"Keywords Showing" total doesn't match "Tracked Keywords" total

[MSoleski]

My "Tracked Keywords" total under "Add & Manage Keywords" does not match the total for "Keywords Showing" on the main "Rankings" tab. Why is there a difference? For example, I have 453 tracked keywords attached to my campaign, but under the "Tracked Keywords Overview," there are only 254 listed. I'm sure there's a simple explanation but I can't find it anywhere!

[samantha.chapman]

Hey Madeline!

Just to clarify, that 453 number represents the amount of keywords you have left to add. You would want to take 750-453 to find out exactly how many keywords have been used already.

Each keyword you add to each campaign will be counted as a separate keyword, and you won't see any added to one campaign show up in another campaign.

[MSoleski]

So what if the keywords I want to add to my campaign are already in my master list of 453? If I add them again under the campaign's "Add & Manage" will there be duplicates?

[samantha.chapman]

Any keywords you're adding in "Add & Manage" will be added to the Tracked Keywords list for whichever specific campaign you're in when you head to "Add & Manage". After adding keywords in that section, the tally at the top will change but it's just letting you know how many more keywords you have available for use across all of your campaigns:).

[MSoleski]

Thank you, that helps. I did have a follow-up question. How do I ensure the keywords I'm adding are being added to my campaign? I'd like all 453 to be tracked under this particular campaign and can't figure out how to "link" them. It appears as if adding them under "Add & Manage Keywords" only adds them to my total available keywords and not the specific campaign.

[samantha.chapman]

Hey there Madeline!

Sam from Moz's Help Team here!

The keywords you see under "Add & Manage Keywords" tallies the keywords across all of your campaigns. So if for example you see something like "453 of 750 keywords available", this means that out of 750 keywords available to you on your subscription level, you've used 297 of them in total across all of your campaigns, and still have 453 left for use - whereas the keyword total under "Tracked Keywords Overview" is isolated to the number of keywords being tracked in the specific campaign you're looking at.

I hope this helps to clarify! If you have any other questions, feel free to post them here or to pop an email over to help@moz.com