Keyword Dificulty and SERP Analysis question.
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When researching on the Keyword Difficulty tool i have a question of the meaning of local and global. is local my area, city, zip code or what? and global is meaning of state or whole US?
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Hi,
Local Search Volume refers to the estimated amount of search traffic for the given term in the country-specific version of Google that you selected (Ex. Google.ca).
Global Search Volume refers to the estimated amount of search traffic for the given term in all of Google's country-specific search portals. (Ex. Google.com, Google.ca, and all other country-specific versions of Google).I hope this helps, have a great weekend!
Steffany
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