Keyword Golden Ratio Checker — Free KGR Calculator
Keyword Golden Ratio Checker
The Keyword Golden Ratio (KGR) divides the number of Google allintitle results for a phrase by its monthly search volume, and only applies when volume is below 250. A KGR under 0.25 is 'golden': almost nobody has optimised a title tag for that exact phrase, so a focused page can usually reach the top 50 within days of being indexed. Between 0.25 and 1.0 is still worth targeting. Above 1.0 means more optimised pages exist than there is monthly demand, and you should narrow the phrase.
Calculate the Keyword Golden Ratio from allintitle results and search volume. Find long-tail keywords you can rank for without links. Free, no signup.
Get the allintitle count
Search Google for allintitle:"your keyword" with quotes. The results count is how many indexed pages carry the exact phrase in their title tag.
Add the monthly search volume
Any keyword tool will give you this. KGR is only meaningful under 250 searches a month, so the checker returns 'not applicable' above that.
Act on the band, not the decimal
Golden means publish now. Hard means find a longer variant — add an audience, a location, a use case or a year to the phrase and re-check.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Keyword Golden Ratio?
It is a long-tail keyword selection method created by Doug Cunnington: allintitle results divided by monthly search volume, for keywords under 250 searches a month. A ratio under 0.25 signals a phrase you can rank for almost immediately.
Does the Keyword Golden Ratio still work?
As a filter for genuinely uncontested long-tail phrases, yes. What has changed is that ranking is no longer enough on its own: the page still has to satisfy the query better than the AI Overview above it. Treat KGR as a shortlist filter, not a strategy.
Why must search volume be under 250?
Above roughly 250 searches a month, competitors optimise deliberately rather than incidentally, and title-tag counts stop being a reliable proxy for competition. For those keywords, keyword difficulty based on the live SERP's link profile is the better measure.
What if allintitle returns zero results?
That is a KGR of zero, which is as golden as it gets, but sanity-check the phrase reads naturally. Zero allintitle results sometimes means nobody searches for it that way and the volume figure is an artefact of keyword-tool grouping.