B
Evidence Grade B
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74
74 -- keyword difficulty score for Keyword "backlink checker" (Ahrefs Keyword Difficulty metric) (2019)
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Value
74
Unit
Score
Data Vintage
2019
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
90
Citation Chain
90
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ahrefs
Primary
Tier A
https://ahrefs.com/blog/keyword-difficulty/ ↗
Source Article
Keyword Difficulty: How to Determine Your Chances of Ranking in Google
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Ahrefs
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Methodology
Ahrefs KD is calculated as a weighted average of referring domains to the top 10 ranking pages; 74 is classified as "Super hard"
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Keyword "backlink checker" (Ahrefs Keyword Difficulty metric): 74 keyword difficulty score. Source: Ahrefs (2019). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ahrefs-kd-score-backlink-checker-74
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