Saved Search Defaults are ignored on 4 pages, which silently runs paid queries against the wrong market

[michaelcopeland]

Problem

Settings → Search Defaults says "Pre-filled values across all search forms." Four pages never read those values and fall back to hardcoded 'France' / 'French' instead:

page	reads getSetting('default_location')?
keyword-overview	✅ yes
keyword-ideas	✅ yes
competitors	❌ hardcoded 'France'
keyword-data	❌ hardcoded 'France' / 'French'
ranked-keywords	❌ hardcoded 'France'
serp	❌ hardcoded 'France'

Why it's worth fixing beyond tidiness

Save United States / English in Settings, open Keyword Data, type your keywords, hit Search — and it runs against France unless you happen to notice and retype the location. Nothing in the UI indicates the saved value was discarded.

Since these endpoints draw down a prepaid DataForSEO balance, the cost of not noticing is a paid call returning data for a market you didn't ask about. I did exactly this before spotting it.

It's also inconsistent in a way that's hard to self-diagnose: Keyword Overview honours the setting and Keyword Data doesn't, so the same saved default appears to work on one page and not the next.

Reproduce

1. Settings → set Default Location United States, Default Language English → Save
2. Open /dashboard/keyword-overview → shows United States / English ✅
3. Open /dashboard/keyword-data → shows France / French ❌

Fix

The pattern already exists in keyword-overview/page.tsx; the four pages just need it applied:

// before
const location = params.location ?? 'France';
const language = params.language ?? 'French';

// after
const location = params.location ?? getSetting('default_location') ?? 'France';
const language = params.language ?? getSetting('default_language') ?? 'French';

Keeping 'France' / 'French' as the final fallback means behaviour is unchanged for anyone who has never saved a default.

I have this working locally across all four pages — verified in the running app that all five now render United States with English as the selected option. Happy to open a PR if useful.