The keyword overview

The keywords page collects every keyword RankYak has discovered for your project, along with any you have added yourself. It offers two views: a topical map that visualizes your clusters, and a list view for working through keywords one by one. Choosing Keywords in the left menu opens the topical map; the tabs at the top switch between the two.

The keyword list

Each row in the list view shows the keyword, the topic it belongs to, and its search volume and difficulty. The last column shows what covers the keyword: a link to the article RankYak wrote (or is writing), a planned date when the keyword is scheduled on the content plan, or an existing page of yours that already ranks for it when Google Search Console is connected.

You may sort the list by keyword, search volume, or difficulty, and the search field matches both keyword names and topic names. By default, keywords that already have an article or an existing ranking page are hidden so the list shows what is still ahead of you; the Show covered toggle brings them back.

Views

Five views sit above the list, each with a count.

Starring keywords

Sometimes you may wish to keep a shortlist of the keywords that matter most to you. Clicking the star icon next to a keyword adds it to the Starred view, so your personal watchlist is always one click away.

Generating an article

Typically, articles are written by the content plan on their scheduled date. If you would like an article for a particular keyword right away, open the menu next to the keyword, in the list view or inside a topical-map cluster, and choose Generate article now. The article is written immediately and stays off the calendar; see article generation for how on-demand generation behaves.

Archiving keywords

If a keyword misses the mark, you may archive it: open the menu at the end of its row and choose Archive keyword, or select several keywords with the checkboxes and archive them in one action. Archived keywords are excluded from all future content planning, but they are not deleted. The Show archive link below the list opens the archive, where you may restore any keyword at any time.

A keyword can no longer be archived once its article has been written or is being written, or once its scheduled date has passed.

The topical map

The topical map arranges your topics as hexagons around your project, from core topics near the center to edge topics further out, with each topic surrounded by its keywords. The color of each keyword shows its state: covered, planned, or not covered yet. Clicking a topic opens its cluster so you may inspect the keywords inside, and the counters above the map track how many topics and keywords are covered against your keyword target. Once the target is reached, the map notes that RankYak is now focusing on optimizing your existing content.