
SEO Tip! Use the following in Google Search Console to apply regex for filters: ➡️ QUERY LENGTHS: Single-word queries only ^\w+$ Exactly 2-word queries ^\w+\s\w+$ Exactly 3-word queries ^\w+\s\w+\s\w+$ 5+ word queries ^\w+(\s\w+){4,}$ 7+ word queries ^\w+(\s\w+){6,}$ Queries over 60 characters ^.{60,}$ Short queries under 20 characters ^.{1,20}$ ➡️ QUESTION/INTENT All question-style queries ^(how|what|why|when|where|who|which|can|does|is|are|will|should|do)\s How to / how do / how much" etc ^how\s(to|do|does|can|much|many|long)\s Definitional "what" queries ^what\s(is|are|does|do|was|were)\s Yes/no style questions ^(is|are|can|does|do|will|should|has|have)\s Why is / why does / why won't ^why\s(is|are|does|do|won.t|can.t)\s Educational/informational intent .*(guide|tutorial|tips|learn|explained|examples|ideas).* Definitional queries .*(what is|what are|definition of|meaning of|overview of).* "How to" specifically (anchored) ^how\sto\s Beginner/intro intent .*(for beginners|step by step|getting started).* Commercial investigation .*(best|top|vs|versus|compare|comparison|alternative|alternatives|review|reviews).* Direct comparison queries .*\svs\s.* "Best X for Y" pattern .*(best|top)\s.*\s(for|to)\s Evaluation intent .*(worth it|should i|is it good|recommended).* ➡️ TRANSACTIONAL Transactional signals .*(buy|purchase|order|shop|price|pricing|cost|costs|hire|get).* Price-sensitive queries .*(cheap|affordable|budget|discount|deal|coupon|offer).* Acquisition intent .*(free|download|trial|sign up|register|get started).* Local transactional intent .*(near me|nearby|close to).* High-intent service queries .*(quote|demo|consultation|book|booking).* ➡️ NAVIGATIONAL Navigational/login queries .*(login|log in|sign in|account|dashboard|portal).* Brand + product-type queries .*(website|site|app|software|tool|platform)$ ➡️ SINGULAR/PLURAL Plural Forms .*(tip|tool|idea|strategy|example|way|option|method|step)(\s|$) Singular forms .*(tips|tools|ideas|strategies|examples|ways|options|methods|steps)(\s|$) ➡️ LOCATIONS .*\sin\s[a-z]+$ ➡️ YEAR SPECIFIC Year-specific queries .*(2024|2025|2026).* Freshness-seeking queries .*(latest|new|updated|recent|this year|now).* "Is X still working / relevant" queries .*(still|anymore|yet).* ➡️ PROBLEM/TROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting queries .*(not working|broken|fix|issue|problem|error|slow|wrong|failed).* Solution-seeking queries .*(how to fix|how to stop|how to avoid|how to prevent).* Frustration/failure queries^why\s.*(not|won.t|doesn.t|can.t).* ➡️ TOFU/BOFU/MOFU TOFU — question-led awareness queries ^(what|how|why|who|when)\s MOFU — consideration queries .*(best|vs|review|compare|alternative).* BOFU — decision queries .*(buy|price|pricing|cost|hire|quote|demo|trial).* Find this useful? did you know you can do ALL of this in SEO Stack without having to use Regex! Try the powerful filtering in SEO stack for free! seo-stack.io
















