Stop deleting duplicate keywords when added to lists
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Jess Dais
Hello, I just noticed that if I accidentally add a keyword to a list and that keyword is already in that list, Ahrefs removes the keyword from the list
I've been adding duplicate keywords for a long time and never noticed this, which means we've missed out on some good keyword opportunities. This seems like a product glitch that should be fixed.
It's impossible for me to remember every single keyword that is already in a list of several hundred, so this isn't a good feature.
I've unknowingly erased lots of good keyword opportunities because of this.
It would be helpful if when keywords were removed, Ahrefs notified the user saying "6 keywords removed from list"
Andrey Kirillov
Hi Jess Dais,
Thank you for creating this request. I apologize for the trouble. To investigate the issue, could you please specify how you are adding keywords to your project? There are several options, such as using the "+" icon next to a keyword in one of the Site Explorer or Keywords Explorer reports (you can also do this in bulk), or adding keywords in bulk using the "Add Keywords" form from the Rank Tracker.
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Jess Dais
Andrey Kirillov: Thanks for following up! So if I do a search in Keyword Explorer, it shows a check mark next to keywords that are already in a list, but we have lots of lists created by different people so that check mark gets ignored by users of the tool. The issue is that if I select a bunch of keywords, then scroll back up to the top of the list and click "Add to." Then add that group to a list they're already in, Ahrefs deletes all of them from the list they were in. It's hard for us to keep track of which keywords are already in a given list. I hope that made sense!
Andrey Kirillov
Jess Dais: Thanks for the details. It makes perfect sense. We should not delete any existing keywords when adding a group of new ones. I just checked it on my side and I couldn't reproduce the issue. All the keywords that had a check mark were preserved while the new keywords were added. We will investigate further, but it would be helpful if you try to reproduce the issue and record a screencast. Thank you in advance!
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Jess Dais
Andrey Kirillov: To make sure I understand, you're saying that if you try to add a group consisting of new keywords + some that are already in a list, only the new ones are added to the list. Is that correct?
I'm saying that if you happen to select a group of keywords that ALL happen to already be in a list, and you add them to that list, they all get deleted from that list. So if we have multiple team members adding keywords to lists, they may accidentally remove a big chunk that someone else previously added.
Andrey Kirillov
Jess Dais: thanks for the clarifications! I now understand the issue and I can reproduce it on my side. We'll work on fixing it.