Advanced Web Ranking User Guide

Managing Keywords

In the Keywords tab of the Project dialog box you can add, remove, modify, import export and generate keywords.

[Warning]Warning

If you modify a keyword, the keyword is actually removed and a new keyword with the updated name is added. This will remove all data from the project pertaining to the former keyword.

Here you can change the keywords, the color, and assign a priority to the keyword. The priority could mean for example the number of results returned by a keyword on a search engine.

You can also sort your keywords by 3 criteria: the original order of the entries, alphabetical order and by priority.

Furthermore, you can choose colors for your keywords, that will be available in the reports as well. You can change the original order by moving keywords up, down, send them to the top of the list or to the bottom of the list.

[Note]Note
  • Google Suggestions. 

    When you wish to add a new keyword to your project, Advanced Web Ranking displays a list of suggestions. The suggestions appear right underneath the edit box as you type and they are provided by Google Suggest. See the following website for more information:

    http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en

    You can navigate this list using the Up and Down arrows from your keyboard. If you don't want this list to show while you're typing a new keyword just press ESC and the list will disappear. It will show again only after you start typing another keyword.

  • Use Project Keywords. 

    When your project contains a large number of keywords, by enabling this option you can easily check if a certain keyword is in your list, in order to modify it or add related topics. The local suggestions appear right underneath the Keywords edit box as you type and you can navigate this list by using the Up and Down arrows from your keyboard.

The Import and Export buttons are used to import/export keywords. You can import keywords from a text file, from a web page or from Google Suggest.

To generate keywords, press the [Generate] button and write relevant words for your search. The Keyword Builder will generate a list of all possible combinations among the words you have added.

The Keywords Builder allows you to sort the results by either alphabetical order from the "Keywords" column, or by the number of words from the "Words" column in the Keyword Builder dialog.

Furthermore, the Keyword Builder allows you to select a group of words that have a desired order and consider them as a whole. All the combinations that are then generated will maintain that particular order of words. In order to achieve this, simply write the chosen words between quotation marks and press [Generate].

Customize this list by removing the combinations you find unnecessary, and press the [Add All to Project] button. All the remaining keywords will then be added to your project.

If you select more than one keyword, the Modify button will change into Deactivate, helping you deactivate more than one keyword at a time. To go back to Modify, just select a single keyword.

Duplicate (identical) keywords are not allowed, so they will be ignored.

You can temporarily deactivate keywords from a project. The data for the inactive keywords is not removed, but rather hidden from the reports. Also, when updating the project, the inactive keywords are skipped from the update. Reactivating a keyword simply makes it visible and updateable again.

In order to deactivate a keyword, go to the "Keywords" tab of the "Project Settings" dialog box, select the keyword, press the [Modify] button and set the status to "Inactive"

To see all your inactive keywords, go to the "Keywords" tab of the "Project Settings" dialog box, and press the [Show Inactive] button.

In order to reactivate keywords, select the keyword and press [Activate].

In order to permanently remove an inactive keyword, select it then press [Remove].