diff --git a/src/client/features/domain/components/DomainSearchCard.tsx b/src/client/features/domain/components/DomainSearchCard.tsx
index 99567c7..6ffa15f 100644
--- a/src/client/features/domain/components/DomainSearchCard.tsx
+++ b/src/client/features/domain/components/DomainSearchCard.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export function DomainSearchCard({
                 className="select select-bordered shrink-0"
                 value={field.state.value}
                 onChange={(event) => {
-                  const next = toSortMode(event.target.value) ?? "rank";
+                  const next = toSortMode(event.target.value) ?? "traffic";
                   field.handleChange(next);
                   onSortChange(next);
                 }}
diff --git a/src/client/features/domain/domainRouteState.ts b/src/client/features/domain/domainRouteState.ts
index 04d779d..8410a18 100644
--- a/src/client/features/domain/domainRouteState.ts
+++ b/src/client/features/domain/domainRouteState.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function numberToFilterString(value: number | undefined): string {
 export function getDomainRouteState(
   search: DomainSearchParams,
 ): DomainOverviewRouteState {
-  const normalizedSort = toSortMode(search.sort ?? null) ?? "rank";
+  const normalizedSort = toSortMode(search.sort ?? null) ?? "traffic";
   const normalizedLocationCode =
     search.loc != null && isSupportedLocationCode(search.loc)
       ? search.loc
diff --git a/src/client/features/domain/utils.ts b/src/client/features/domain/utils.ts
index 40bd963..3ee4e5b 100644
--- a/src/client/features/domain/utils.ts
+++ b/src/client/features/domain/utils.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function resolveSortOrder(
 export function toSortSearchParam(
   sortMode: DomainSortMode,
 ): DomainSortMode | undefined {
-  return sortMode === "rank" ? undefined : sortMode;
+  return sortMode === "traffic" ? undefined : sortMode;
 }
 
 export function toSortOrderSearchParam(
diff --git a/src/client/features/rank-tracking/KeywordSuggestionStep.tsx b/src/client/features/rank-tracking/KeywordSuggestionStep.tsx
index 447e5db..051ba0d 100644
--- a/src/client/features/rank-tracking/KeywordSuggestionStep.tsx
+++ b/src/client/features/rank-tracking/KeywordSuggestionStep.tsx
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export function KeywordSuggestionStep({
   const [rowSelection, setRowSelection] = useState<RowSelectionState>({});
   const [hasInitialized, setHasInitialized] = useState(false);
   const [sorting, setSorting] = useState<SortingState>([
-    { id: "position", desc: false },
+    { id: "traffic", desc: true },
   ]);
   const selectAnchorRef = useRef<SelectionAnchor | null>(null);
 
@@ -188,17 +188,15 @@ export function KeywordSuggestionStep({
 
   const data = suggestionsQuery.data ?? [];
 
-  // Pre-select top 20 by position once data loads
+  // Pre-select top 20 by traffic once data loads.
   useEffect(() => {
     const items = suggestionsQuery.data;
     if (items && items.length > 0 && !hasInitialized) {
-      // Data comes sorted by search volume from the API, but we display sorted
-      // by position. Pre-select the 20 with the best (lowest) positions.
       const indexed = items.map((item, i) => ({
         index: i,
-        position: item.position ?? 999,
+        traffic: item.traffic ?? 0,
       }));
-      indexed.sort((a, b) => a.position - b.position);
+      indexed.sort((a, b) => b.traffic - a.traffic);
       const initial: RowSelectionState = {};
       for (let i = 0; i < Math.min(PRE_SELECT_COUNT, indexed.length); i++) {
         initial[indexed[i].index] = true;
diff --git a/src/routes/_project/p/$projectId/domain.tsx b/src/routes/_project/p/$projectId/domain.tsx
index ed29dd3..416cf99 100644
--- a/src/routes/_project/p/$projectId/domain.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/_project/p/$projectId/domain.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { getDomainRouteState } from "@/client/features/domain/domainRouteState";
 const DEFAULT_DOMAIN_SEARCH = {
   domain: "",
   subdomains: true,
-  sort: "rank",
+  sort: "traffic",
   order: undefined,
   tab: "keywords",
   loc: DEFAULT_LOCATION_CODE,
diff --git a/src/server/features/domain/services/DomainService.ts b/src/server/features/domain/services/DomainService.ts
index 757c09a..dc88ace 100644
--- a/src/server/features/domain/services/DomainService.ts
+++ b/src/server/features/domain/services/DomainService.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ async function getSuggestedKeywords(
     locationCode: input.locationCode,
     languageCode: input.languageCode,
     limit: 100,
-    orderBy: ["keyword_data.keyword_info.search_volume,desc"],
+    orderBy: ["ranked_serp_element.serp_item.etv,desc"],
   });
 
   const keywords = rankedKeywordsResponse.items
diff --git a/src/types/schemas/domain.ts b/src/types/schemas/domain.ts
index b13c420..1db4069 100644
--- a/src/types/schemas/domain.ts
+++ b/src/types/schemas/domain.ts
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ export const domainKeywordsPageRequestSchema = z.object({
       (DOMAIN_KEYWORDS_PAGE_SIZES as readonly number[]).includes(value),
     )
     .default(DEFAULT_DOMAIN_KEYWORDS_PAGE_SIZE),
-  sortMode: z.enum(domainSortModes).default("rank"),
-  sortOrder: z.enum(domainSortOrders).default("asc"),
+  sortMode: z.enum(domainSortModes).default("traffic"),
+  sortOrder: z.enum(domainSortOrders).default("desc"),
   filters: domainKeywordsFiltersSchema.default({}),
   search: z.string().optional(),
 });