Difference in keyword competitiveness b/w Moz and Long tail pro

I am learning keyword research from past few days and I found out for keywords there is quite a big difference in KC data of Moz and Long tail pro. LTP showed 16 (very easy) and Moz showed 36 (medium). What do you think could be reliable data? when I analyzed individual link I actually thought LTP might be right because the first results are all google local business listings. still moz is showing 36% , This is confusing!! Please help

You guys need to stop relying on tools to tell you how competitive a keyword is. Learn how to analyze the SERPs by hand, it's the only way.

Laubster said:

You guys need to stop relying on tools to tell you how competitive a keyword is. Learn how to analyze the SERPs by hand, it's the only way.

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Can you please link me to some good article /tutorial that teaches to analyse SERP manually? I found this http://searchengineland.com/the-lin...-serp-dominators-for-link-opportunities-21076
Thanks for taking time to reply!

Both tools are using some algorithm of their own to compute their keyword difficulty calculations. You can use them as a guide but don't rely 100% on them. Here is a good article on analysing the SERPs for competition research: http://backlinko.com/keyword-competition

get moz extention ans seo quake extention then search for keywords your self and you will be able to compare results and never rely on program from comp.
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SEO Power said:

Both tools are using some algorithm of their own to compute their keyword difficulty calculations. You can use them as a guide but don't rely 100% on them. Here is a good article on analysing the SERPs for competition research: http://backlinko.com/keyword-competition

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That was so awesome and easy to understand guide!, thanks for the share