Understanding the performance of your keywords over time is crucial for making informed decisions in your SEO strategy. With Keyword.com's Historical Charts, you can gain deep insights into how your keywords have evolved, track your progress, and see how you stack up against your competitors. This feature is designed to provide a clear, visual representation of your keyword rankings, making it easier than ever to analyze trends and adjust your strategies accordingly.
View Historical Rankings: Easily access the historical ranking of any keyword by clicking the Chart icon in the keyword ranking table. This allows you to see how your keywords have performed over time, helping you identify patterns and trends.
Customizable Timeframes: Choose from multiple timeframes to view keyword history, including 10 days, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 180 days, 1 year, 2 years, or all time. The available options depend on your subscription package, giving you the flexibility to analyze short-term movements or long-term trends.
Competitor Analysis: Select competitors from the dropdown menu to compare your keyword’s historical performance against theirs. This competitive insight helps you understand where you stand in the market and identify opportunities for improvement.
Google Incident Reporting: Stay informed of significant Google updates with incidents highlighted directly on the timeline. Hover over any incident marker to view detailed information and access a link to the official report from Google, allowing you to correlate ranking fluctuations with algorithm changes or other impactful events.
SERP History: With the 'SERP History' feature, you can view the top 100 search engine results for your keyword over time in a simple and easy-to-navigate format. This helps you understand the competitive landscape and how it has evolved.
Ranking URL Insights: Click 'Show Ranking URL' to reveal the URLs that have ranked for your keyword. This feature provides additional context and helps you understand the factors contributing to changes in your rankings.
Download and Share: Export your charts in various formats, including PNG, JPEG, PDF, or SVG, or print them directly. This makes it easy to share your findings with your team or include them in reports.
Additional Customization Features
Fill in Rank Drop Gaps: With the "Fill in Rank Drop Gaps in Charts" setting enabled, any gaps in your keyword ranking data are filled to create a smoother progress line. For example, if there’s no data for a 10-day period, the chart assumes the rank remained the same, offering a clearer view of long-term trends.
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As you can see from the screenshot, the gaps or the times that it fell out of the Top 100 position are filled in. This does not mean that your keyword ranked in the position that is showing. The chart only linked the gaps from the last time it ranked to the next time it ranked in the Top 100.
PDF Report Customization: You can choose to include or exclude Historical Charts in your PDF reports. This can be managed through Menu > Reports > PDF Settings. Please note that this feature is available for projects with 50 or fewer keywords.
Add Notes to Date Points: Enhance your reports and stakeholder communication by adding notes to specific date points on the chart. These notes are visible on ViewKey, providing valuable context or explanations for ranking changes directly on the timeline for your stakeholders or customers. Click on any date point in the chart and add note
With these features, Keyword.com's Historical Charts offer you a powerful, flexible toolset to monitor, analyze, and report on your SEO performance, helping you make data-driven decisions with confidence.