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Explorer, bulk metrics, autocomplete, People Also Ask, clustering, lists.

  1. 01Keyword ExplorerVolume, difficulty, intent and the live top 10 for one keyword, plus suggestions, related keywords and questions people ask.7 min read· About 18.6 credits per search; repeats within 30 days are free· app.smarterseo.com/research/keywords/explorer→
  2. 02Bulk keyword metricsSearch volume, CPC, competition and top-of-page bids for up to 1,000 keywords in one run, straight from Google Ads data.5 min read· 20 credits per run of up to 1,000 keywords; repeats within 30 days are free· app.smarterseo.com/research/keywords/bulk→
  3. 03Bulk AutocompleteGoogle's own autocomplete suggestions for a list of seed keywords, expanded with letters a to z and question and comparison modifiers.5 min read· 0.5 credits per lookup, up to 39.5 credits per seed at full expansion; repeats within 7 days are free· app.smarterseo.com/research/keywords/autocomplete→
  4. 04People Also AskEvery question Google shows for your keywords, clicked open level by level, with the page Google uses to answer each one.6 min read· 0.6 credits per keyword per level; 1.2 credits per keyword at the default depth; SERPs reused for 7 days· app.smarterseo.com/research/keywords/paa→
  5. 05SERP clusteringGroup up to 1,000 keywords by the URLs they share in Google's results, so each cluster is one page to write.6 min read· 1 credit per keyword at Top 10 (2.4 at Top 20) plus 20 credits for metrics; SERPs reused for 24 hours· app.smarterseo.com/research/keywords/clustering→
  6. 06Saved keyword listsKeep keywords from Explorer, Bulk metrics, Autocomplete, People Also Ask, clustering and Content Gap in lists with metrics and tags, then feed them into rank trackers.5 min read· Free to create and edit; Refresh metrics costs 20 credits per list of up to 1,000 keywords· app.smarterseo.com/research/keywords/lists→