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Mixed results are the hardest. If someone searches "Xbox", are they looking to buy? Find the next release date? etc. Those always take the most finesse.

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Yep, it's definitely a pain in the ass. The way I see it as long as the type of article you want to write is in at least one spot on page one then you're good to go.

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Great article. None of the seo tools assist you in this analysis? Except search engine ofc.

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You can look up the data in Ahrefs or similar keyword research tools that show SERP results. But for figuring out searcher intent it isn't necessary, typing into Google works just as well. Obviously you'll need a tool to come up with the keyword ideas to begin with, though.

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Yepp, Thanks!

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I know that Surfer SEO's content planner feature allows you to filter each cluster of keywords by "intent". I think the options are investigational, informational, and shopping.

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Surfer's content planner is very useful

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