09-18-2018, 03:19 AM
An SEO named Aleks has apparently found the exact formula used by KWFinder. I have tested this formula with great success. His post can be found here:
https://nichegains.com/reverse-engineeri...s-formula/
(No affiliation or recommendation for him, I just thought you guys would love to hear about this.)
The formula is: Difficulty = (DA*0.25) + (PA*0.4) + (MR*10*0.22) + (MT*10*0.13)
Which breaks down to:
Domain Authority – 25%
Page Authority – 40%
Moz Rank (multiplied by 10) – 22%
Moz Trust (multiplied by 10) – 13%
Using this information, another user has adjusted the formula to use only DA and PA:
(PA * 0.575) + (DA * 0.425)
I have created a simple Google Sheet which calculates the difficulty for you.
1. Install the MozBar extension.
2. Search for your keyword on Google.
3. Export the results using the icon at the very left, next to the Moz logo.
4. Copy the PA and DA into the Sheet.
6. If there is a 0 in the competition column, due to not having enough DA/PA data, delete the 0, otherwise this will lower the calculated competition score.
7. Profit!
The link to the sheet is:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CrsjHD...YFVZhuUKq0
And if you weren't aware, KWFinder pulls all of their "suggestions" and search volume from Google Adwords.
To unlock the actual search volume from Adwords, simply spend $1 on a campaign. This will unlock all paid features, and you can then stop the campaign.
You can now stop paying for KWFinder, unless you also want another of their products.
https://nichegains.com/reverse-engineeri...s-formula/
(No affiliation or recommendation for him, I just thought you guys would love to hear about this.)
The formula is: Difficulty = (DA*0.25) + (PA*0.4) + (MR*10*0.22) + (MT*10*0.13)
Which breaks down to:
Domain Authority – 25%
Page Authority – 40%
Moz Rank (multiplied by 10) – 22%
Moz Trust (multiplied by 10) – 13%
Using this information, another user has adjusted the formula to use only DA and PA:
(PA * 0.575) + (DA * 0.425)
I have created a simple Google Sheet which calculates the difficulty for you.
1. Install the MozBar extension.
2. Search for your keyword on Google.
3. Export the results using the icon at the very left, next to the Moz logo.
4. Copy the PA and DA into the Sheet.
6. If there is a 0 in the competition column, due to not having enough DA/PA data, delete the 0, otherwise this will lower the calculated competition score.
7. Profit!
The link to the sheet is:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CrsjHD...YFVZhuUKq0
And if you weren't aware, KWFinder pulls all of their "suggestions" and search volume from Google Adwords.
To unlock the actual search volume from Adwords, simply spend $1 on a campaign. This will unlock all paid features, and you can then stop the campaign.
You can now stop paying for KWFinder, unless you also want another of their products.