sorting Options
Choose how your keyword results are ordered to prioritize what matters most for your strategy.
Available Sort Options:
- • Search Volume: High to low (default) or low to high
- • Keyword Difficulty: Easy to hard or hard to easy
- • Cost Per Click: High to low or low to high
- • Alphabetical: A-Z or Z-A
Recommended Strategies:
- • High Volume: For traffic potential discovery
- • Low Difficulty: For quick ranking opportunities
- • High CPC: For commercial value keywords
Location & Language Targeting
Language Selection
Choose the language for keyword suggestions. This affects the keyword discovery process and ensures culturally relevant keyword variations.
Location Targeting
Select the target country for search volume and CPC data. Different countries may show different search patterns and commercial values for the same keywords.
Advanced Filtering System
Filter Categories
Apply up to 8 different filters to narrow down your keyword results and find exactly what you're looking for.
Content Filters
Questions Only
Filter to show only question-based keywords (who, what, when, where, why, how, do, does, can, will, etc.)
Use case: Perfect for content marketing and FAQ creation strategies.
Contains Filters
Include keywords that contain specific terms with "ANY" or "ALL" logic.
- • ANY: Contains at least one of the specified terms
- • ALL: Contains all of the specified terms
- • Use quotes for exact word matching (e.g., "dog" won't match "dogs")
Doesn't Contain Filters
Exclude keywords that contain specific terms with "ANY" or "ALL" logic.
Tip: Use this to filter out competitor brand names or irrelevant terms.
Metric-Based Filters
Search Volume Range
Filter by monthly search volume to find keywords with your desired traffic potential.
Cost Per Click Range
Filter by estimated CPC to identify high-value commercial keywords.
Keyword Difficulty Range
Filter by difficulty score (0-100) to find keywords matching your competitive capability.
Search Intent Filters
Intent Types:
- • Informational: Looking for information
- • Navigational: Finding specific sites
- • Commercial: Researching before buying
- • Transactional: Ready to purchase
Strategy Applications:
- • Blog content: Informational keywords
- • Product pages: Commercial + Transactional
- • Brand awareness: Navigational keywords
Understanding Your Results
Data Columns Explained
Basic Metrics:
What's Missing:
Research Best Practices
Efficient Research Strategy
Start Broad, Then Filter:
- • Begin with broad seed keywords
- • Use high result limits (1000-5000)
- • Apply filters to narrow down results
- • Save promising keywords to collections
Credit Optimization:
- • Research first, analyze second
- • Use filters to avoid irrelevant results
- • Leverage automatic credit refunds
- • Group related research to minimize costs
- • Don't skip the research phase and jump straight to analysis
- • Don't use overly specific seed keywords that limit discovery
- • Don't forget to save valuable keyword lists before starting new research
- • Don't use too many filters initially - you might miss opportunities
Research History & Data Preservation
Automatic Research Preservation
Every keyword research session is automatically saved to your Research History, ensuring you never lose valuable keyword discoveries.
What's Automatically Saved:
- • All discovered keywords with their data
- • Research settings and filters used
- • Result counts and credit costs
- • Search timestamps and session names
- • Any keywords you analyze further
Research History Features:
- • Search by seed keyword or research name
- • Filter by date range and result count
- • Sort by results, credits used, or date
- • Rename research sessions for organization
- • One-click access to view all results
Ready to Discover Keywords?
Start your keyword research journey and discover thousands of opportunities with just a few clicks.