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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Clearscope

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AClearscope, from the company of the same name (also known as Mushi Labs) is an AI-powered SEO platform designed to make it easy to get more out of content.

    $129

    per month

    Google Trends

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Trends is a search engine optimization software solution offered by .N/A
    Pricing
    ClearscopeGoogle Trends
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $129
    per month
    Business
    $399
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ClearscopeGoogle Trends
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    ClearscopeGoogle Trends
    Considered Both Products
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    ClearscopeGoogle Trends
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Clearscope and Google Trends
    Feature
    Clearscope
    6.4
    6 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Google Trends
    6.0
    35 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Keyword analysis8.06 Ratings8.533 Ratings
    Competitive analysis8.06 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Site recommendations3.63 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Task management5.93 Ratings6.24 Ratings
    Backlink management00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings5.013 Ratings
    Page grader00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Clearscope and Google Trends
    Feature
    Clearscope
    6.0
    4 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Google Trends
    6.3
    24 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Local SEO6.34 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Mobile SEO5.84 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Social SEO00 Ratings6.015 Ratings
    Global SEO00 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Clearscope and Google Trends
    Feature
    Clearscope
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Google Trends
    6.0
    11 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Multi-domain support7.95 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
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    ClearscopeGoogle Trends
    Small Businesses
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Yoast
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Yoast
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Google Search Console
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ClearscopeGoogle Trends
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (35 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ClearscopeGoogle Trends
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    Clearscope shines if you're using freelance writers or even just need a way to easily keyword optimize long-form content. While it can be used for marketing pages, I've found it does best with longer-form blog content in the hands of writers. So, if you have inexperienced writers or those less savvy/comfortable about SEO optimization, I'd recommend only using it for blogs. articles or other long-form content. Have some SEO experience under your belt? Use it for EVERYTHING that needs keyword optimization and is over 300 words. It'll help give you ideas and give you a better idea of how to work in that semantic SEO.
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    Google
    Google Trends is great for research and planning, to analyse keyword demand and associated costs. It really does help plan to capture consumer demand. It can be a little tricky to use, as the UX design isn't brilliant, so you'll need to learn how to navigate the website.
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    Pros
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    • Helps produce relevant and engaging content.
    • Integration with WordPress through an easy to use plugin.
    • Deliver data-driven results.
    • The content rating system makes it easy to understand how your content is performing now based on your specific keywords.
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    • I love how Google Trends presents the popularity of a specific query by location. For example, my product may be more popular or more "searched" in a specific state or city. This helps a lot for direct mail campaigns or any sort of in-person marketing efforts like events or pop-ups. You could use the information from Google Trends to decide what locations will be more receptive of your product/industry or you could see where people have little to no interest and build a brand awareness campaign focusing on those areas.
    • Another great feature within Google Trends is that it shows "Related Queries", which are basically suggestions of better keywords or phrases to incorporate into your content. If you search for data on a keyword you're using that's too broad (your content won't stand out among other web pages) or too narrow (not many potential customers are searching that keyword or phrase), Google Trends will suggest a related keyword or phrase that is more appropriate or trending at the moment. You could go back and incorporate these phrases into your content so that it's more likely to be found on search engines.
    • Within the Google Trends "Related Topics" section, you can choose whether you want to see topics that are "Top" or "Rising". I like this feature because looking at a "Rising" topic can help you create content that's more likely to be seen - especially if you're a beginner. Most topics that are in the "Top" category can have thousands of web pages that you're competing against and you can feel like your content is drowning. But the topics in the "rising" category can be great for newer sites that haven't developed authority online yet. You can write on one of these topics and be one of the first sites to create content on that topic, which gives you a head start over other sites.
    • Google Trends "Categories" is also a great feature. If you don't have any content ideas for your website, you can easily find inspiration by selecting a category that's relevant to your industry. The top keywords or topics will come up and you can create content on those topics to increase your number of web visitors. For example, if you work in the fashion industry and you don't have content ideas, you can have Google Trends generate data for the "Beauty & Fitness" or "Shopping" categories to see what's trending. Google will tell you if a specific brand, person, or event is trending and you could write an article based on one of those trends. Since people are searching for that topic, your content will be seen. This is a great way to create timely content even if you're new to an industry or simply haven't kept up with it.
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    Cons
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    • Cost is a little prohibitive for small teams/businesses.
    • Running reports could be more intuitive. Some users have run them incorrectly, costing credits (which Clearscope has been kind enough to refund).
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    Google
    • It would be nice to have breadcrumbs available so that I can go backward in a particular search. One I click a topic and then click the related terms two or three times, I find that I'm so far down the rabbit hole that the "Back" button in my browser is a really inconvenient way to find my way back to a certain stage of my search. If there were breadcrumbs I could jump directly back to a particular stage and chase another rabbit from there.
    • It's easy to get lost searching in here for an extended period of time. I would be nice to be able to print a report of my whole session when I have finished.
    • It would be nice to have a Top Tends board of job searches or other information related to jobs that are currently popular Google searches.
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    Usability
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Google Trends is very easy to use. you just search for a certain keyword or phrase, and it tells you how often that keyword or phrase is searched, where in the world it is searched, and over the last decade, how often it is per year.
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    Support Rating
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I haven't needed to use any support for Google Trends. However, I've used Google's support in general and it's a hit or miss. Usually, there's a long wait or they don't understand my problem. They are the only ones that can help, so sometimes I feel stuck. They prioritize paying customers for sure.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    They're all similar but different. We use Frase and MarketMuse during other parts of our content creation process. I have used Surfer when clients supply reports and think it's also a solid tool. But nothing beats Clearscope when it comes to content optimization as you finish drafting.
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    Google
    Google Trends is a great place to start in the content curation, content research, blog post writing, and resource page creation process. It is not, however, a place to do serious SEO optimization. Tools like Moz, or Analytics SEO would be a better place to go after you do initial research on Google Trends to dial in your keywords, and optimize content for search engines.
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    Return on Investment
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    • It's made it easier to create content that is ready to rank with little effort.
    • Articles updated with Clearscope have started ranking.
    • Articles created with Clearscope rank better out the gate than ones written without it.
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    Google
    • Google Trends has shown me when a keyword is no longer working for my website so that I can adjust the content accordingly.
    • It shows me seasonal differences so I can adjust my PPC budgets to be on pace with the trends.
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    Screenshot of The Optimize text editor experienceScreenshot of Keyword Search for targetingScreenshot of Report History for content managementScreenshot of Google Doc Add-on integrationScreenshot of WordPress Plugin integration