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Keyword Planner

Build keyword clusters, intent maps and commercial-priority plans without fabricated volume.

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RESEARCH FIELD GUIDE

Turn search language into a page and decision map.

Keyword planning is not a list-building exercise. The useful output connects search language with the service sold, the market served, the searcher’s intent, the page responsible for answering it and the business outcome that matters. Volume estimates, when available from authoritative platforms, remain separate from inferred priority.

CHAPTER 01

Begin with the business model

List the services the business can actually fulfil, the customer groups they suit and the markets genuinely served. A keyword that attracts large interest can still be a poor target when it describes a service, location or audience the business cannot support.

CHAPTER 02

Separate intent before grouping phrases

Research terms can signal discovery, comparison, local need, troubleshooting, cost, brand navigation or a transaction. Grouping solely by shared words can combine searches that need different pages. Intent and customer decision should determine the architecture.

CHAPTER 03

Choose one clear page responsibility

A service page, location page, buyer guide, diagnostic tool and case study each play different roles. Assign clusters to the page type that can answer them completely. When two existing pages compete for the same decision, consolidation can be more valuable than creating another URL.

CHAPTER 04

Prioritize with commercial and evidence signals

Use first-party impressions, qualified lead records, service economics, customer questions and credible external data where available. Use measured volume and difficulty values when available and leave unknown values unscored.

A disciplined workflow

  1. Enter a service or a small set of related seed topics.
  2. Remove phrases outside real offerings and markets.
  3. Cluster by searcher problem and buying stage, not wording alone.
  4. Map every useful cluster to a specific page responsibility.
  5. Overlay verified Search Console or advertising data when the business has it.
  6. Publish or improve the highest-value gaps, then measure relevant discovery and outcomes.

What the tool does not prove

  • The tool does not fabricate search volume, cost-per-click or ranking difficulty.
  • Suggested language needs review for service fit, geography and ambiguity.
  • Keyword presence alone does not make a page useful, indexable or competitive.

Questions people ask after the research

How many keywords should one page target?

There is no fixed number. One page can answer many related phrasings when they represent the same underlying decision.

Should city names be added to every service?

Only when the business truly serves those places and local information gives the page a distinct customer purpose.

What data should I add after the tool?

Verified query impressions and clicks, lead quality, service profitability and customer-language evidence improve prioritization.

What is the warning sign of a bad keyword plan?

Hundreds of pages with nearly identical purpose, invented metrics or terms disconnected from what the business sells.

FULL TOOL SUITE

Use all four tools with one plan.

Starter

$29/mo

Solo operators and small businesses doing regular research.

100 research credits/month

  • All four premium tools
  • Full result sets
  • PDF, Excel, CSV and JSON
  • Saved research workspace
  • Email-ready reports
  • Stripe customer billing portal
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Annual: $290/year

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Pro

$79/mo

Growing businesses and marketers using research every week.

400 research credits/month

  • All four premium tools
  • Full result sets
  • PDF, Excel, CSV and JSON
  • Saved research workspace
  • Email-ready reports
  • Stripe customer billing portal
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Annual: $790/year

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Agency

$199/mo

Consultants and teams researching many campaigns, sites or clients.

1,500 research credits/month

  • All four premium tools
  • Full result sets
  • PDF, Excel, CSV and JSON
  • Saved research workspace
  • Email-ready reports
  • Stripe customer billing portal
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Annual: $1990/year

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Need implementation after the research?

Research identifies the opportunity. DSDillon can also implement the work through Search Visibility & SEO Management, Website Intelligence & Management, Local SEO Management or First-Party Analytics & Attribution where those services fit the evidence.

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