Search Engine Results Page (SERP) - Hard to Rank

Sometimes Lessons are difficult to rank because there are websites with high Domain Authority that already rank on the first page of the SERP and are very specific to the topic discussed in the Lesson. The often happens with Lessons related to pharmacological and drug compounds. This situation also occurs for specific medical information. 

These Lessons are considered Hard to Rank (HTR) and we deprioritize (DP) them by noting HTR in the Selection Notes, changing the Lesson color to orange and placing an X in each row of the Lesson Keywords. (Scroll down for an example)

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