Keyword Research
Judge a keyword before you write it.
Volume, difficulty, intent, cost per click, competition and a full year of demand trend — collected for your country and language, then turned into the article or tracked keyword that follows.
- Per-country and per-language search data
- Intent and difficulty on every suggestion, not just the seed
- Send a keyword straight to a draft or to Rank Tracker
United States English
Examples:
Monthly Volume 673 000 Massive reach, massive opportunity
Keyword Difficulty
78%
Hard
Challenging level, requires a lot of effort Cost per click (CPC) $1.42 Moderate CPC, balanced cost
Volume trend Last 12 months
Search Intent
InformationalCommercial
What the searcher is actually trying to do Competition
low
Plenty of space to stand outInteractive
The suggestion list is where the decision gets made.
Every related keyword arrives with the same metrics as the seed. Sort by what matters, pick the ones worth working on, and watch the opportunity size add up.
Trend Intents CPC Competition
Difficulty, explained
A number is not a decision. A verdict is.
Semurai scores keyword difficulty from 0 to 100, then tells you what that score actually means for a site like yours — so juniors and stakeholders read the same answer you do.
- Six plain-language bands, from Very easy to Very hard
- The same score on every suggestion, not just the seed keyword
- Read next to volume and intent, never on its own
Keyword Difficulty Drag to explore the scale
42%
Possible
Reachable with the right strategy
Very easyEasyPossibleDifficultHardVery hard
SERP overview
See who you would actually be competing with.
Before committing a writer to a keyword, open the live results. The pages ranking today tell you the format, the depth and the type of site Google currently rewards.
- Live top results captured with the keyword data
- Titles and descriptions exactly as they appear today
- Feeds the target structure when the keyword becomes a brief
SERP Overview "diet"
healthline.com › nutrition › best-diet-plans
The 9 Best Diet Plans: Sustainability, Weight Loss, and More
A dietitian-reviewed comparison of the most popular eating patterns, with the evidence behind each one and who they suit.
nhs.uk › live-well › healthy-weight
Healthy weight loss - Live Well
Practical, evidence-based guidance on losing weight safely, including a free 12-week plan and NHS-approved advice.
mayoclinic.org › healthy-lifestyle › weight-loss
Weight loss: Choosing a diet that's right for you
How to evaluate a diet before you start it: flexibility, nutrition, safety and whether you can actually stick with it.
eatingwell.com › category › diet-plans
Diet Plans - Meal Plans for Every Goal
Browse tested meal plans by goal and dietary preference, each with shopping lists and prep-ahead guidance.
After the research
A keyword list is not a strategy until something happens.
Research in Semurai is the front of a pipeline, not a spreadsheet export. Every keyword you keep has a next step.
Send a single keyword into the writer and it arrives with the target structure already built from the live results.
Add the selection to daily position tracking so you can prove whether the work moved anything.
Group related terms by intent into a hub and its supporting pages rather than one page per keyword.
Check who already ranks for the term and what else they win before you decide it is worth the effort.
Nothing is created or published automatically — Semurai proposes the next step and your team decides.
Workflow
Seed keyword to shipped page.
- 01 Enter a seed
One keyword plus the country and language you actually sell in.
- 02 Collect the data
Semurai gathers volume, difficulty, CPC, competition, intent, trend and the live results.
- 03 Judge the list
Sort by demand or difficulty, read the intent, and keep only what fits your site today.
- 04 Turn it into work
Push the keeper into a draft, a cluster or the tracker — and measure what happens next.
FAQ
Common questions
Where does the keyword data come from?
Search volume, CPC, competition, difficulty and intent come from live search data providers, requested for the specific country and language you choose. Results are cached for a period so repeat lookups are instant, and you can refresh a keyword on demand.
What does the difficulty score mean?
It estimates how hard it is to reach the first page for that keyword, from 0 to 100. Semurai also shows a plain-language band — Very easy, Easy, Possible, Difficult, Hard or Very hard — so the number turns into a decision rather than trivia.
Why does search intent matter more than volume?
Intent tells you what the searcher is trying to do. A high-volume informational term needs a guide, while a lower-volume transactional term may be worth far more to the business. Every keyword and suggestion is labelled informational, commercial, transactional or navigational.
Can I see seasonality?
Yes. Each keyword keeps a 12-month history of monthly search volume, charted as a trend so you can spot seasonal peaks and avoid committing to a term that is quietly declining.
Can I see the current search results?
Yes. The SERP overview shows the live top results for the keyword with their titles, URLs and descriptions, so you can judge the format and depth Google is rewarding before you brief anything.
What can I do with the keywords I keep?
Select them and add them to Rank Tracker for daily monitoring, or send a single keyword into the writer, where the brief and target structure are built from the pages currently ranking for it.
Stop guessing which keyword deserves the work.
Enter one seed keyword and get demand, difficulty, intent and the live results in a single view — then turn the winners into work.