How The Force works
What The Force analyzes
- Terms and phrases that appear across ranking pages, and how widely they are used.
- Topical relevance: which subtopics are common to most results.
- Content gaps: terms competitors use that your text does not.
- Benchmarks such as typical content length of valid pages.
Competitor sample quality
Not every result can be analyzed. Some pages block automated access, show a captcha, are geo-blocked or return an error page. The Force classifies each page first and excludes blocked, challenge and error pages from the benchmark, so statistics are calculated only from valid documents. The report shows how many pages were valid, so you know how reliable the benchmark is.
Only the main content of a page is used — navigation, footers and cookie banners are removed before terms are counted.
Workflow
- Enter a target keyword and choose location and language.
- Review the term benchmark and the share of valid competitor pages.
- Paste your text in the check tab to see which important terms are missing or overused.
- Generate a brief for writers, then validate the finished page in the SEO content analyzer.
Outputs
| Output | Use it to |
|---|---|
| Term relevance list | Find terms most ranking pages share |
| Coverage check of your text | See missing and overused terms |
| Valid sample summary | Judge how reliable the benchmark is |
| Writing brief | Hand clear requirements to a writer |
Limitations
Term coverage shows what ranking pages have in common; it does not explain why they rank. Links, brand, freshness and site quality matter too. Treat the term list as guidance and write for readers, not for a target density.
Results are cached for a short period to save quota, and SERPs change over time. Plan limits are listed on pricing.
The Force FAQ
Does The Force copy competitor text?
No. It counts terms and topics across pages to build a benchmark; it does not reproduce their content.
Why were some top-10 pages excluded?
They were blocked, showed a challenge or error page, or had no readable main content. Including them would distort the averages.
Is the term relevance score a Google metric?
No. It is our own measure of how widely a term is used across valid ranking pages.