🎯 What Are Keyword Lists?
Keyword Lists is a research and organisation tool. It lets you save, group, and manage keywords you discover across Search Atlas — for example, from Keyword Magic or Keyword Researcher — so you can revisit them later without repeating your research.
Think of Keyword Lists as a personal keyword library. You build collections of keywords by topic, campaign, client, or any structure that suits your workflow, and use those collections as a reference when planning content or setting up tracking.
🔗 How Keyword Lists and Rank Tracker Are Related
Keyword Lists and Rank Tracker are separate tools with separate purposes. Keyword Lists stores and organises keywords for research. Rank Tracker actively monitors your website's ranking positions for specific keywords over time.
Currently, there is no one-click integration that pushes an entire Keyword List directly into a Rank Tracker project. Keywords must be added to Rank Tracker either by manual entry or CSV import. This is a known workflow limitation, and understanding it upfront will help you plan the most efficient process.
📥 How to Add Keywords to Rank Tracker
There are two supported methods for getting keywords into a Rank Tracker project:
- Manual entry — Navigate to Left sidebar → Keywords → Rank Tracker, open your project, and type or paste keywords directly into the keyword field. Best for small sets of five to twenty keywords.
- CSV import — Export your Keyword List to a CSV file, then import that file into Rank Tracker. This is the most efficient method when moving a large Keyword List into tracking and avoids retyping every keyword.
🗂️ Exporting a Keyword List to CSV
- Go to Left sidebar → Keywords to open the Keyword Researcher.
- Open the Keyword List you want to export.
- Click the Export button at the top of the list and select CSV.
- Save the file to your computer.
📊 Importing a CSV into Rank Tracker
- Navigate to Left sidebar → Keywords → Rank Tracker.
- Open the project you want to add keywords to, or create a new one.
- Click Add Keywords and select the Import CSV option.
- Upload the file you exported from your Keyword List.
- Confirm the import. Your keywords will appear in the project shortly.
⚖️ When to Use Each Method
- Manual entry — You have a handful of high-priority keywords and want to start tracking immediately without extra steps.
- CSV import — You have built a Keyword List of twenty or more keywords and want to move them into Rank Tracker in bulk. This is the recommended path for most users.
- Keyword Lists only (no Rank Tracker) — You are still in the research phase and not ready to track rankings yet. Save keywords to a list first, organise them, and import to Rank Tracker when the project is ready.
💡 Recommended Workflow
The most efficient way to use both tools together is:
- Use Keyword Magic (Left sidebar → Keywords → Keyword Magic) or Keyword Researcher (Left sidebar → Keywords) to discover and evaluate keywords.
- Save promising keywords to a Keyword List as you research — this preserves your work and keeps keywords organised by theme or campaign.
- When you are ready to monitor rankings, export the list to CSV and import it into Rank Tracker. This avoids manual re-entry entirely.
This two-stage approach separates research from tracking, which keeps both tools focused and makes large-scale projects much easier to manage.
⚠️ Current Limitations
- There is no direct Apply List to Project button that syncs a Keyword List with a Rank Tracker project automatically.
- If you add new keywords to a Keyword List after the initial import, those additions are not automatically reflected in Rank Tracker. You will need to re-export and re-import, or add the new keywords manually.
- Keyword Lists do not display live ranking data. For ranking positions, Rank Tracker is always the source of truth.
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