Thereās one thing that draws your attention when you first log in the app ā the Morningscore metric. This element is a combination of several things, and it might be the hardest part of the tool to understand. So, we figured you might need some explanation ā and in this post, weāll try to make things a little easier. Letās dive right in!
The quick explanation
Before we look at what happens behind the scenes, letās see what the metric actually stands for. The Morningscore is the monthly clicks from Google to your website multiplied by the price you would pay for the clicks in Google AdWords.
In other words, the Morningscore is a value based on the number of people coming to your website from a specific keyword.
This amount of traffic would otherwise cost you a certain price if you were to get it through ads (more on that a little later).
From there, we can determine how much money you can save from organic traffic compared to paid traffic.
The Morningscore can be estimated per keyword or as a sum of all the keywords you are ranking for.
Take a look at this example:
And if youād like to learn more about it, you can go ahead and check out the infographics and videos explaining that can be found in your dashboard once logged in.
How does the Morningscore work?
To understand what the Morningscore is, how we calculate it and how it affects your bottom line, letās look at the four metrics that itās based on.
Traffic volume
This represents the number of searches certain keywords get on Google per month.
Click-through-rate (CTR)
This is the distribution of link clicks on the result page for a given keyword. If 7 out of 100 people click on your link, you get a CTR of 7%.
Statistics show that on average the first position for any keyword receives about 20% of all the clicks.
Organic traffic
Organic traffic is the āfree trafficā you get from Google searches. This is calculated from the simple equation:
Traffic volume * Click through rate = OrganicĀ traffic
Cost-Per-Click
This Metric represents the price you pay to Google for one user clicking on an AdWords ad.
Working with the Morningscore in your dashboard
And since our goal is to provide you with business-focused metrics, there must be someĀ business value included. Therefore, we decided that itās best to calculate the Morningscore in currency. In fact, ANY currency. Now, letās break down how you can use the top 3 windows in your dashboard.
At the top you will find the overview:
Here you can see:
- Your Morningscore
- Competitor Morningscore
- Morningscore trend
In the top left, you can see your Morningscore and the change over time ā in numbers and percentages. Here, you can also click on āSee calculationā to see how your specific keywords contribute to this number. Alternatively, you can learn more about how the Morningscore is calculated by clicking the info icon.
Underneath your Morningscore, you can track the Morningscore of the competitors youāve selected. Youāre also able to explore all of your competitorsā keywords and how they add up to their final Morningscore, by simply clicking on the competitor name.
This feature even allows you to find profitable keywords that can bring potential customers for which you can rank for.
On the right, where the Morningscore trend graph is, you can visually inspect the change in your Morningscore over time. Keep in mind that this graph changes based on the period youāve selected in the top right corner of the tool.
Also, by hovering over, you can see your Morningscore for specific dates in the selected period.
Whatās next?
Learning something is only useful when applied. Go ahead and try Morningscore to start improving your organic rankings.
In case youāve just started to dabble in SEO and the terms used in this article make you scratch your head, check out our SEO Glossary with easy to understand definitions.
If youāre interested in learning more about the tool, our metrics, and SEO, go ahead and check out the other articles on our blog.
And if you havenāt already, sign up for Morningscoreās free 14-day trialĀ and start climbing the ranks.;-)