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How Do I Refine My Topic Monitoring Results?

Curate your clips by filtering your topic search results

Updated over 2 weeks ago

After you set up your Topic search criteria and generate results, Agility provides a wide range of filters to help you refine, narrow, and analyse your coverage. These tools appear in the second row at the top of your results page.

Once youโ€™ve applied your filters, you can keep them active while you:

  • switch between topics, or

  • move between Results and Topic Setup

Use the tool (wrench) button to:

  • Lock Filters

  • Unlock Filters

  • Clear All Filters


๐Ÿ”น Filter by Date

Agility displays the last 24 hours of mentions by default, but you can expand or customise this range.

  1. Click the calendar icon.

  2. Choose a preset range (Last 24 hours, Last 3 days, Last 7 days, Last 30 days) or select Custom.


๐Ÿ”น Open the Filters Panel

Click the filter icon next to the keyword field to open the full Filters panel on the left.

You can filter by:

  • Keywords

  • Authors

  • Outlets

  • Audience / Impressions

  • AVE

  • Sentiment

  • Media Types

  • Country

  • Prov/State

  • Languages

  • Similar

  • Hashtags

  • Domain Authority Score

All filters can be combined to help you narrow in on exactly what you need.


๐Ÿ”น Filter by Keywords

Keyword filters allow you to narrow mentions within an existing Topicโ€”ideal when your Topic includes multiple brands, products, or themes.

Simple keyword filtering

  1. In the Filters panel, select Keywords.

  2. Type the word or phrase you want to find.

  3. Click Apply.


Boolean logic (OR / AND / NOT)

Use Boolean operators for more advanced filtering inside your results.

Example search intent:


โ€‹Discover OR Defender, but NOT Sport, and must include Land Rover

In Keywords:

  • OR โ€“ any of these words

  • AND โ€“ must include

  • NOT โ€“ must exclude

Add your keywords, then click Apply to return only the most relevant clips.


Filter by keyword position

You can specify where the keyword appears:

  • Headline

  • Lead paragraph

  • Body

For example, show only mentions where PR CoPilot appears in the headline or lead.


๐Ÿ”น Filter by Authors and Outlets

This filter shows which journalists or publications are driving your coverage.

  • Lists are sorted by volume (highest first).

  • Numbers indicate how many mentions each author or outlet contributed.

Select one or more names, then click Apply.


๐Ÿ”น Filter by Impressions and AVE

  • Impressions โ€“ set minimum and/or maximum potential views

  • AVE โ€“ set minimum and/or maximum Advertising Value Equivalency

This helps you focus on high-impact or high-value coverage.


๐Ÿ”น Filter by Sentiment, Media Type, Geography, and Language

Refine your results by:

  • Sentiment โ€” available in 25 languages

  • Media Types โ€” online, print, broadcast, social

  • Country or Prov/State

  • Language โ€” filter by language while still being able to translate if needed

All filters can be used together.


๐Ÿ”น Group Similar Articles

Use the Similar filter to group near-duplicate online articles and hide repetition.

  1. In the Filters panel, select Similar.

  2. Turn Group ON, then click Apply.

  3. Click Hide in your results to show only the newest version of each grouped article.

Note: This feature does not apply to print content.


๐Ÿ”น Filter by Hashtags

The Hashtags filter displays all hashtags found in your current results. You can:

  • See which tags appear most often

  • Filter mentions by a specific hashtag

This is helpful for campaign analysis and tracking social discussion themes.


๐Ÿ”น Filter by Domain Authority Score

Domain Authority (Moz DA) helps you understand the influence level of each source.

  • Score range: 1โ€“100

  • Higher scores โ‰ˆ more authoritative websites

Set a minimum and/or maximum DA to focus on the outlets that matter most.

For more, see: What is Domain Authority?


๐Ÿ”น Lock, Unlock, or Clear Filters

Once your filters are set:

  • Lock Filters to keep them active while navigating

  • Unlock Filters to return to default

  • Clear All Filters to remove everything at once

These controls are found under the tool (wrench) icon.


๐Ÿ“ Support & Resources

Help Center: Monitoring
Need help? Chat with Support from your dashboard or email agilitysupport@agilitypr.com

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