Comments on: Keyword Research: A Proven System

By: Max-e-Biz

Max-e-Biz — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:47:20 +0000

In reply to Yongwen.

Great posts. It’s all very logical isn’t it but how many of us do this?

Personally I am a great fan of using PPC & Analytics to find out what search terms people actually use. Quite often they are not what you would expect. e.g. You may be a “Budget Airline” but your customers won’t be looking for that, but they will be looking for “Cheap Airfares from X to Y”.

I am also a great fan of using Analytics to find out which search terms convert into an action and which don’t. How important is that????

I also recommend using the various different match types Broad, Phrase & Exact in PPC to pinpoint exactly which keywords work. In fact there is a great $5 tool that can help you with this called the Text Ad Converter. It easily converts keyword match types in MS Excel & can add US States & Cities for Geo-Targeting. You can preview it at our website http://tinyurl.com/yj88pn8 if you wish. It certain saves you time and helps your targeting.

If you use the various PPC Match types carefully you can scientifically determine exactly the right converting keywords but it takes time & money!

By: 123 power system

123 power system — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:08:49 +0000

Great article, Garrett. It was concise, yet easy for even the very beginner to understand. You have a knack for breaking things down into easy to digest chunks
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By: PowerPoint Templates

PowerPoint Templates — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:49:17 +0000

It amazes me how many people optimize for words that are not searched on! Ranking well only matters if people are searching on that and it is relevant to your site!
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By: iquestion

iquestion — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:51 +0000

I guess I don’t understand why one needs to use google keyword tool in step one and then again in step2.
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By: Yongwen

Yongwen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:50:02 +0000

hmm… nice article. i would like to mention that another very important factor when doing keywords research is “Conversion Rate” of keywords.

No matter how high your site is ranking for the keywords and how much traffic the keywords is driving to your site, the keywords are rather worthless if they aren’t getting any conversions..

By: tamara bentzur

tamara bentzur — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:17:41 +0000

Great article, Garrett. It was concise, yet easy for even the very beginner to understand. You have a knack for breaking things down into easy to digest chunks. 🙂

By: Blog Angel a.k.a. Joella

Blog Angel a.k.a. Joella — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:27:42 +0000

This is exactly what I was looking for. I’ve read so many articles on keywords and keyword research. All I got was confused. I’m going to try this, it’s simple, straight-forward and logical. Thank you for a formula that might just work for me.
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By: John Article Writer

John Article Writer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:09:26 +0000

While i was new to IM i create a single blog dreaming that i will get a huge affiliate sales, but guess what, my 3 months works on link building totally wasted.
Its all due to wrong keyword selection and optimizing for it. I didnt noticed there is a synonym for my keyword which tends to be the most searched keyword. I was such a noob.

But now i insist every newbie to learn about keyword research before starting link building, once you choose it right your efforts will get paid.
Excellent post mate, thanks for sharing.

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:53:45 +0000

Great information. It is always interesting to see how others do various things like keyword research. I think most of us do it a little differently and have our own way, but surely have similar approaches.

I also like to check to see how competitive phrases/keywords are by doing the allintitle:keyword in Google.