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Research keywords before you write — against real queries

This page is the research tool: find and cluster queries and intent. It does not generate article bodies. The writer is a later step, with its own landing page.

The problem: write first, keyword later

Teams open a chat, say “write article X”, then discover the SERP is answering Y. The draft collides with an existing URL or answers a question nobody searches.

Citely keeps research off the drafting prompt

Workspace keyword research gathers queries, coverage hints, and topic gaps. The user picks what to write — then moves to the AI SEO Writer. The two jobs are not one prompt.

Research flow

  1. 01

    Enter a topic or seed

    Start from a cluster or seed keyword, not from a finished draft.

  2. 02

    Collect queries and intent

    Lists are grouped by what the searcher wants to know, compare, or do — not by keyword density.

  3. 03

    See coverage before committing a draft

    The point is which queries already have pages and which are still open — so you do not write two URLs for one intent.

  4. 04

    Hand off to the writer once a keyword is chosen

    Only the chosen keyword enters the writing pipeline. That step lives on the writer landing page.

What research does

Honest limits

Citely does not have Google’s internal ranking data. Volume, difficulty, and suggestions are tool estimates — check the customer’s own Search Console before spending budget. Usage follows the published plan.

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