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Keyword tracking

Monitoring and measuring the performance of keywords over time.

Definition

Keyword tracking is the monitoring and measuring the performance of keywords over time. Founders reach for it when a vague conversation needs a shared, specific meaning. Name it clearly, then let the next decision — a hire, a price, a test, or a pass — follow from that meaning.

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You know Keyword tracking is doing work when it changes a weekly choice — price, hire, channel, or kill. The working definition: Monitoring and measuring the performance of keywords over time.

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Using Keyword tracking as a label instead of a fact. If you cannot point to the evidence — a number, a customer, or a written assumption — you are using the word as jargon.

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