One push from page 1
Find the queries almost on page 1.
QueryScope reads the near-miss out of your page's blended average: the one query ranking just off page 1, with enough demand behind it to be worth the push.
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Why it hides
The near-miss is a query, not a page.
A page's position is your topmost spot, blended across every query it appears for. So a page holding position 8 for one strong query, averaged in with thirty others ranking far lower, reads as position 19 and looks hopeless. The one query within reach is invisible in the total. You only see it in the page's queries.
In the page total
The average buries the opportunity.
In its queries
The query view is where it surfaces.
Three reads turn a page's blended average into a shortlist of the queries actually worth pushing onto page 1.
The near-miss the page average hides.
A page holding position 8 for one query can read as position 19 overall, because the reported number is your topmost spot averaged across every query. QueryScope reads the near-miss out of the query view, so the search one push from page 1 stops hiding inside the total.
page reads pos 19 · one query sits at pos 8, 2,400 impr
Striking distance: the query your average hidesReal demand, right intent, the page actually answers it.
Not every near-miss is worth the work. QueryScope surfaces the ones with real impressions behind them, and flags when the ranking query does not match the page's job, so you push the searches that bring the right visitors to a page that answers them, not the wrong ones to a page that mentions the words.
floored by impressions · off-intent near-misses flagged
When a page ranks for the wrong intentEarn the placement, don't just polish the title.
A near-miss below page 1 is a ranking job: deepen the section that answers the query, match the heading to it, link to it internally. That is a different move from a page already on page 1 that just gets skipped, which is a title problem. QueryScope tells the two apart by position, so you spend the effort where it moves the needle.
below page 1 → ranking move · already on it → title move
When a good rank still loses the clickOne line in your IDE. Then authorize and pick a site.
claude mcp add --transport http queryscope https://mcp.queryscope.dev/mcpThen ask: "which pages are almost on page 1?"
Push the pages that are one step from page 1.
Connect your site and ask your agent which queries sit just off page 1. One price per site count, no credits, no metering.
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FAQ
Reading the near-miss.
What is a striking distance keyword?
A query your site ranks for just off page 1, close enough that a modest gain in ranking turns a page nobody sees into real traffic. QueryScope finds it in the query view, where it surfaces, not the page average, where it hides.
Why doesn't the page report show it?
Because a page's position is your topmost spot averaged across every query it appears for. One query at the edge of page 1, blended with others ranking far lower, gets averaged out of sight. The total looks mid-ranked while the near-miss is real.
Which near-misses are worth chasing?
The ones with real demand behind them, that match what the page is for, where the page actually answers the query rather than just mentioning the words. QueryScope floors out the tiny-impression near-misses and flags the ones ranking for the wrong intent.
Is this the same as fixing a low click rate?
No. A low click rate means you already rank on page 1 and get skipped, which is a title or AI Overview problem. Striking distance means you are not on page 1 yet, so the job is to earn the ranking, not the click. QueryScope tells the two apart by position.
Can it tell me why I'm stuck below page 1?
No. QueryScope shows you which of your queries are close. It cannot see the competitors ranking above you, their backlinks, or the shape of the results page, so a near-miss is a candidate, not a promise. It reads your search data and stops at the click.