How to use the keywords dashboard

Here's a breakdown of the four metrics that appear at the top of the keywords dashboard:

• Keywords Ranked in Top 3 - the total number of keywords that you are tracking in the keywords tool that you rank in the top 3 results on search engines.
• Keywords Ranked in Top 10 - the total number of keywords that you are tracking in the keywords tool that you rank in the top 10 results on search engines.
• Contacts from Organic Last 30 Days - the total number of new contacts in the last 30 days that had an original source of organic search.
• Organic Traffic Last 30 Days - the total number of visits that you've had from organic search in the last 30 days.

In the data table below, you can view the following metrics:

• Difficulty - how hard it will be to rank well for this keyword on a scale of 0-100. Any keyword with a difficulty above 70 is considered extremely difficult to rank for. When you're first starting out, you'll want to target keywords with low difficulty (between 0-40) and then work your way into medium difficulty keywords (40-60), when your site starts getting more traction, and so on.
• Monthly Searches - the approximate number of monthly searches for the exact match of this keyword. If a location is set, this information is localized. (If you see "Low" within this category it means that there wasn't enough data to show that anyone is searching for this specific term.)
• CPC - the approximate cost per click if you had been running a paid search campaign targeting this keyword. If a location is set, this information is localized.
• Visits - how many visits via organic search you had after the user searched for this keyword. This is updated every 24 hours and shows the past thirty days. Google does not share the keyword that a visitor used to find your site, so this column will only include visits from other search engines.  To learn more about Google's encryption of user searches, check out this article.
• Contacts - how many leads via organic search you had after the user searched for this keyword. This is updated every 24 hours and shows the past thirty days. Again, because Google does not share the keyword that a visitor used to find your site, this column will only include visits from other search engines. To learn more about Google's encryption of user searches, check out this article.
• Campaigns - how many campaigns this keyword is assigned to. Click on the number to see the campaigns.
• Created On - the exact date on which you added a keyword to the Keywords tool.

Now that you understand how to read the data, remember that you will want to target long-tail keywords that are very relevant to your business. Long-tail keywords generally have a lower difficulty score, and are easier to rank for. The low-hanging fruit that you should target are the keywords with a higher number in the Monthly Searches column and a lower number in the Difficulty column. This means that the keywords are easy to rank for, but a decent number of people are searching for them.

Change what metrics are displayed

You can filter the columns in the keywords tool to show any five data points at the same time for a quick comparison.

Change how the data is sorted

You can use the Sorted by drop-down menu to change how the data is sorted in the tool.

The arrows to the right of the dropdown menu determine if you are sorting by ascending or descending values.

Filter by campaign

You can filter the keywords to only see show the keywords related to a specific HubSpot campaign by choosing a campaign from the campaign drop-down menu.

Search for a keyword

You can also search through the keywords you are tracking by using the search box in the keywords tool.